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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/26/1996 TENTATIVE AGENDA SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL March 26, 1996 LOCATION: City Hall, 129 Holmes Street South Mayor Jeff Henderson presiding WORKSESSION: 1] Roll Call at 5:00 P.M. 2] Approval of Minutes of February 27, 1996 3] Short Term Goals and Objectives 4] Other business 5] Adjourn ADJOURNED REGULAR SESSION: 1] Roll Call following the worksession 2] Other business 3] Adjourn Barry A. Stock - Acting City Administrator OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHAKOPEE,MINNESOTA WORKSESSION FEBRUARY 27, 1996 Mayor Henderson called the meeting to order at 5:05 P.M. with Councilmembers DuBois, Zorn and Sweeney present. Cncl.Link was absent. Also present: Dennis R. Kraft, City Administrator;Karen Marty, City Attorney;Judith S. Cox, City Clerk; and Greg Voxland, Finance Director. DuBois/Sweeney moved to approve the Minutes of February 13, 1996. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Henderson explained for the viewing audience that the purpose of the worksession was to discuss filling the city administrator position, what qualifications to look for, where to look, and what process the Council desires to use in selecting a city administrator. Mr. Kraft provided the Councilmembers with suggestions on position qualifications, education, and experience to enable recruitment of an administrator from the metropolitan area. Discussion followed. Mr. Kraft will prepare the advertisement notice pursuant to Council discussion and place it in the appropriate media's immediately. The applications will be sent to city hall with a due date of April 26th. Discussion ensued on the pay range for a new city administrator. There was a consensus to advertise the starting range to include steps one through three of the current pay plan and to include in the notice the full range from steps one through eight. There was a consensus to advertise state wide for candidates for the position. Discussion ensued on the selection process and whether to use a consultant, the Scott County personnel, a citizens search committee or a combination. There was a consensus to use a consultant for part of the process and a citizens search committee for part of the process. Each Councilmember will nominate one person to the citizen search committee to be chaired by the Mayor. Consultants will be invited to make a presentation to the committee and the City Council on what services that they can provide and the cost for each. The committee will then make a recommendation to the Council on the extent of involvement they would like to receive from a consultant. The presentations to take place the week of March 12th. The citizen search committee will ultimately present the final candidates to the City Council to interview and select a city administrator. Official Proceedings of the February 27, 1996 Shakopee City Council(Worksession) Page -2- Mayor Henderson asked for discussion on appointing an acting city administrator until a new administrator can be hired. Cncl.Sweeney acknowledged the short time frame in which to find someone before Mr. Kraft leaves and get that person up to speed. He suggested affirming Resolution No. 4084 (which sets forth who will act in the absence of the city administrator). Mayor Henderson adjourned the meeting at 6:34 P.M. 111W- ,,,,,,j6k. cd . e, 1 dith S. Cox hty Clerk ' ecording Secretary 413 MEMO TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Barry A. Stock, Acting City Administrator RE: Short Term Goals and Objectives DATE: March 22, 1996 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: On Tuesday March 26, 1996, at 5:00 p.m. in the Shakopee City Council Chambers a Council worksession will be held to discuss short term goals and objectives. At the worksession, staff will have all of the concerns and issues submitted by Council tabulated. Council can then go through a prioritization process. At the time of this mailing, all of the Council worksheets had not been received.