City Council - 02/15/2002 - Special Meeting
APPROVED MINUTES
EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
CITY MANAGER CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2002 5:00 PM, CITY CENTER
Heritage Room 2
8080 Mitchell Road
CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens, Councilmembers Sherry Butcher, Ron Case,
David Luse, and Jan Mosman
CITY STAFF: City Manager Carl Jullie, City Attorney Ric Rosow and Recorder Lorene
McWaters
I. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Tyra-Lukens called the meeting to order at 5:20 p.m.
II. TRAINING/ORIENTATION
Marge Penn, a trainer from Personnel Decisions International, reviewed the written
information the Councilmembers received regarding techniques for interviewing and
resumes of the six City Manager candidates. Penn noted that the list of suggested
questions is broken down into main categories, including leadership, political issues/big
picture thinking, human relations, communication skills, technical skills, and personal
characteristics. The Councilmembers agreed they would each cover a particular area
with each candidate. It was determined that while it might be helpful to ask similar
questions of each candidate, Council was not required to do so. Penn said her most
important request of the Councilmembers was that they not confer with each other before
filling out their rating sheets. One Councilmember voiced concern over whether the
scoring of the candidates was “public” information. City Attorney Rosow said that the
particular scores were not public.
III. INTERVIEWS
Council interviewed three candidates:
• Mike McGuire, former city manager of Maplewood, current consultant and interim
city manager of Grand Rapids
• Larry Bodahl, city administrator of Newport
• Dave Pokorny, city administrator of Chaska
IV. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m.