HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-12-13 Council Minutes - Work SessionKENAI CITY COUNCIL STORK SESSION
DECEMBER 13, 2005
KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 P.M.
MAYOR PAT PORTER, PRESIDING
NOTES
Council Members Present: R. Ross, R. Molloy, C. Massie, M. Boyle, L. Swarner,
P. Porter and J. Moore
Staff Present: City Clerk C. Freas, City Attorney C. Graves, Acting
City Manager C. Kopp
The work session was opened at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Porter. Acting City Manager
reported Candidate David Thompson contacted him and requested his name removed
from the list of candidates.
MOTION:
Council member Molloy MOVED to convene in an executive session of the Council of
the City of Kenai, to discuss and review personal characteristics of the City Manager
applicants, including review of references. Council Member Ross SECONDED the
motion.
VOTE:
Ross
Yes
Molloy
Yes
Massie
Yes
Boyle
Yes
Swarner
Yes
Porter
Yes
Moore
Yes
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
Council requested Kopp and Graves to attend the executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: 7:03 P.M.
BACK TO ORDER: 7:44 P.M.
MOTION:
Council Member Molloy MOVED to interview three people: Dennis Packer, Mike Miller
and Rick Koch. Council Member Boyle SECONDED the motion.
VOTE:
Ross
Yes
Molloy
Yes
Massie
Yes
-Boyle
Yes
Swarner
Yes
Porter
Yes
Moore
Yes
KENAI COUNCIL WORK SESSION
DECEMBER 13, 2005
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MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
A brief discussion followed in which Council discussed a tentative schedule for
conducting interviews, preparation of interview questions, etc. Consensus was
reached as follows:
• Tentative date for holding interviews: Friday, January 13 and Saturday,
January 14.
• Tentative interview schedule: Rick Koch, Friday morning; Dennis Packer,
Friday afternoon; Mike Miller, Saturday morning.
• Spouses will be invited to travel to Kenai at the city's expense.
• Kopp is to further investigate the candidates, i.e. credit checks, etc. The
information search should be completed within a week and the supplemental
information should be forwarded to Council by the end of the year.
• A list of questions will be forwarded to Graves to review. The list of
questions will be forwarded to Council to review. If there are additional questions
Council would like asked, they should be submitted for review.
Council also considered whether the candidate should be requested to reimburse
travel costs if the applicant has traveled to Kenai for an interview ,' cit s ex ense(at Y expense),
offered the position, and then turned the position down. Consensus was no.
Council also considered whether several of the council should travel to the towns
where the candidates currently live to ask questions of townspeople, etc. Consensus
was no, they were satisfied with the information received from the reference checks.
The work session ended at approximately 8:44 p.m
Notes prepared and submitted by:
Carol L. Freas, City Clerk