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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 22,2013 Page 35 Councilmember McGehee stated that she was not opposed to considering some type of facilitation apart from the City Manager Search where the group could de- termine what it envisioned, and to create a vision process working together going forward. Mayor Roe questioned if it was the consensus to put everything, including that third party facilitation, on hold until after January 1, 2014, or if that part of the process was preferred between now and the first of the year. Councilmember Laliberte advised that she differed with Councilmember Willmus' viewpoint to set everything aside; and would prefer to flesh things out in the next few months to determine what the body wanted from the Interim City Manager, as what had been enacted in the meantime so when the opportunity for review of Mr. Trudgeon became available, there were specific points for review. Councilmember Laliberte opined that this would provide direction for Mr. Trudg- eon as well as the body; and further opined that the issue could not just be ignored for the next six months. Mayor Roe suggested that the expectations of the Interim City Manager over the next six months should be addressed before month five; and determining what the body wanted moving forward. If this change in timeframe was approved as pro- posed,Mayor Roe asked Mr. Trudgeon what impact it would have on him. While unable to fully answer at this point, Mr. Trudgeon advised that it was not just the impacts on him personally, but more so for the Community Development Department. Mr. Trudgeon opined that the department could operate in the inter- im, but it another six months was proposed before a decision point, and without someone else on board for another year, he expressed the need for more guidance for the Community Development Department. Mr. Trudgeon advised that one concern, if the timeframe was extended would be how and when to advance on key issues in the Community Development Department beyond the current status quo being kept in the interim. Mr. Trudgeon advised that he would need to con- sider those impacts to the Community Development Department before comment- ing in more detail. Mayor Roe noted that, in 2007 during a transition, a Director for the Community Development Department was hired on a contractual basis; and asked Mr. Trudg- eon if that was in the realm of possibility at this time. Mr. Trudgeon responded that everything was on the table. Mayor Roe suggested further discussion at a future meeting regarding this devel- opment.