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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,October 22,2012 Page 38 they charged more for that frosting. Councilmember Pust questioned how this was different; and why determining who would come out as the best for the job wouldn't come out through the other categories. Councilmember Pust also not- ed all proposers having to go through the interview or an actual meeting, with them reviewing their past performance, and questioned why they should get separate points for how well they presented themselves in that interview. Given the time constraints for further discussion, City Manager Malinen noted that this was a time-sensitive action required at tonight's meeting. Roe moved to extend the meeting to 10:15 p.m. Due to lack of a second, Mayor Roe declared the motion failed. Pust moved, McGehee seconded, extending the meeting to 10:05 to complete this discussion. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Johnson; Pust; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. City Manager Malinen reviewed the interview step in the best value process geared toward getting into the interview; with all other criterion considered sep- arate from that interview; at which time their ability to fill in the blanks for the best interest of the City was determined, and allowing interviewers to drill into the finer details for additional information. Mr. Malinen advised that the inter- view was a highly valued part of the process. Mayor Roe noted that, in the best value process, the interview was part of that defined process; with City Manager Malinen responding in the affirmative. Councilmember Pust expressed her concern with the definitions, and how the weighting was used, whether it was applicable to all contracts, or needed to be based on the service or product being sought on a case by case basis. Mr. Malinen advised that this process had been vetted internally by staff, with weighting specific to this service. Mr. Malinen advised that giving a minimum weighting to values of all versus the highest cost allowed any equality issues or problems to be avoided. Councilmember Pust opined that a better practice would be to take criterion and weight them for each specific RFP, determining ahead of time based on the right criterion; further opining that any particular percentage would not be right for each RFP. City Manager Malinen noted that if a determination could be made for this spe- cific RFP, further action and discussion could occur in the future.