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CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
August 26, 1997
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Golden called meeting to order at 4:05 p.m., Council Chambers.
Attendance: Mayor Golden, Councilors: Hauck, Reid, Hagen, Laws, Wheeldon and DeBoer
Almquist.
A. Appointment of Interim City Administrator
City Administrator Brian Almquist submitted recommendation of Assistant City Administrator Greg Scoles, to
council for Interim City Administrator. General consensus by council that this recommendation could be brought
forward at the next regular council meeting for approval.
salary be set at the first step of the City Administrator salary range.
B. Recruitment Timetable
recruitment. Commented that he had already begun gathering input from Department Heads and community
members for the profile that would be used in the recruitment.
Golden commented on the importance of interviewing Department Heads and individuals who might be able to give
pertinent profile information for recruitment.
Casey continued to cover all the aspects involved in the recruitment process. Noted that compensation would depend
on qualifications, experience and if the city had a fixed salary range. His firm would be putting together a flyer for
distribution and doing the initial screening of candidates.
Committees and Boards into the recruitment process.
Councilor Reid suggested that a draft profile be submitted to council and then distributed to Department Heads and
various chairs of boards and commissions for input.
will also be in attendance at the community development process of the recruitment and any other times that the
council would desire.
Casey recommended that current City Administrator Brian Almquist remove himself from the development of the
profile for the new City Administrator.
Almquist submitted to council the portion of the Ashland Municipal Code that described the duties of the City
Administrator. Almquist pointed out that the duties include management of the utility system for the City.
the recruitment
process for the new city administrator. Reid suggested that the council have an opportunity to discuss how to deal
with the question of including this portion of the job description in the duties of the new city administrator.
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territory and the number contacts they have throughout the country.
Requested that Jill Turner, Finance Director report at a later time to council on this.
DeBoer requested a salary range on salaries that accompany the organizational chart.
recruitment.
if any
search for
department heads or chairs of boards and commissions.
that the draft profile will be available by September 3rd.
Casey stated
appropriate.
Legislature.
would be
and regional
Requested
with the '99
ideas back to the council for discussion.
vision and that it does not all rest with the current City Administrator. Council reached general concensus that a
team building session would be helpful.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
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