3.1. DRAFT MINUTES 01-19-2010 (2)

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City Council Minutes Page ~ January 19, 2010 would be limiting the best possible candidates by requiring it. He stated Council could xeview the pos~t~on descr~pt~on to make adjustments if needed, Councilmember Gumphrey concurred with the need to move forward, He suggested re- advertising for the position immediately. Councilmember Moon stated an engineer is needed but questioned the necessity of f~11in g the public Works d~reCtOr' position. Mayor I~linzing suggested listing engineering qualif cations as a desired qualification on the position description but not have it be required. ,uh Councilmember Westgaard re-iterated he was not read to m~ ~rward with a decision Y tonight. Councilmember Motin stated he didn't see that Ms. ~~~nson did an tl~ iron or was Y ~ g unwelcoming. He stated Mr. Maurer was in the of~ on Friday but didn'~ pond to the meeting request email until alter he left in the. ~~~~~oon, He Mated if Mr. ~i,°r has issues working with Ms. Johnson, it was his issue. Mayor ~~Iinzing agreed and stated she sent an email ~ ~~.~, Maurer invitin him to lunch and ivin eve indication she wanted ~~ ~v ~ ' g g g ry e forward w~ti~ ~~ ~n the position. Councilmember Zerwas stated the C~~~c n~~~ ~~~ e rou n~ it's Ixri ortant to kee the g p p p position description inline with where ~ ~s no~~ry ~ ~.~~ned if the March worksession q would work to review the position dese~~~.~nA Mayor I~linzing stud phi ~~, would be ~ded to the March worksession a enda. g 7. ether Business Di,~cussir~~ Vii' ~drn~~~~~~~~r ~'e orrnanc~e .A.evie~ ~'roc~esf ~~~~~ I~linzing di~~buted ~~~.;#sample erformance evaluation forms and noted a p d~ision needed to made on ~rhich forms to use, ~~ council agreed ~~~n the following process: ~~ ~ze ~~rmance form number 3. ~~~ o be sent and returned to the Mayor. Put on cover letter that staff is enc~~aged to make comments and to rely only on the ratin s stem. gY ~ Mayor and Acting Mayor to meet and compile the information. ® Ms. Johnson's direct reports, Peter Beck, Lori Johnson, Phil Hals, and the City Council are to complete the .form. Council questioned if there was the possibility for them to meet in closed session prior to the performance xeview meeting in order to review the forms Ms. Johnson suggested checking state iaw to make sure it was possible and to determine how to set it up. Staff and the city attorney will report back to the Council on this issue.