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Mayor Kuzma commented he like having the City Administrator oversee it because he will be new <br />and will learn from the process. <br />Councilmember Heineman agreed that the City Administrator should oversee it but that an un- <br />editable copy could be fileshared and then let them clean it up later as needed. <br />Councilmember Specht commented as policies are found the minutes could be searched to find <br />out if there is an amended copy unless it is known the most current version is there. <br />Councilmember Woestehoff commented he thought IT Manager Fredrickson has a unique ability <br />to find and publish these as he is one of two people who spend a lot of time on the website. He <br />thought he would be a good resource go to through this. He agreed with Councilmember <br />Heineman that there are probably 20 to 30 policies easily available that they could publish and <br />then find the rest of them. He thought progress could be shown quickly. <br />Mayor Kuzma asked Administrative Services Director Lasher if that gave her enough direction. <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied yes. <br />2.04: Discussion Directing the City Attorney to Enter into Contract Negotiations with the <br />Next City Administrator <br />City Attorney Knaak stated in the process of hiring a new City Administrator there would be a <br />time when he would begin negotiating with the candidate to come up with a contract. <br />Interim City Administrator/Community Dev. Director Hagen left the meeting. <br />City Attorney Knaak stated Council is working toward a decision to hire Mr. Hagen. He stated <br />there are a couple of options. One option is to begin negotiation and when a decision comes up <br />one way or the other, that decision would be made based on a contract where both sides would <br />know the financial expectation of the position. He explained option two was to make the decision <br />contingent upon negotiation of terms. He stated one advantage they have is there is not a vacancy <br />because Mr. Hagen is already performing the duties of the City Administrator and is less expensive <br />while terms are negotiated. He suggested he do the negotiation on behalf of the City and come up <br />with terms that would be mutually agreeable. <br />Councilmember Specht commented that he asked it to be on the agenda that it would be good to <br />get it settled, especially with the other staff vacancies. He suggested another vote on <br />recommending that the attorney enter into negotiation and go from there. He didn't think there <br />would be an option to bring them both on and didn't want to leave them hanging. <br />Councilmember Riley agreed with Councilmember Specht and added he thought the City right <br />now was in a precarious spot and thought moving forward with Mr. Hagen would be a settling <br />influence on staffing with the number of resignations they have had just within the last week. He <br />City Council Work Session / May 24, 2022 <br />Page 12 of 17 <br />