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3. Presentation on Administrator Recruitment from Sharon Klumpp, Waters and Co., a Division of Springsted Sharon Klumpp provided and update on the recruitment process and stated revisions per the Mayor for the agreement have been made. Klumpp stated that moving forward with the process she will request Council input, which is a critical piece to understand what the Council is looking for in reference to expectations and a timeline. City Council Members will be contacted individually for a conference call on January 31 or February 1. Each will be contacted by email to set up a convenient time. Council is in agreement with that. The purpose of the conference calls is to assist in creating the recruitment brochure. The questions were provided in a handout for Council Members to review before their conference call. The recruitment brochure is scheduled to be ready for advertising by February 10, 2017. Klumpp stated that the City Council hires the new administrator but she would also like department head input as well. Council agreed that an email questionnaire to department heads for hiring the new Administrator was appropriate. Loftus will inform staff to expect an email from our consultant with questions to respond to for the hiring of the new Administrator. Klumpp reviewed timeline and the process of a video recording of applicants. Candidates are given a link to video their answer to a question. They are given 3 minutes to answer a question then the video is forwarded to Council for review. Walsh said if things fall behind a bit it is good to keep the process flexible to assure the best candidates. Walsh said we are close to finding an interim administrator and plan to hire at the February 13th Council meeting so that person has an opportunity to spend time training with the City Administrator. 4. Interview Prosecuting Attorney Steve Tallen Attorney Steve Tallen re -visited with Council about his firm's qualifications to represent the City of Orono as the prosecuting attorney. Walsh requested that Council reconsider the top two firms for the prosecuting attorney and invited them both back. Tallen attended this work session and Potts is available to attend the February 13th work session. Tallen reviewed his resume and previous experience. Tallen & Baertschi primarily provide prosecution services to municipal clients. Currently the firm provides services to the City of Maple Grove, Robbinsdale, Medina, Loretto, Deephaven, Woodland, the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District, Osseo, and the Hennepin County portion of Rockford. Representations include quite a bit of conflict prosecution and criminal prosecution cases. Tallen assures he does not have a conflict of interest. The City of Orono's work load is comparable to the City of Medina. Page 3 of 4