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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 27, 2020 Page 4 1 Councilmember Webster wondered how a new City Manager will get the data in order to set 2 goals without having access to a community survey. Mayor Stille explained goal setting is done 3 the first week in January and a City Manager will not be hired until the end of January so the 4 Council can talk about it then and did not think it needed to be a part of the profile because it has 5 not been discussed. 6 7 Councilmember Jenson was not sure how the Council would even structure that because he 8 thought the responsibility of the survey should come from the Council and not from the City 9 Manager. Mayor Stille thought that was a point as well and the Council has not decided on that 10 yet. 11 12 Ms. Donabauer asked if there was a possibility of changing how the sentence is presented such 13 as "The potential City Manager would lead discussion on the potential of a community survey." 14 Mayor Stille stated that would be fine as long as it does not look like it has been approved 15 already, which is the issue he has with the sentence. Councilmember Jenson agreed. Ms. 16 Donabauer indicated she would change the document to accurately reflect the needs of the City 17 Council. 18 19 Councilmember Webster asked how it might be added into the profile the flexibility where the 20 potential City Manger could come in and have an opportunity to engage in a data gathering 21 process and perhaps present that plan to Council and also provide some financial resources that 22 would be necessary in which to engage in that data gathering role. Ms. Donabauer indicated that 23 might be able to be covered in the sentence before. 24 25 Mayor Stille thought this should be put aside and discussed at the goal setting session. 26 27 Ms. Donabauer reviewed the salary range for the potential City Manager with the City Council. 28 29 Councilmember Randle indicated he did not like the high end of the salary range but speaking 30 with staff about it he was a more comfortable with it but still not comfortable with the amount. 31 Ms. Donabauer asked what Councilmember Randle's comfort level would be. 32 33 Councilmember Randle indicated he was not comfortable with the high end of this salary range 34 at this point and thought it should be lower. Ms. Donabauer indicated the range represents the 35 life span of the position and the earning power there. She noted a candidate that applies for this 36 position never comes in anticipating asking for the top range because then there is no room to 37 grow, however it does show them the room they have to grow. Councilmember Randle thought 38 that helped and was fair. 39 40 Councilmember Jenson explained he was looking at the ranges provided and thought the low end 41 listed was on the high side for a low end. Ms. Donabauer explained the salary range was the 42 information that was presented to her from staff. She did not know where the range comes from. 43 44 Mayor Stille asked Ms. Donabauer to explain what the difference is between a City Manager and 45 a City Administrator. Ms. Donabauer reviewed the roles and differences between them. 46