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qualifications they have to have and the desired qualifications are what they are really looking for and the applicant is scored on. In situations it can be revised however Council would like. Deputy City Administrator/Community Dev. Director Hagen replied he has a different job description than what is in the packet. The position profile that is in the packet is for his position. He stated the focus of the position will change based on what Council picks for the job description. Councilmember Riley commented that he liked some of the language in Councilmember Howell's handout. He would like to see someone with some business experience but it seemed to him that the way it is worded they are looking for something else but would accept someone with traditional city experience. He liked the idea of opening it up and using business as something they are looking for. Councilmember Howell asked if it read "Master's degree in Public Administration, Business, Finance or related field and seven to ten years of executive leadership experience or a combination of education and broad work experience acceptable to the City Council," and if that would satisfy that to say it is important but it would be equivalent. Councilmember Riley replied that is exactly what he would have done. Councilmember Woestehoff commented he liked the change, that it reads better. He suggested adjusting it from a block of text to bullet points so it read more like two separate qualifications. He suggested removing the working general knowledge and software section because he felt it was vague and didn't get into the specifics that he would want. He thought the current City Administrator probably had to know how to find Municode as a part of his job. He suggested not going overly broad but agreed that having a working knowledge was ok instead of requiring that they have to know the software. He thought generically it makes sense and he didn't oppose someone coming in that is outside of the city world if it is the right candidate. He liked the idea of leading with the civic experience first. City Administrator Ulrich agreed with the software that if someone has been successful in business either as an executive or CEO and they have a working knowledge of software needed to conduct business, that it wasn't something that would be needed. Councilmember Howell agreed with striking that sentence and flipping the two items at the top and putting an or between them. Mayor Kuzma asked if there were any other areas. Administrative Services Director Lasher asked for more explanation on the sentence that reads "proven experience as either a City administrator" and if that should be quantified at all or if that falls into the seven to ten years' experience. If that should be one year or five years. Councilmember Howell replied she thought to look at the person as a whole package. She hoped the applicant wouldn't be really young and have just done something for a short time. She City Council Work Session /February 22, 2022 Page 11 of 13