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City Council Regular Meeting -10/23/06 Minutes - Page 17 elections. However, Mayor Klausing noted the need for the City Council, as a policy-making body to delegate portions of the process to staff; and opined that Ms. Bacon had been very communicative throughout the entire process. Councilmember Pust opined her concurrence III formally approving the slate of panelists. Councilmember Ihlan reiterated her point that she would have preferred a public discussion on the proposed panelists. Ms. Bacon advised that previous City Council directive had been followed, and the panelist names had been included on the City's website. Ms. Bacon advised that she had heard no negative comment regarding the selection of either the internal or external panelists. Staff provided, via bench handout, a list of the panelists. Additional discussion ensued related to testing to determine consensus. Councilmember Pust opined that it was most helpful to test a small group of people to compare skill sets; and proposed that, in the interim, proposals from various vendors be requested that would provide a price range and what their assessment entailed. Councilmember Pust clarified that she was not necessarily looking for psychological testing; and suggested testing the final three to save costs; and at that point determine if testing of additional candidates was required for the decision-making process. Ms. Bacon noted logistical problems if finalists were from out-of- state and would require an additional trip for testing purposes; and whether the testing could be done by the testing firm electronically or had a face-to-face component. Councilmember Pust recognized the cost issues noted by Ms. Bacon; however, noted that once cost ramifications were known from various vendors, the assessment components could be narrowed to accommodate cost-savings.