07-16 Work Session (2)
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
Richfield, Minnesota
Special City Council Work Session
July 16, 2018
CALL TO ORDER
The work session was called to order by Mayor Elliott at 7:50 p.m. in the Bartholomew Room.
Council Members Pat Elliott, Mayor; Maria Regan Gonzalez; Michael Howard; and Simon
Present: Trautmann (arrived at 7:58 p.m.).
Council Members Edwina Garcia.
Absent:
Staff Present: Steven L. Devich, City Manager; John Stark, Community Development
Director.
Item #1 DISCUSS SELECTION OF EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM FOR CITY MANAGER
RECRUITMENT.
Mayor Elliott stated that Council Member Garcia contacted him to let him know that she would
not be able to attend but wanted to interview Hue Life and Mercer Group.
Council Member Regan Gonzalez indicated that she felt that the Mercer Group and Hue Life
proposals stood out and wanted to interview them.
Mayor Elliott and Council Member Howard both concurred and stated they also felt that Hue
Life and Mercer Group were the firms they wanted to bring in for interview.
Mayor Elliott asked City Manager Devich which of the proposals he felt were the strongest and
best fit with what the Council was seeking. City Manager Devich responded that he also though that
Hue Life and Mercer Group were the two firms that he would interview for sure.
Council Member Trautmann stated that his first choice was Hue Life and was agreeable to
bringing in the Mercer Group as well.
There was brief discussion about whether to select a third firm to be interviewed, but the
consensus was that the Council believed that one of the two firms would most likely do a good job of
the executive search and there was no reason to add another firm.
ADJOURNMENT
The work session was adjourned by unanimous consent at 8:05 p.m.
Special Council Work Session Minutes -2- July 16,2018
Date Approved: August 21, 2018
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