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MAPLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
5:00 p.m., Monday, December 29, 2008
Council Chambers, City Hall
Meeting No. 35-08
A. CALL TO ORDER
A meeting of the City Council was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order
at 5:00 p.m. by Acting Mayor Juenemann.
Acting City Manager Ahl reported that Mr. Hjelle would be absent and Mayor Longrie would be
about 5 minutes late.
B. ROLL CALL
Present at 5:04 p.m.
Diana Longrie, Mayor
Absent
Erik Hjelle, Councilmember
Kathleen Juenemann, Councilmember Present
John Nephew, Councilmember Present
Will Rossbach, Councilmember Present
C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Acting City Manager, Ahl provided the City Council with a memorandum that included confidential
information from Steve Bernard of The Par Group on the 50 candidates for the City Manager
Position.
Councilmember Nephew moved to approve the agenda as submitted.
Seconded by Councilmember Rossbach. Ayes ? All
The motion passed.
D.NEW BUSINESS
1. Declaration of Special Meeting Topics
a. Considering City Manager Candidates
Acting City Manager, Chuck Ahl explained the memorandum and information from Mr. Steve
Bernard from The Par Group on the reason that there are only 50 candidates when he originally
reported that there were 53 candidate applications.
The City Council requested time to review the information from Mr. Bernard. Mayor Longrie
declared a recess at 5:07 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing the information that had been
provided.
Mayor Longrie asked questions of Mr. Ahl regarding whether Mr. Bernard would be available. Mr.
Ahl reported that he would not be available for this meeting. Mayor Longrie asked if Mr. Bernard
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was providing any additional information for the Council?s consideration. Mr. Ahl reported that Mr.
Bernard had indicated that he had no more information or recommendations.
The Council discussed whether to add an additional candidate for City Manager because two of
the original five selected candidates had removed their names from consideration.
The Council indicated that they wish to convey to Mr. Bernard that they would like to delay the
process if one more candidate removes their name from consideration and that Mr. Bernard
should provide the Council with resumes? and additional information on 6 ? 10 names from the
original list. Additional discussion by the Council with Mr. Bernard would be necessary as part of
this Contingency Plan as the Council may consider re-opening the application process.
The Council directed Mr. Ahl to have a copy of this Council meeting prepared and delivered to Mr.
Bernard.
Councilmember Nephew moved to proceed with the current review process with the three
finalists.
Seconded by Councilmember Rossbach. Ayes ? All
The motion passed.
E. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Longrie adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m.
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