Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 04/13/1995

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Ms. Hart stated that is why the excess fund policy was set up the way it was. Councilmemb~r Zimmerman stated that a comment was made at the Finance Committee concerning fai ~mess of certain departments. In the future, maybe a policy can be developed regarding depal'tments taking a cut if necessary, etc. Motion by Co~Uncilmember Peterson and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to adopt Resolution g95r02-048 receiving bids and awarding contract for one commemial mower to Midwest Specihlty Sales for an amount not-to-exceed $25,986.00. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Peterson, Beyer, Beahen · [ and Z~mmennan. Voting No: None. MAYOR AND COUNCIL INPUT 1) Refriggrator Purchase Finance Officer Hart informed Council that the refrigerator had to be replaced in the employee's bre~ room. 2) Administrative Services Manager Position City Administ Administrator these applicati deadline. The requirements. Sixteen of the pare down the ator Schroeder stated that the City advertised for an Assistant to the City ~osition. Two hundred requests for applications were received and 112 of >ns were returned. We received a few additional applications after the applications were scored on a 100-point scale based upon the minimum Following this scoring, 33 applicants were deemed to meet the minimums. pplicants meet the qualifications to be interviewed. He stated he intends to list of finalists prior to asking anyone to come in for an interview. The advertised range of pay was $31,000 to $40,000. The bulk of the applicants are currently being paid fror~ $32,400 to $41,000. He felt it would be difficult to find someone toward the bottom of ~e pay range. Mr. Schroeder reported that all 112 applications are available for Council's r~view. He added that he hopes to conduct telephone interviews because of the distance a~ay of some of the applicants. He continued that he had spoken with one of the members 0f the Personnel Committee today and it was suggested that Council be involved at thi~ point. He thought he would pare it down more first as he had not expected that Council wanted to be involved prior to that point. He then inquired how Council felt. CouncilmembOr Beyer stated she had contacted Mr. Schroeder today. Prior to that, she wasn't aware tl'iat he had already sent letters to some of the applicants; she did not expect him to move t~at fast. Councilmember Beyer felt it would be a good idea to have the Personnel Committee to be more active in the beginning. She added that she really didn't know what cotild be done at this point other than becoming involved from this point on. She stated as f~ as telephone interviews, she is open to that idea. She Sees it as a viable solution for those out of state as it saves expense for them. Councilmember Beahen agreed with Councilmember Beyer. Mayor Hardin idid not see how Council would have time to be more involved in this process and was in agreement with the phone interviews to pare down the number of interviews. Councilmembar Beyer added that Council does not have any other choice since Mr. Schroeder has ~ken the action he has. : City Council/February 28, 1995 i Page 13 of 14