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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 22,2013 Page 34 Resources staff, the new budget process, levy limit considerations and other is- sues, Councilmember Laliberte questioned if the City Council yet knows what it wants, and therefore she was not comfortable spending money now to move for- ward with a search that being done because it was expected or the issue was being forced. Councilmember Laliberte advised that it was also her intent to ask that this be deferred to allow staff to get through the end of the year. Councilmember Laliberte noted that, if the process were continued at this time, a new City Man- ager would not be hired or in place until year end, while the City Council would still have things it wanted implemented immediately around City Hall with a new City Manager needing time to get acclimated and pushing those initiatives further out rather than allowing them to be started now. Councilmember McGehee concurred with Councilmembers Willmus and Laliber- te; opining that the City was not ready to proceed at this time; and as pointed out by Councilmember Laliberte, the City Council knew more what it didn't want ra- ther than what it did want, and until those items were identified, it was premature to move forward. Councilmember McGehee agreed with the potential loss of an entire year before any significant changes could be implemented. If the Search was to be delayed, Councilmember Etten noted the need for the City Council to have a six month review process in place for Interim City Manager Trudgeon to determine whether or not to open up the search process; and asked that the body solidify a timeframe to accomplish that review by January 1, 2014. Councilmember Willmus proposed that the body refrain from further discussion on the Search until after January 1, 2014; with discussion opened up at that time. Councilmember Laliberte concurred with Councilmember Willmus; that until that time, no specific plan or order be developed, allowing staff and Councilmembers to get through the remainder of the year and have the luxury of controlling the search timeframe versus it controlling them. Councilmember Laliberte opined that she had no qualms about the amended Springsted contract or the company it- self; and if the City Council decided to move forward with a search in January of 2014, she would be more than comfortable going back to this firm to avoid re- peating the RFP process, if a decision was made to do so at that time. In terms of knowing what the City Council didn't want, Mayor Roe questioned if that was true, opining that individual Councilmembers may know, but questioned whether those issues had been synthesized. Mayor Roe opined that one aspect of working with a third party consultant was accomplishing that synthesis; and questioned if the City Council would be amenable in working with a consultant on that aspect of the process, or if there were other mitigating factors yet unre- solved.