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CITY OF IOWA CITY
MEMORANDUM
Date: July 3, 2007
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk
Re: Council Special Work Session, July 2,2007,10:50 AM in Emma J. Harvat Hall
Council: Bailey, Champion, Correia, Elliott, O'Donnell, Vanderhoef, Wilburn
Staff: Dilkes, Karr
Tapes: 07-49, Both Sides
(A complete transcription is available in the City Clerk's Office)
Consultant Selection Process (IP4, IP5, IP6 of June 28 Info Packet)
City Atty. Dilkes facilitated discussion. Council agreed to send a Request for Qualifications
(RFQ) to national executive search firms as outlined in a memo from the Personnel
Administrator with the following modifications:
)> Past participatory process experience involving the community
)> Include past 7 years experience with City Manager recruitment with specific identification
of whether lead consultant is still with the firm
)> Confirm interviews must be in Iowa City and include lead consultant assigned to project
(no telephone interviews)
In addition, Council agreed to review all submittals and individually provide top 5 choices to the
City Clerk for compilation of a matrix; schedule a special work session to discuss matrix and
narrow down firms to be interviewed with a goal of 3-5 firms. Council agreed to the following
schedule:
July 17 RFQ final draft ready and available on the City website
July 19 Special 4:30 p.m. work session for final review of RFQ
July 20 Mailing of RFQ's with response deadline of noon August 6
August 6 - Responses from firms to RFQ ready for Council pick up after 1 :00
August 21 - .Deadline for Council members to provide top 5 firms to City Clerk
August 23 - Staff prepared matrix of Council results in packet
August 28 - Special 6:30 p.m. work session (one item only)
Selection of firms to be interviewed
September 15 - Special 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. work session/interviews with firms
Meeting adjourned 11 :35 AM. .