HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-08-29 Council Minutes - Work SessionKENAI CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
AUGUST 29, 2011
KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
6:00 P.M.
REVIEW OF CITY CLERK APPLICATIONS
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Porter called the work session to order at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Council Members Present:
Mayor Pat Porter
Councilmember Terry Bookey
Councilmember Brian Gabriel
Councilmember Ryan Marquis
Councilmember Bob Molloy
Also Present:
Linda Murphy, ClerkWorks Alaska
Absent:
Vice Mayor Mike Boyle
Councilmember Joe Moore
REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS: Mayor Porter asked each councilmember present to give their
opinion of the applications received to date. The Council was surprised by the lack of response
from municipal clerks and deputies from around the state. Ms. Murphy noted that there may have
been a feeling among the members of AAMC that the current deputy clerk was the likely first choice
of the Council, and this may have led to a reluctance to apply for the position. It was a consensus
of those present to reopen the application period through September 15, 2011, and Ms. Murphy
was asked to send an email to the AAMC membership encouraging interested members to submit
their resumes for review by the Council. The Council further asked Ms. Murphy to advertise a work
session for Friday, September 9, 2011, beginning at 1:00 p.m., for the purpose of interviewing the
top four candidates selected from the resumes received thus far. She was asked to contact the four
applicants (Harmony Curtis, Corene Hall, Toni Prins and Laurie Walters) and set up interviews with
them, with one hour allocated for each.
Ms. Murphy stated that she would prepare a set of interview questions as promised in her original
proposal and would forward them to the Council by the end of the week. Mr. Molloy asked if it
would be appropriate to give each candidate a scenario requiring a written response in order to
judge their written communication skills. Ms. Murphy stated that she would present a sample
scenario along with the interview questions.
Finally, Ms. Murphy was asked to contact the applicants who were not chosen to be interviewed,
thanking them for their interest.
ADJOURNMENT: The work session as adjourned at 6:29 p.m.
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Linda S. Murphy
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