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Brookings City Council
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
The Brookings City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at 5:30
p.m. at City Hall with the following members present: Mayor Scott Munsterman, Council
Members Tom Bezdichek, Tom Bozied, Tim Reed, Julie Whaley, Doris Roden, and Mike
McClemans. City Manager Mike Williams, City Attorney Steve Britzman, and Shari
Thornes, City Clerk, were also present.
Citv Manager Search Process. Michael Williams, City Manager, said his last day with the
City will be Novennber 28, 2003. The City Council was provided with the following
information to consider for the new city manager search process: draft job descriptions, a
community profile, recent department head profiles, a draft City Manager profile, curcent
salary information, William's employment agreement, the interim manager agreement from
2000, the ICMA Code of Ethics, and five search firm proposals.
The Council discussed the advantages and disadvantages on the use of a search firm in the
city manager search process. A motion was made by Munsterman, seconded by Bozied, to
hire a search firm for the city manager search process with an accelerated timeframe and to
begin the community profile process to allow for community input. All voted yes; except
Roden and Bezdichek, motion carried. The City Council agreed to interview Thelen
Consultants, The Brimeyer Group, Inc., and The Mercer Group, Inc. on Tuesday, October
7`� at 2:00 p.m. The Council prefers in-person interviews rather than telephone interviews.
The Council members will be invited to participate in the community profile. Williams was
asked to schedule the profile meeting as soon as possible.
The search firm will assist in establishing the salary and benefits ran�e. Williams
recommended a range of$72,124 to $97,368. The Council requested the survey of state
and regional city manager salaries dated March 2003 be updated and include ranges and
years of experience. The city manager job description was never finalized and should be
adopted by the Council in the near future. Williams indicated that his employment contract
as city manager was fairly standard in the industry and he recommended the Council leave
the creation of a new contract to the search firm. r
The Council discussed current priority management issues includin� the hiring of a city
engineer, the hiring of an airport manager and management evaluations.
Adiournment. A motion was made by Bozied, seconded by McClemans, to adjourn. All
present voted yes; motion carried. Meeting adjoumed at 7:35 p.m.
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