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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 23,2015 Page 15 Councilmember Etten agreed that candidate Thurnau was an excellent candidate based on his experience with GIS, environment and water experience; and also noted his favorable impressions with the written comments submitted by Mr. Thurnau and his understanding of the complexity of situations in working with neighborhoods, while recognizing the global picture and broader impacts. In his notes from the interviews, Councilmember Etten advised that he written both can- didate Thurnau and Kaczmarek as good systems and data people, having good de- tail and strong experience. However, Councilmember Etten advised that he was leaning toward candidate Kaczmarek opining that he'd be easy to approach and was a strong community leader with potential connections and involvement in other aspects that would prove helpful at the table as well (e.g. Habitat for Hu- manity work). Councilmember Etten spoke in support also of candidate Heimerl as another awesome potential appointee as well. While not understanding the confusion expressed by her colleagues on the rank- ing and multiple choices of candidates for several commissions, Councilmember McGehee opined that there were good, qualified candidates; and of the remaining candidates, her second choice was Megan Vincent, based on her analytical skills and ability to do research as evidenced from her background. Since a lot of work by the PWETC involved research on issues coming before them, whether at the request of staff or the City Council, Councilmember McGehee opined that she would be a good appointee. Councilmember McGehee agreed with appointment of Mr. Thurnau as her first choice as well. Councilmember Laliberte advised that she had also looked at candidate Vincent for those specific reasons as expressed by Councilmember McGehee, noting her favorable impressions from the interview and her application. However, when reviewing her personal notes of the interview, Councilmember Laliberte admitted she had difficult defining Ms. Vincent's interest specifically in the PWETC, since the majority of the interview had focused on her other choice of the Human Rights Commission, with little shared about the PWETC. Laliberte moved, Etten seconded, appointment of Kody Thurnau and John Heimerl to three year terms respectively on the Public Works, Environment, and Transportation Commission. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte, McGehee, Willmus, Etten, and Roe. Nays: None. In the future, Councilmember Willmus asked that candidates only be able to se- lect one or two choices versus five choices when applying to serve. City Manager Trudgeon recognized the difficulties created in this last "free form" application process, admitting that candidate choices of commissions needed to be