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Regular City Council Meeting Thursday,May 16,2013 Page 11 cil and among staff, as well as within his own department with the budget process and day-to-day operations, allowing him to take on that dual role, which he did without hesitation based on the positioning at that time. Mr. Miller advised that the same considerations went into his current decision not to seek that dual role for this round. However, Mr. Miller opined that he was confident that Mr. Trudg- eon had reviewed the same issues within his department and for the overall City and employee situation, and had a clear understanding of his workload, staffing and other responsibilities, and also felt comfortable in his ability to take on that dual role at this time. Mr. Miller summarized his experience in 2006 with a City Council who also agreed to meet him halfway about what could and could not be accomplished during the interim; and encouraged the City Council to provide Mr. Trudgeon with those same open discussions and considerations to ensure things ran smoothly during this interim period as well. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Laliberte; Etten; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. Interim City Manager Patrick Trudgeon At the request of Mayor Roe for any remarks, Interim City Manager Trudgeon noted the many things on the City Council's plate at this; time, and while not wishing to belabor the issue, expressed his appreciation to them for their discus- sion about this tough decision, and thanked them for their confidence and trust in him to serve in the interim. Mr. Trudgeon spoke to his confidence in the Com- munity Development Department, as well as all of the City's Administrative staff and Departments and his assurance that they would all continue to operate as a team. Mr. Trudgeon advised that discussions could be held at a later time on what can and should be accomplished over the next few months; and again expressed his appreciation to the City Council for their trust. Speaking on behalf of the City Council, Mayor Roe stated that he and they were committed as a team to meet Mr. Trudgeon and City staff as a team more than halfway during this interim period. Mayor Roe expressed his confidence that eve- ryone would pitch in to make things work; and reiterated the City Council's commitment to make the process work. Councilmember McGehee opined that the decisions of the City Council had not only pushed Mr. Trudgeon out in the boat, but also themselves, and sought his as- sistance through the process before them. Permanent City Manager Search At the request of Mayor Roe, Ms. Bacon referenced additional materials provided in the bench handout, including possible inclusions and considerations from the 2006 City Manager search process to use for this search process. Items included a profile survey used in 2006, request for proposals for search/consultant services that were partially utilized in 2006 to assist Ms. Bacon in this enormous and time-