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Administrative Services Director Lasher asked if he was saying yes, leave it up on the website but <br />don’t actively recruit all year. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht replied yes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff commented he echoed that and thought the more opportunity the <br />better, even if it is promoted for a smaller window, there is no harm in that. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied okay. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove commented she thought there is a follow-up that automatically goes <br />out. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied there is. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove continued she didn’t know if the follow-up could reference any time <br />frame or action going on and when it happens so people aren’t waiting or wondering when they <br />could anticipate hearing back on an interview process. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff agreed that is a great point. He stated right now there is a boards and <br />commission website. He thought the application could be there the whole time but it could say <br />terms start in April so there is some level of expectation but if an opening happens ahead of time <br />they can apply earlier. He thought being able to communicate that is key. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove commented if the application was going to be left up, she didn’t want <br />anyone to be discouraged because of a lack of communication. She stated she was in favor of <br />leaving the application up passively with communication and having an active recruitment time. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied she thought that is excellent. She continued when <br />applications come in through the website a notification is sent to staff and the applicant gets an <br />automatic response which would include a message and number to call with questions. She asked <br />about the process for incumbents. She stated the discussion with Councilmembers Musgrove and <br />Howell today was that for the current recruitment that is pending appointment of incumbents, it <br />would be left as is and do the reappointments. For terms beginning in 2023 interviews of <br />incumbents with the Council would be required. She asked for Council feedback on that. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma commented that if the interview was being slanted to say what did they learn versus <br />interviewing them as if they were new. He stated it was hard enough to get people to serve on <br />commissions so he wouldn’t want to make them feel as if they are interviewing for the position <br />for the first time. He thought asking incumbents what they learned and what could be done better <br />was a good idea. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied okay. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session /April 12, 2022 <br />Page 2 of 18 <br /> <br />