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i~77Z=E" --"P-~A "~,'---,;'''i:v ~,='''-,_i< '.' ,,:-:,''f~-:'XC_-:-::~- "- .. - ~...... '- _ .-_. __"'.-e --........- ,--....._-- ...'. ---,- ,.:c', cc"':'___",_ _._.. "::-""'-'0 -._:. ':,1'<<:, _,_~.,;...._...:._<_',;:. Public Administration Associates, LLC P.O. Box 282 Oshkosh WI 54903 Phone: 920-235-0279 Fox: 801-659-8673 Emai!: paassoc@ftorthnet.net March 4, 2003 Ms. Cynthia Young Deputy Clerk/Hurnan Resources Director City of Arden Hills 1245 West Highway 96 Arden Hills, MN 55112 Dear Ms. Young: This letter is in response to your e-mail of this date transmitting an RFP to provide Executive Search Consulting Services to select a City Administrator for your city. I somewhat regret to inform you that we will not he submitting a proposal which conforms to the performance specifications contained in the RFP. If that disqualifies us, that is certainly acceptable and understandable from our . standpoint. Dr. Steve Hintz, Professor of Public Affairs at UW-O; and Denise Frueh and I formed Public Administration Associates in 1998. I am enclosing an explanation of our company and the benefits it has to offer governmental entities. We formed the company mostly for the purpose of enhancing the City Administration profession. The methods and practices we use in Executive Searches follow procedures that we have found to be most workable and almost guarantee that our clients will he pleased. If we do not follow our procedures, we are not interested in doing the work. Our philosophy, (we have found from serving our other Minnesota client, Oak Park Heights), differs from other consultants and apparently the method you outline in the RFP in that we helieve our mission and ouroose it so suoolv the best oossible information to the governing bodv in order for them to make the best oossihle decision. We do not feel comfortable in making those final decisions or "identifying 'top' candidates for personal interviews". Our only individual recommendations come when the total field is narrowed to ten semi-finalists for the further checking of references and the preparation of videotape interviews. We then depend on the governing body, through individual, independent ratings, to determine the finalists to be interviewed. In other words, we rely on the governing body making the decisions, not the consultant. I am enclosing a copy of the municipalities we have assisted in their executive searches. Together, we have assisted almost one hundred connnunities and counties in their searches for new administrators. As a result of that extensive experience, we have almost 350 detailed reference files and over 250 videotapes of possible candidates. Our experience is mostly in the State of Wisconsin, but from the standpoint of the number of Chief Executives placed, we rank as one of the busiest firms in the United States. . The partners have many years of leadership experience in both the Wisconsin City/County Management Association and the Intemational City/County Management Association. We know many of the potential candidates and that ability will give you access to a wide range of prospects to fill the position with the best possible person.