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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 20, 2013 Page 33 Ms. Bacon suggested, referencing the 2006 process, use of the profile survey (Survey Monkey) and invited people to participate, advising that it could be done again and include whomever the City Council wished and in a uniform manner; and also was more easily read and manipulated for the advertising process. Mayor Roe concurred with its uniformity, while still allowing an opportunity to volunteer additional items beyond that standard list. Councilmember Willmus noted the need for the City Council to be comfortable going forward with whatever individual was ultimately selected; and that para- mount to that, it could be helpful to bring in Commission Chairs for their perspec- tive. In his continuing review of the City Manager position, Councilmember Willmus advised that he kept coming back to the fact that this was the one em- ployee for whom the City Council was ultimately responsible. With that in mind, Councilmember Willmus questioned how valid the broad approach had been in the past, and may have resulted in fits that were not so good for the City Council, leading him to look at a smaller pool of those initially evaluation and weighing candidates. Councilmember Laliberte concurred that a smaller pool of input would be easier to manage; and suggested links for Commission Chairs could be different than other links even though there addressed the same questions, but segregated the various groups. Councilmember McGehee concurred with Councilmember Willmus as well, that this was the City Council's employee, and while a broad constituency of the community through Survey Monkey would be nice, she noted that at least 50% of the community was not on line. Councilmember McGehee opined that a smaller pool was preferable; noting that staff's input was very important as a leader was considered for staff, with everyone cognizant already of the need for civic en- gagement and the public/consumer aspect of the City and its departments. At the request for clarification by Councilmember Laliberte, Councilmember McGehee suggested staff include Department Heads. Mayor Roe suggested as a facilitator and not as an advocate for any position, that he was hearing the majority desire for the City Council and Department Heads to develop the criteria, without engaging the public for that portion. Councilmembers Willmus and McGehee concurred that this provided an accurate presentation of discussion so far. Councilmember Laliberte noted that there was a small portion of the public very engaged, involved, and vocal; however, she was not sure if they were representa-