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AttachmentA City of Roseville, Minnesota Amended Proposal to Provide Executive Search Consulting Services to Select a City Manager I. Recruitment / Selection Process Springsted’s search process is described below. This revised work plan is based on the City Council discussion and direction to the staff. 1.Trust and Working Relationship — Springsted commits to meeting and exceeding the expectations of the City from the beginning to the end of the process. We will create strong lines of communication, be open to ideas and develop a strong partnership with the City Council, staff and community members. Our work with the City is open and transparent. We have a strong working knowledge of Minnesota laws that must be observed throughout the hiring process. We make sure that the City and candidates understand how these laws affect the hiring process. Our strong regard for conducting a process that follows the requirements of the Data Practices Act and the Open Meeting laws is a critical aspect of our working relationship with the City. 2.Project Initiation — Springsted meets with the City’s representative to define working relationships, determine preferred methods of communications and refine the project schedule. The revised schedule is distributed to ensure that everyone involved with the search process understands the process and schedule. 3.Position Analysis and Profile Development — We will work with the City staff to prepare a draft position profile using the 2006 profile and information from a recent staff survey. We will meet in a work session with the Mayor and City Council members to present a draft position profile. The completed profile and job announcement will be approved by the City before recruitment begins. The position and community profile will be central to our recruitment; as well as candidate outreach and conversations with prospective candidates about the professional opportunities of the City Manager position in the City. Cost to include steps one through three in the process: $1,250 4.Identification and Recruitment of Qualified Candidates — We will partner with City staff to place the job ad with regional professional local government associations, such as the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota City/County Management Association (MCMA). Our recruitment outreach strategy emphasizes personal contacts with prospective candidates. We also contact MCMA members, ICMA-credentialed managers and managers who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to professional leadership development. Finally, we draw upon our knowledge of qualified local government managers from our database and from the professional network of our consultant team. Springsted sets up a special e-mail for each search and encourages an electronic submission of applications. Applications received by mail or by fax are scanned to ensure that we have an electronic record of all materials received. The City receives timely updates on the status of the search. 1 City of Roseville, Minnesota. Amended Proposal to Provide Executive Search Consulting Services to Select a City Manager