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CITY OF IOWA CITY
MEMORANDUM
Date: September 24, 2007
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk
Re: Council Special Work Session, September 15,2007,8:00 AM in Emma J. Harvat Hall
Council: Bailey, Champion, Correia, Elliott, O'Donnell, Vanderhoef, Wilburn
UISG Rep: Volland
Staff: Dilkes, Mejia, Karr
(A complete transcription is available in the City Clerk's Office)
Interviews were held with the four executive search firms as follows:
8AM Waters-Oldani Executive Recruitment (Andrea Sims)
9AM Slavin Management Consultants, Inc. (Bob Slavin and Paul Wenbert)
10AM Bennett Yarger Associates (Richard Kobayashi)
11AM The PAR Group - Paul A. Reaume Ltd. (Robert Beezat)
Council selected The PAR Group as the preferred executive search firm and direct staff to begin
negotiating the contract for Council approval.
Council decided:
1. Broad community input in developing recruitment profile
2. Identify representative from various community i!nstitutions and organizations for one on
one interviews with consultant (can be in person or phone)
3. Goal is to bring in 12+ list of semi finalists and Council get down to smaller list of finalists
4. "meet and greet" event with the finalists, and allOw for comments/input/questionnaire
from attendees, no rankrngs, and not on week-end day
5. All names confidential until the finalists are brought to Iowa City
6. Families of the finalists will also be invited for visit
7. Consider assisting spouse with employment; follow up with University on trailing spouse
office
8. City HR Director (Mejia) contact with PAR
9. Mayor guest op in newspaper after consultant hired and timelines and process questions
finalized
10. Agreement to decided process and stick to it
11. Draft contract with consultant, distribute September 27 packet for action October 2
Meeting adjourned 1: 15 PM.