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City of Elk River • Page One Introduction The Brimeyer Group is a full-service executive search and consulting firm working primarily in the public sector to assist boards, councils, and commissions in recruiting individuals for top management positions including managers, administrators, department heads, and other key staff positions. We also are experienced in recruiting administrative staff for non-profit organizations and private corporations. In addition, we provide services in the areas of team building, strategic planning, goal setting, and organizational and management studies for selected clients. Our approach to executive search promotes maximum client input in the search process. The client is the final authority in the selection of candidates. In addition to our milestone meetings with the client, we will provide periodic updates to keep you informed of our progress. The Brimeyer Group, Inc., is committed to accurately portraying all candidates to the client so that the client's satisfaction may be assured. We also strive to accurately portray the position to the candidates to prevent unrealistic expectations. We maintain continual contact with the client throughout the search and keep the candidates informed as the search progresses. We offer to perform a performance evaluation for the new Planning Director that is designed to assess the first 6 months on the job and to identify issues to work on over the next 12 months. This service is provided at no additional fee. • Consultant James L. Brimeyer Jim has twenty years of experience in public sector management and has been involved in executive search since July, 1988. Mr. Brimeyer served in public administration in four cities, three as City Manager, including his last position in St. Louis Park, Minnesota (pop. 45,000), with a budget of$28 million and 230 employees. He also served in Worthington, Ohio, and Wood Dale, Illinois. He began his career as Assistant City Manager in Park Ridge, Illinois after obtaining a Master's degree in Public Administration from Northern Illinois University. His Bachelor's degree is from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. Mr. Brimeyer is past President of the Ohio City Management Association. He belongs to the International City Management Association, the Metropolitan Area Management Association, the Minnesota City Management Association, the National Forum for Black Public Administrators, and the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association. He is active in the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce. He is Past President of the St. Louis Park Rotary and Past President of the Rotary Foundation Board. In January, 1996 Mr. Brimeyer began a four-year term as City Council Member at-large in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.