Agenda - Council Work Session - 01/09/2007

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3 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION Topic Report: City Administrator Search -- Proposal Review and Selection of Executive Search Firm Finalists By: Givonna Reed Kone, Human Resources Manager Background On December 12, 2006, the City Council directed staff to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for executive search firms to assist the City with a recruitment for a new city administrator. Staff has received 10 proposals in response to the RFP. Proposals were submitted by the following firms: • Personnel Decisions International (Minneapolis, MN) • Bennett Yarger Associates (Sacramento, CA) • Slavin Management Consultants (Norcross, GA) • Sathe Executive Search (Minneapolis, MN) • CPS Human Resource Services (Madison, WI) • The Waters Consulting Group, Inc. (Dallas, TX) • The Mercer Group, Inc. (Santa Fe, NM) • Springsted Incorporated (St. Paul, MN) • The Brimeyer Group, Inc. (Hopkins, MN) • Kuehl & Payer (Storm Lake, IA) As there are numerous proposals and some are quite lengthy, in addition to providing members of the City Council with a copy of each proposal, staff has endeavored to summarize eachproposal. The summaries consist of the search firms' responses to key questions they were required to answer as part of the RFP process. In reviewing actual proposals or summaries, it may be prudent to note that overall, the executive search firms that submitted proposals seem to offer the same (or very similar) core services. Those core services tend to fall into the following categories: creation of a position profile (a position profile illustrates the organization and community and describes the basic responsibilities and duties of the position, reporting relationships, education requirements, and experience necessary); identification and recruitment of candidates; screening applicants; progress reports; reference and credential checks; interviews and selection; negotiation; and follow -up. In the event that a firm has not listed a service that the City Council would like performed, that consulting firm may provide that service for an additional fee.