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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1991
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
7:00 P.M.
MINUTES
Mayor Brancel called the Special city Council meeting to order at
7:05 pm.
1. Roll Call
Present: Mayor Brancel, Councilmembers Daugherty, Lewis,
Stover and Gagne and City Administrator James C.
Hurm.
2. Review and Consider Appointment to the position of city
Enqineer.
Administrator Hurm reviewed for the City Council the process
undertaken in making a recommendation to the Council for the
position of City Engineer. A special committee was
established to review all of the fourteen applications,
establish criteria, narrow the field of firms to be
interviewed to three, conduct the interviews and make a
recommendation based on a point rated system in accordance
with the criteria selected early in the process. Members of
the committee were Administrator Hurm, Planning Director Brad
Nielsen, Public Works Director Don Zdrazil, Director of
Operations and Maintenance Lloyd Pauley (City of Minnetonka),
and City Administrator/Engineer Alan Orsen (City of Wayzata).
The committee recommendated Joel Dresel of Orr Schelen Mayeron
& Associates, Inc. (OSM) to be the city's Engineer. Following
discussion Gagne moved, to authorize the Administrator to
negotiate an agreement with OSM with the financial
considerations outlined during this selection process with a
cap on project fees and with a thirty day notice to end the
agreement.' seconded by Stover. The motion passed unanimously.
There was some discussion on the eventual need of an in-house
engineer. OSM would need to be made aware that in some point
the City is likely to consider an in-house engineer.
3. Review and Consider Appointment to the posi tion of City
Attorney.
There was discussion among the members of the Council on the
four firms that had been interviewed by the Council for the
position of City Attorney. It was noted that the personal
attention for the City by our current Attorney Glenn Froberg
has been very valuable.
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City Council Work Session Minutes - July 31, 1991
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Daugherty moved, to re-interview the firm of Larkin, Hoffman,
Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. to clarify several points specifically:
meeting attendance, billing procedures, and the possibility of
the City going with a separate outside prosecutor; seconded by
Gagne. The motion passed 4-0 with stover abstaining.
The Council asked that a special meeting be set up for 7:00pm
on August 12, 1991, to meet with representatives with that
firm. The Capital Improvement Program work session will start
immediately thereafter at 7:30pm.
4 . Ad i ournment
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at
8:50 pm.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
8/1/91
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ty Administrator
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