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City C®uncii Study Sessi®n 1VI®nday, August 20, 200'7 Page 6 ask questions of them on August 27, 2007; and was not prepared to pick a range for a steering committee until her review was completed. Councilmember Ihlan expressed interest in involvement of more, rather than fewer committee members, opining that she saw no need to limit the size of the group. iscussi®n specific t® the C®ns ltant Seecti® r®cess Councilmember Ihlan opined that it was her understanding that the City Council would have an opportunity to review proposals in addi- tion to the staff-prepared matrix; and that proposers would be avail- able for Council questions at the August 27, 2007 meeting, rather than having a structured interview time prior to that meeting, and struc- tured similar to commission applicant interviews. Mayor Klausing noted that it was the intent that the consultants be available for Council questions during the schedule interview time, as well as during the regular business meeting on August 27tH Staff was requested to have consultants available during the regular business meeting on August 27th. Councilmember Ihlan expressed frustration that she had not been con- sulted regarding her schedule prior to the arbitrary selection of a 5:00 p.m. interview schedule; and spoke in support of a process similar to that followed by the City Council when interviewing for a City Attor- ney and Recycling firm. Mayor Klausing indicated that the City Council was free to ask any questions during the interview process, or at the regular meeting. Discussion included availability of Councilmembers for the 5:00 p.m. scheduled interview time; other available options; rationale for sched- uling additional interview time due to additional agenda items at the August 27th meeting; and potential items that could be shifted to a later meeting from the August 27th meeting. Additional discussion included other significant discussion items scheduled for the August 27th meeting.