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~ " M I NUT E S e Special Meeting Eugene City Council August 11, 1980 , Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 8 a.m., August 11, 1980, in the McNutt Room, with the following councilors present: Betty Smith, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, Jack Delay, D. W. Hamel, Gretchen Miller, and Emily Schue. Councilor Eric Haws was absent. Mayor Keller stated that the purpose of this meeting was for the councilors to meet Ralph Andersen, the consultant from the recruitment firm to aid in the selection of the new city manager, and to hear what Mr. Andersen has in mind for the process. Mayor Keller stated that a key issue for the councilors to think about is the kind of guidance that the council wants to make available to Mr. Andersen and whether he should follow up the department head question- naires with individual interviews. Mr. Andersen thanked staff who had prepared the timeline and various other preparatory materials. He stated that his role is to serve as staff to the e council and the City until a selection for the new city manager is made. The next two days are important since he will be working with the council to deter- mine what characteristics they wish to see in, the new city manager; he will be meeting with each councilor and councilor-elect individually. Some of the things they will be discussing are desired background and experiences, and problems in the community that the new city manager will be expected to help resolve. After the interviews have been held, he will pull together a composite and review it on Wednesday. This will be a set of recruiting guidelines. He will meet with the council as a group to discuss this composite and arrive at consensus. Then, they will move forward with the recruitment process. He noted that it is the council who will select the city manager, but staff has been given an opportunity to provide input. He could interview the department heads if the council wishes. Mr. Andersen stated that after Wednesday, he will place advertisements in the appropriate publications. The entire process will be reviewed on Wednesday. The deadline will be noted in the ads. Between the time of submitting the ads and the deadline for applications, they will take a period of time to talk with people around the United States to develop a list of outstanding candi- dates. They will pull together a list of the cream of the. crop. They will personally invite these people to apply and then those people will be called. This will get the interest of some who might not have otherwise appl ied. Two to three weeks after the deadline, they will do background checks to see if the candidates can do the job a~ministratively and to see if they will be e 8/11/80--1