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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 22,2013 Page 33 Willmus moved, Laliberte seconded, adoption of Resolution No. 11082 entitled, "Resolution of Applicant", a DEED Redevelopment Grant application for the property located at 2785 Fairview Avenue;" as amended to correct the typo- graphical error from "2008"to "2013"in the first `BE IT RESOLVED." Roll Call Ayes: McGehee;Willmus; Laliberte; Etten; and Roe. Nays: None. Mr. Trudgeon advised that the applicant and staff would return in the near future with a request for TIF funding based on the criteria and guidelines identified in the City's TIF Policy. 13. Business Items (Action Items) a. Approve Springsted Amended Proposal for City Manager Search Services Human Resources Manager Eldona Bacon briefly reviewed the Amended Spring- sted Contract for City Manager Search services as detailed in the RCA dated July 22, 2013, based on direction of the City Council at their July 8, 2013 meeting. With further negotiations with Springsted, and City Council preference for the firm not to be involved in the interview process, while this would alleviate the placement guarantee from the contract, Ms. Bacon advised that this would save rall $4,900 in costs. Given the that upon cfurther identified they had agreed to eadd process, Mr. Bacon advised t p that part back into the contract at a reduced cost of$2,500. Councilmembers Laliberte and ounc 1 for their involvement in the interview de- cision had been by the City C erview process or if they had decided on the full package and process. Even though he was unsure why this item was pulled or brought back for recon- sideration, Councilmember Willmus took the opportunity to seek a revision to the entire process. Councilmember Willmus opined that he would frankly like to hold off doing anything with the City Manager Search process, and proceed through the entire budget cycle with the Interim City Manager and see how it went. Councilmember Willmus opined that this could provide an opportunity to vet some things found problematic in the past and to further determine which di- rection they wished to pursue. Councilmember Willmus advised that he had not yet personally determined a clear direction and strongly recommended holding off doing anything until January 1, 2014. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she had similar interest in following that route; and as the one asking that this item be brought back for reconsideration, for which she thanked Councilmembers for their support in doing so. Given the many things currently weighing heavily on Ms. Bacon as the City's only Human