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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, January 4, 2021 <br />2:30 p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 6 of 10 <br /> <br />3. DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE ON FILLING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR <br />POSITION (INTERIM/LONG TERM) – Continued <br /> <br />Seals noted those questions may come up regardless. <br /> <br />Crosby said they could post something on their own, put a job posting on LinkedIn and set a <br />timeframe; if the City does not have success, they go to a search firm. He does not know if there <br />was great value in the search firm they hired the last time. <br /> <br />Seals has looked at the League of Minnesota Cities website and was pleasantly surprised at the <br />amount of resources they had in relation to this topic. She said if people were willing to commit <br />time to review résumés , get things in front of the Council during work sessions, etcetera (and <br />she is willing), she thinks they could come to a good solution. <br /> <br />Crosby thinks they should set a time frame on it, whether one or two months, and if they are not <br />successful at finding a candidate they can hire a search firm. <br /> <br />Seals agreed. <br /> <br />Walsh said if Printup and Seals are willing to spend the time and energy on this, he would not <br />have any problems spending the first 30 days to see how it ends up. Like anything, he thinks <br />they will get something right away or they will not get anything and then will need the help of a <br />recruiter. He would like a good understanding of what Printup and Seals are willing to do in <br />those first 30 days. <br /> <br />Printup thinks Walsh is right, there will be a lot of hits at first and then it just depends on how <br />that trickles down. He thinks there will be a lot of applicants as that has been the trend in the <br />past. If it is a very bumpy ride they will easily know after a month that they will need outside <br />help. A month goes very, very fast and he thinks that is a safe route. <br /> <br />Crosby is comfortable with 30 days. <br /> <br />Seals asked how they get the job posted. <br /> <br />City Clerk Anna Carlson said they could post it on the League of Minnesota Cities first. <br /> <br />Seals agreed and said she and Printup can come up with a plan to look at résumés. She noted <br />they could dedicate time at work sessions and could be accountable to the rest of the Council <br />with what they are hearing, seeing, and who the candidates are. <br /> <br />Johnson asked when the next meeting is. <br /> <br />