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an update so they don't have to wonder all night, she felt like that was in her discretion. Now one <br /> of the texts should have been more thorough but she stated she was exhausted. She stated she is <br /> exhausted. She stated she asked the Council to please to outsource this recruitment and maybe <br /> other cities have found there are reasons to outsource the top level position. There have been a lot <br /> of hiccups along the way in her opinion. She continued, noting she had stated at the beginning of <br /> this process she didn't want to do it if she couldn't do it well. So there were some things she <br /> wished had gone better but she is over worked and is stretched way too thin. She is doing the best <br /> she can and doesn't appreciate this. She indicated that is all she wanted to say. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Riley stated in answer to the question, in the interim, he would say go to City <br /> Attorney Fritz because this a very specific thing. He didn't know there could be a policy if they <br /> had thought of it in the past anyway. <br /> Councilmember Specht asked if there was a way to set general guidelines. He would always be <br /> open for feedback if there are things that they see and can give feedback. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Riley commented the normal answer that is known, is that they would go to the <br /> City Administrator and that would be the normal fall back. He stated he understood this was <br /> different. He stated in this special situation, they would go to City Attorney Knaak. <br /> Councilmember Musgrove stated she appreciated Administrative Services Director Lasher just <br /> now providing the information about her exempt status which provides her some liberty in doing <br /> that,which she wasn't aware of and that makes it a totally different perspective on what happened. <br /> She stated she didn't know that. She stated that was part of her reason for wanting to have this <br /> discussion with Council and have that information. <br /> Councilmember Howell commented she disagreed with the City Attorney on this and didn't <br /> understand how there are such different messages in front of them. She would want to have a <br /> further conversation that needed to be in a Closed Session just to talk through stuff. She stated she <br /> understood being overwhelmed but there were so many disparities on so many levels that for her, <br /> it is really hard to grasp. She would prefer having a discussion that is thorough about this. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Riley replied if they are going to do that, it needs to be added to an agenda; that <br /> was clearly answered. <br /> Councilmember Howell agreed, adding she wasn't objecting to that,just making a statement. <br /> Mayor Kuzma commented he understood Councilmember Howell's and Councilmember <br /> Musgrove's concerns but thought Administrative Services Director Lasher did as good a job as <br /> she could. He thought this was getting blown way out of proportion and he would like to stop this <br /> nonsense right now. He thought this is going way overboard and they are almost shaming <br /> Administrative Services Director Lasher for something she worked really hard at. Staff tried to <br /> outsource this thing but the Council decided to keep it inside and go on the cheap. He stated he <br /> didn't believe this is rising to that degree. He stated if they want to set policy for the future, that <br /> is fine but he is ready to put this to bed. <br /> City Council Work Session/May 10, 2022 <br /> Page 31 of 32 <br />