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City Council Minutes <br />Januaxy ~9, ~~10 <br />Page 4 <br />Mayor I~linzing noted two Councilmembers suggested reviewing this position and the <br />organizational structure at the March worksession and asked if this is the direction the full <br />Council would like to take, <br />Councilmember ~Iestgaard stated he is not ready to move forward with the worksession and <br />doesn't understand what transpired between Wednesday evening when Council voted to <br />hire Mr. Maurer and Sunday when Mr. Maurer declined the offer, <br />Mayor I~linzing stated an offer was made to Mr. Maurer and he declined it. She stated no <br />one knows why he declined and now Council needs to move forw~~ ~ith decidin what to <br />g <br />do with the public works directox position, <br />Councilinember Westgaard questioned if city staff offered ~ ~~~ -~ ~~. Maurer and how <br />the communication process was handled, He noted Coin receive . utter from Mr. <br />Maurer stating he declined the job due to the carre~p~~.dence over the ~ few da s. He <br />Y <br />questioned what this meant and he would like to u~~estand what happe before he can <br />move forward, <br />k <br />Ms. Johnson stated she had various meetings on ~"~~~~~, r and Mr. Maurer was out for <br />onions of the da so th <br />p y ey weren t able to connect, Sly ~t~~ted she met early Thursday <br />morning with public works staff to t~ then that even tl~=~~h Mr. Maurer wasn't staffls <br />choice for public works director, the ~p~ ~r~ .the Councii p~~kd, and staff would now <br />make it work. She stated on Friday m~~ing 4h~ e ~r. Ma~e~ an email meetin re uest <br />g q <br />to see if he could meet that afternoon ~e~o~.t~ p~ ~ benefits. She stated Mr. Maurer <br />declined the meeting request. Ms, John~~~ <br />asked that he call her ~ th~v can discuss <br />the other candidate ~n `~"~:i.~y; that he did <br />Councilmember ~'~~;~a,s sta ~~, ~s~aurc~.• <br />would be in on Mo~~~, e~~e~ ~ aa~~ ~'`~d noon and they could discuss it then. <br />Councilmmber ~ei~wa~ ether noted Nis, Johnson replied to Mr. Maurer statin that he is <br />g <br />not pori t ~~.~~~~. as he ~ ~o longer a contracted employee but that he should call so <br />~~ could work ~~~~ugh the ~~~.s of his employment. Councilmember Zerwas stated Mr. <br />~aurer may not ha~-e "elt welcomed as a result of the response, <br />ahnson stated ~` contract with Mr. Maurer had ex fired and he wasn't et a ci <br />~~ p, Y tY <br />em~~~e and typ~~~ employees don t start working until the employment terms have been <br />appro~~~ by C~.~d. She further stated that Mr, Maurer contacted Ms. Astrup with the Eli <br />.~.iver St~~~ ~~~~~~ ~rnetime on Friday to let her know he didn't lan to acce t the osition. <br />p p P <br />Councilmember Moon noted this was a unique situation but stated that Mr, Maurer <br />acknowledged in his own email that he was no longer in contract with the city and not et a <br />city emplo ee. He stated he is not sure wh Mr. Maurer Y <br />Y y declined and suggested it could be <br />due to the Council vote or to the employee issues. Councilmember Moon stated he is not <br />sure it is still a viable option to offer the position to Mr, Maurer or whether it should be <br />offered to the second choice candidate but he would be okay with it if Council wanted to <br />move in that direction, <br />std slae res~~nded back to Mr, Maurer and <br />employment terms. She stated she informed <br />;et the position. <br />t an email to Ms. Johnson indicating he <br />Councilmember Moon stated the Council needs to move forward on this issue. He stated <br />when the interview committee was completing interviews of candidates it was unclear on <br />whether it was necessary to have the engineering certif cations for the position or if the ci <br />tY <br />