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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 8, 2013 Page 13 13. Business Items (Action Items) a. Award Contract to City Manager Consulting Firm Human Resources Manager Eldona Bacon provided a brief summary of the search process to-date, and review by the stakeholder group, consisting of two City Councilmembers as a Subcommittee and various staff members; as detailed in the RCA dated July 8, 2013. As noted, interviews by the full City Council of the two (2) finalists had been held earlier this evening; with those firms being Springsted, Inc., and Brimeyer/Fursman. Mayor Roe asked that individual Councilmembers address any remaining ques- tions first before moving on to a discussion/consensus on how best to move for- ward from this point. In response to Councilmember McGehee, Ms. Bacon confirmed that, during to- night's interviews, both firms had indicated their willingness to be flexible with the various components of their RFP and the process. At the request of Councilmember Etten, Ms. Bacon outlined the areas she would be comfortable handling in-house based on her existing workload, other projects and timeline identified by the City Council for the search process. Ms. Bacon ad- vised that she was comfortable with and respected both firms, opining that either could take control of any or all of the components. Ms. Bacon suggested the question was whether the City Council was willing to delay the process for her to accomplish various components, or if they preferred a quicker timeline with the consultant firm taking more responsible. Ms. Bacon expressed her confidence in assisting at whatever level the City Council directed, cognizant of the preferred timeline. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Ms. Bacon reviewed her current in- ternal project load beyond the day to day operations, including implementation of the HRIS by August 1, 2013, followed by open enrollment for employee insur- ance and entry of that updated data; COLA considerations; union contracts; and ongoing internal hiring processes. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Ms. Bacon opined that based on her knowledge of both firms through direct contact or through her Human Resources marketplace network, there should be no negative impacts for the City from either firm if the City chose to "cherry pick" various components, nor should there be any impact on either firm's ability to fulfill the City's overall goal. At the request of Mayor Roe, Ms. Bacon reviewed her participation level during the previous 2006 City Manager Search, including the majority of the process other than development of the profile and review of the initial applications, which had been done by the search firm. Ms. Bacon noted that the City Council and