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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JULY 26, 1999 22 . screening process. If the City was to advertise for the position, there should be a destination for the applications and he assumed that this would be Mr. Post. Mayor Probst agreed that the City should move forward with advertising for the City Administrator position. One question he had was how broadly the City wished to search. If the City was looking for a more regional candidate, it could advertise in the League of Minnesota Cities publication and the local newspaper. Councilmember Malone noted that the League of Minnesota Cities publication covers the entire State of Minnesota. Mr. Fritsinger asked if the City Couneil was interested in a national search for eandidates. Councilmember Malone noted that the City would not be willing to pay for reloeation. Councilmember Larson agreed and added that the City would not want to pay for transportation to and from the interviews. He suggested that the City advertise locally in the League of Minnesota Cities publication and the local newspaper. He added that, even if the City utilized outside resources in the search proeess, applieations should be mailed directly to the City and forwarded to the other representative. . With the resignation of Mr. Ringwald, Councilmember Larson asked if filling this position should be delayed until the City Administrator was replaced. Mayor Probst was not sure if the City could afford to be short these two people for an extended period oftime. Mr. Fritsinger suggested that the City not refill tlle Assistant to the City Administrator position immediately. He felt that there were good people who the City could contract with to perform these functions in tlle interim period. Considering the amount of time that Mr. Ringwald has spent over the last one and one-half years with the Coalition, it would be important to determine what the City's future participation would be. This issues makes a large difference in how much time that person would spend on the Coalition and how much time should be shifted to other priorities, sueh as the TCAAP area. Mr. Fritsinger felt that the City should give the new City Administrator the opportunity to be involved in the hiring of their new assistant. Councilmember Larson asked if the deadline for response to the advertisement should be one month from the date of publication. Mr. Fritsinger stated that most advertisements for the Administrator positions have been for one month. Councilmember Malone suggested that the deadline should be two weeks. Mr. Fritsinger stated that he would have to check with the League of Minnesota Cities to determine the deadline for publication in that bulletin. He asked if there would be any supplemental application information that the City Council would be interested in sending out as part of the application packet. He indicated that when he was hired he had received supplemental information, however, he was not sure if this was during the initial screening or the secondary screening. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that the supplemental information was included as part of the secondary screening process. . Councilmember Malone suggested a deadline of August 31, 1999 for applications to be received. The City could then review the applications in September. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that this deadline might be a concern if the City misses the deadline to publish the advertisement in tlle League of Minnesota Cities bulletin. Mr. Fritsinger suggested that advertising in the Star