HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-06-15 Council Work Session 2 MINUTES
OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT CITY HALL
JUNE 15, 2010
6:15 P.M.
ROLLCALL Answering rollcall were Members Brindle, Housh, Swenson and Mayor Hovland. Absent at
rollcall was Member Bennett. Staff present: Ceil Smith, Assistant to the City Manager.
In a phone conference with Harry Brull of PDI, the Council was informed there were 29 candidates.
Mr. Brull stated he felt after viewing the candidate pool, there was a strong field. He noted the
following:
16 candidates were from the Twin Cities metropolitan area
• Other states represented included: FL,TX,IL,WI,LA,NM
The largest single group, although not a majority, were sitting city administrators and
managers.
Mr. Brull outlined the following timeline that will be followed:
• June 17—requests for additional information sent to continuing candidates
• June 25—Supplemental information received from candidates
• June 28—All candidate information forwarded to Council
• July 6—Council decision regarding semi 4inalists(6) invited for interviews
• July 12— Semi-finalist interviews with citizens, staff and department heads
• July 16— Information from interviews forwarded to Council
• July 20—Council decision regarding continuing candidates (3-4)
• July 22— Interview by senior city manager panel
• July 26—Additional information forwarded to Council
After the information has been forwarded to the Council in late July, a decision will be made about
which and how many candidates go forward as finalists. Mr. Brull indicated PDI was prepared to
conduct its due diligence process that would require approximately two weeks. At that point PDI
would forward all information to the Council in preparation for their final interviews. Mr. Brull
suggested those final interviews could occur the week of August 16, 2010, or possibly the previous
week.
At this point, the call was concluded, and the meeting adjourned at appr ximately 6:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Ceil Smit , ss stant to the City Manger
Minutes approved by Edina City Council, July 6, 2010.
James B. Hovland, ayor