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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 8,2013 Page 18 cantly; and suggested that this potential risk be weighed as part of this considera- tion. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Ms. Bacon noted that the 2006 search was national. Given the City Council's previous preference for a regional versus national search, Councilmember McGehee suggested that if a facilitated discussion with Councilmembers and Department Heads for development of a draft, position ad- vertisement and advertising handled in-house, they continue to perform the ini- tial screening of applicants rather than a third party. Councilmember Laliberte noted that this was her question related to the continued involvement of the Stakeholder Group and if more services were sought from that Group. Councilmember Laliberte advised that she thought the City should have access to anything submitted for the City Manager Search, not just the final ten (10) candidates. Councilmember Etten cautioned that there could be huge volumes of data that the City Council could not accurately and completely review in any reasonable time frame; whether the City Council itself or Ms. Bacon. Councilmember Etten opined that the City Council didn't have sufficient expertise to go through those applications accurately or in a timely manner; but that Ms. Bacon, or a search firm, had that expertise. Councilmember Etten noted that the City Council may choose more than ten (10) finalists, or choose to include internal candidates; but spoke in support of the huge advantage of a firm, or allowing an additional 2-3 weeks for Ms. Bacon to perform that initial review. Councilmember Etten ques- tioned how he could provide sufficient expertise to find a qualified City Manager from a vast pool of applicants. Councilmember Willmus opined that, if a firm was going to be hired to provide candidates they be required to perform that function. Councilmember Willmus opined that the City Council and/or Stakeholder Group should serve to create the profile and then turn the process over to the search firm and let them do their work based on their expertise. Councilmember McGehee concurred with Councilmember Willmus; opining that they were the professionals, and the work shouldn't be done in-house; and if fol- lowing the current process, the initial screening should be done by the profession- al firm, as long as the City retained the right to review applications themselves. Mayor Roe advised that, based on comments of Ms. Bacon, he had suggested removing the advertising component/cost from both proposals. Ms. Bacon con- curred, noting that the process could be accomplished very easily; as well as rec- ognizing the geo.gov online application process currently used.