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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 8,2013 Page 16 In response to Councilmember Laliberte, Acting City Manager Chris Miller ad- vised that, from a budget standpoint, he saw no reason to accelerate the process. Mr. Miller opined that, no matter if a new City Manager was on board in October, unless it was an internal candidate, they were going to be in no position to imme- diately address the City Council on 2014 budget matters. Focusing on the survey, Mayor Roe sought clarification from the City Council on whether to put it in the hands of a consultant allowing the firm to adjust their scope and prices based on that material; or if they needed something else to com- plete the profile. Mayor Roe sought consensus on whether the City Council wanted to be more involved with Department Heads at this point or to choose the consultant to take what had been created to-date and bring it back to the body. Councilmember McGehee opined that the raw survey data be provided to the firm, with a subsequent meeting of City Councilmembers and Department Heads with the firm facilitating that meeting to develop a more polished profile format. With the second option identified by Mayor Roe, Councilmember McGehee ques- tioned if the same results would be achieved. Councilmember McGehee opined that she preferred to be more involved and take whatever time was necessary, since this was the City Council's City Manager and employee. Councilmember McGehee opined that, unless you had direct involvement in framing a document, there was a tendency to disconnect from the process, and less potential for any in- put on the final product. However, Councilmember McGehee noted that this may not be a problem for this group, since they were not very passive and had proven quite independent. Mayor Roe noted that it was unlikely that the City Council would come out of a facilitated session with final language, but simply with a consensus for bullet points that would be subsequently worked into a draft by someone else. Councilmember Willmus spoke in support of the original approach outlined by Mayor Roe, with the City Council taking a more active role, if that was the direc- tion chosen by the City Council majority. Councilmember Willmus opined that he remained committed to taking a hard look at internal candidates, but if the City Council decided to go with a search firm, he would then support that majority de- cision. However, Councilmember Willmus opined that the best candidate for Ro- seville showed up in this building for work every day; and sought other member interest in vetting some of those internal candidates before deciding on a search firm and spending more money. Mayor Roe referenced the previous meeting held at the C-TV studios, and ques- tioned if a consensus was reached on whether the search be open to all or if inter- nal candidates be considered separately. Councilmember Laliberte, reflecting on that meeting and discussions on devel- opment of the draft RFP, opined that there had been no final consensus on wheth-