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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 24, 2023 Page 18 Commission most excites you or do you feel you can contribute to the most". He suggested something along those lines because it gets to the work of the Commission so people can show understanding of what that Commission does, maybe what the person is passionate about,and why the person would be doing that versus asking what the Commission should be doing. He appreciated the potential question list and felt that was good. He did not feel the Council should always be frozen by that but should start with that as the initial framing. Councilmember Strahan agreed with Councilmember Etten in order to show their understanding. She thought it was nice to send out the information in advance to have a good understanding of what the Commission does. She noted one question that came up a couple of times that she thought was concerning was "how would you change..."because she did not want to usurp the leadership of the department heads and make it seem like somehow the Commissioners had an authority over staff to make changes that they could not actually implement. Councilmember Schroeder thought part of this is when looking at the chapters that are written for each of the Commissions, some are not clear on what the Commission does. When someone does research on the Commission for the interview, the Council can see why some of the applicants' answers come across somewhat the way they are. She thought the City was going to think about recrafting how the descriptions are written. Mayor Roe stated it was helpful to make sure the materials the City gives to the prospective applicants are as good as possible in terms of how it relates to the scope, duties, and functions of the Commissions. Councilmember Etten thought the information given to the Commissioners is a tremendous improvement and so much better than what was available a year or two ago. Mayor Roe thought the big question regarding the interview process is the where, how, and when. He wondered if the interviews should be live or recorded. Councilmember Strahan explained she enjoyed being at Cedarholm,but it has a lot to do with her saying there are a lot of City spaces and an opportunity to go out into the spaces and be a part of them. She thought in that space, there is the opportunity for recording the interviews. She stated it has been good to pull the interviews out of the City business because it gives the individual more dedicated time than when on zoom. She appreciated the extra day outside of the Council meetings, liked having the interviews elsewhere, noting it reminds people that there are other City buildings. Councilmember Schroeder liked the idea of doing the interviews separate from the Council meetings and thought it makes it less stressful. She did not like going to