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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 8, 2013 Page 17 er internal candidates would be fed into the larger process or considered separate- ly. Councilmember McGehee opined that she had the impression from that previous meeting that the majority said to have all candidates—whether external or internal — apply through the process; with the majority consensus creating this current path. Regarding internal candidates, Councilmember McGehee opined that her only concern was if an internal candidate could provide the efficiencies and elim- inate duplication of services being sought by the City Council; or whether they would be inclined to continue the style created over the last 5-6 years, based on the relationships and/or territory developed among co-workers during that time. Councilmember McGehee opined that the previous style had not boded well for the City or its budget during that time; and that change was difficult in itself, but could prove more so for an internal candidate in seeking to address known issues of their colleagues. Councilmember McGehee opined that she would support opening up the process for internal candidates to apply, with the interview process then addressing some of her concerns. Councilmember Etten opined that he preferred not to limit the process at this time; and agreed that there were excellent candidates internally. However, with- out a profile directing what the City Council was seeking this round, and its ex- pectations of a new position and person, it would be difficult to avoid burying it- self in the status quo. Councilmember Etten spoke in support of opening the pro- cess while still recognizing internal candidates at some point in the process. However, Councilmember Etten opined that the process needed to have follow- through to lead the City into the future. Mayor Roe opined that having that profile would help internal and external candi- dates know what the City Council was seeking; and further opined that as long as the process remained fair and open, they reserved the right to change directions at any time during that process. Councilmember Laliberte advised that she had performed research on both firms with other communities they'd assisted, and noted that one of those cities had ac- tually gone with an internal candidate in the end. Mayor Roe noted that the consensus appeared that the City Council wanted to continue looking at the broader search. Regarding a facilitated discussion to develop basics for a profile, whether a search firm or third party, Mayor Roe suggested that such a discussion would provide other aspects to determine if the City Council wanted to use either firm or do more in-house. Mayor Roe opined that there may be some risk in one of those firms getting too busy to contract with Roseville or changing their quote signifi-