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                                 AGENDA
                       CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION
                                June 20, 2024
                                  5:00 PM
I.     Call to Order

II.    Agenda

       II.A     Agenda for 6-20-24
                Summary Report
                6-20-24 AGENDA COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING.docx

III.   Business to be discussed and Possible Action

       III.A    Vendor Presentations Regarding the Recruitment and Selection of a New Full-time
                City Administrator
                Summary Report
                1A.docx
                DDA PROPOSAL.pdf
                SCSC PROPOSAL.pdf

IV.    Adjourn




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                                                           AGENDA ITEM NO. II.A


Agenda Item Summary
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:                    June 20, 2024

SUBMITTED BY:            Holli Gudknecht, Administration

ITEM TYPE:               Agenda

AGENDA SECTION:          Agenda

SUBJECT:                 Agenda for 6-20-24

SUGGESTED ACTION:

ATTACHMENTS:
6-20-24 AGENDA COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING.docx




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                                        CITY OF KENYON
                                      KENYON, MINNESOTA

                       NOTICE OF SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING

                                      Thursday, June 20, 2024
                                            5:00 p.m.


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will hold a Special Meeting pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.04, subdivision 2 on Thursday, June 20, 2024, commencing at
5:00 p.m. at City Hall, 709 2nd Street, Kenyon, Minnesota for the following purposes:


        1.       Vendor Presentations Regarding the Recruitment and Selection of a New Full-time
                 City Administrator

        2.       Discussion of Vendor Presentations

        3.       Other




                                                      Frank Boyles
                                                      Interim City Administrator


DATED: June 13, 2024




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                                                           AGENDA ITEM NO. III.A


Agenda Item Summary
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:                June 20, 2024

SUBMITTED BY:        Holli Gudknecht, Administration

ITEM TYPE:           New Business

AGENDA SECTION:      Business to be discussed and Possible Action

SUBJECT:             Vendor Presentations Regarding the Recruitment and Selection of a
                     New Full-time City Administrator

SUGGESTED ACTION:

ATTACHMENTS:
1A.docx
DDA PROPOSAL.pdf
SCSC PROPOSAL.pdf




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                          REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
 Agenda Item:           Department:          Requested Council Meeting Date:         Submitted By:
     IA                Administration                  JUNE 20                       Frank Boyles

TITLE OF ISSUE: SELECTION OF CONTRACTOR FOR RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND
HIRING OF NEW CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR KENYON, MINNESOTA
BACKGROUND AND SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: At your June 6, 2024, regular city
council meeting the city council unanimously selected the recruitment, selection and hiring of a new
full time city administrator as your number one and two objectives, respectively. The staff was
directed to arrange a special council meeting to hear from the two consultants about their
respective proposals and leave time for city council discussion and consultant selection.

The special meeting will be conducted on Thursday, June 20, at 5pm in the city council chambers.
Commencing at 5pm Mike Humpal representing South Central Service Cooperative will spend thirty
minutes presenting his proposal and addressing city council questions. At 5:30pm Pat Melvin from
DDA Associates will do the same. Both consultants will leave, and the city council will have up to an
hour to discuss and hopefully choose one consultant or the other or direct the staff to seek out
another. A copy of each proposal is attached.

Here are a few things to city council may wish to consider:
   1. Which process will result in a job description that council members will concur about specific
       roles and responsibilities of the new person?
   2. Which firm is most likely to be successful in recruiting candidates with the credentials the city
       council desires?
   3. Which process incorporates staff input which the city council deems most appropriate?
   4. It is a tough market for public managers, which process will attract the most desirable
       applicants.
   5. In the event the first effort is unsuccessful, which proposal allows the council to repeat the
       process at no additional charge.
   6. Which firm has the most capable employees based upon the city council’s observations of
       their biographies?
   7. Which proposal will provide the most critical information about Kenyon to candidates to
       decide if this is the right place for them?
   8. Which process will result in candidates who are both doers and delegators?
   9. Which proposal is most likely to help councilmembers know the breadth and depth of
       candidate experience?
   10. Which proposal is the best value for the taxpayer dollar?



SOURCE OF FUNDING: General Fund
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: Select a consultant and direct staff to begin the process.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
  Resolution    Ordinance      Contract                           Minutes               OTHER




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