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City Council Regular Meeting - 10/23/06 Minutes - Page 18 Mayor Klausing noted that the City Council would have an opportunity to review that data prior to their November meeting. Ms. Bacon noted that she had contacted several testing firms on a preliminary basis to get costs and timelines from them; however, she noted that she had not received all of the requested information at this time. City Attorney Anderson noted that Ms. Bacon had been authorized by and delegated to act on behalf of the City Council to pursue the application process to-date and had kept the City Council up-to-date via e-mail. However,Mr. Anderson cautioned that Ms. Bacon was now requesting the City Council make a final decision on testing and methodology, as well as the number of candidates to be tested, and that would require action of the City Council at an open meeting, not via serial e-mail. Mayor Klausing suggested performing leadership testing on any out-of-state candidates making the finalist list, even if they are eventually eliminated from the final three candidates; and testing for in-state candidates can be performed later. Ms. Bacon concurred with Mayor Klausing's suggestion, noting that was the process used at the last hiring for the City Manager position, with all finalists being tested. Ms. Bacon further noted that most communities were following Councilmember Pust's suggestion for management leadership testing, rather than the more intrusive psychological testing. Ms. Bacon advised that the City's Police Department could perform criminal background testing; and there were several companies in the metropolitan area that could perform financial background investigations. Discussion ensued regarding proposed activities for October 31 (Special Council meeting for the City Council to meet with Mr. Brull of POI to review their selection of the top eight proposed candidates to achieve Council consensus for the final five candidates to interview). Further discussion included the proposed activities for November 16, which would include Council interviews and an open forum or reception for citizens to meet and interact with the candidate pool.