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. A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF THE POSITION OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR This proposal describes the activities to be performed by Public Administration Associates, acting as a consultant for the City of Arden Hills in the recruitment and selection of a City Administrator. It also lists the cost of these services and suggests time frame schedules for the process. The recruitment process outlined below has been designed to recruit the most qualified candidates for consideration for appointment as the City Administrator. 1. Assist the City in the preparation and placement of advertisements for the position; 2. Review applications, prepare mini-resumes on each candidate, acknowledge receipt of applications and sort into appropriate categories; 3. Review applications with the Mayor and City Council for selection of semi-finalists (probably 8 to 10); . 4. Contact semi-finalists, conduct background and reference checks while the semi-finalists are preparing a six-minute videotape of themselves responding to six questions; 5. Review semi-finalists with the Mayor and City Council for selection of candidates to be interviewed (probably 3 to 5); 6. Work with the Mayor and City Council, City staff, and candidates to arrange interviews; 7. Assist in the interview process, including arranging the schedule, coordinating plans with candidates, providing sample interview questions, observing the interviews, facilitating the selection of the first choice, and generally seeing that the interviews run smoothly; 8. Provide Negotiation Assistance by conveying terms to and from the candidate selected until agreement is reached; 9. Prepare letters thanking all applicants and notifying them ofthe final result. Cost The project costs for professional services will be $6,000 plus reimbursement of actual out-of- pocket expenses such as postage, copying, long distance phone calls, mileage, and other miscellaneous items, which are estimated to be in the range of $800 to $1,200. Reimbursement .' of our-of-pocket expenses will not exceed $1,500 under any circumstances.