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City Council/Redevelopment Agency
City of Huntington Beach
Monday, December 8, 2003
2:00 P.M. - Room B
Central Library, 7111 Talbert Avenue
Huntington Beach, California 92648
An audiotape of the 2:00 p.m. portion of this meeting
is on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
Call to Order
Mayor Green called the regular meetings of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Huntington Beach to order at 2:00 p.m. in Room B.
City Council/Redevelopment Agency Meeting Roll Call
Present: Sullivan, Coerper, Green, Boardman, Cook, Hardy (Sullivan arrived 2:10 p.m.)
Absent: Houchen
A motion to excuse City Attorney McGrath from this meeting was approved by unanimous
consent with all present, Houchen absent.
The Assistant City Clerk Announced Late Communications
Pursuant to the Brown (Open Meetings) Act, Assistant City Clerk Elizabeth Ehring announced
Late Communications regarding agenda items that had been received by the City Clerk's office
following distribution of the agenda packet:
Communication from Administration dated December 8, 2003 titled Sample Questions for
Interviews of Executive Search Firms.
The following appendices of the proposal for Maximus Consultants are being transmitted in their
entirety as Exhibits B through D were inadvertently left out from the agenda packet:
Communication from Administration dated December 8, 2003 titled Appendix —A Chief
Executive Searches for General Purpose Local Governments Conducted by Maximus
Consultants, Appendix — B Orange County (CA) Clients of Maximus Executive Recruitment
Consultants, Appendix — C Biographies, Appendix — D References.
(2) December 8, 2003 - Council/Agency Minutes - Page 2
(City Council/Redevelopment Agency) Study Session Held — Interviewed Executive Search
Firms to Manage the Search for a New City Administrator (700.60)
The City Council met to interview with five Executive Search firms that have submitted proposals to
manage the search for a new City Administrator. The firms interviewed were the following:
• Ralph Anderson & Associates
• Shannon Executive Search
• Bob Murray & Associates
• L. B. Hayhurst & Associates
• Maximus
The following communications from the aforementioned firms were transmitted as the agenda
packet:
Communication from Ralph Andersen & Associates dated November 25, 2003 titled Proposal to
Recruit a City Administrator for the City of Huntington Beach.
Communication from Shannon Executive Search dated November 25, 2003 titled Proposal to the
City of Huntington Beach to recruit a City Administrator.
Communication from Bob Murray & Associates dated November 19, 2003 titled A Proposal to
Conduct an Executive Recruitment for a City Administrator on behalf of the City of Huntington
Beach.
Communication from L. B. Hayhurst & Associates dated November 24, 2003 titled Proposal to
Provide Professional Services Executive Search City Administrator City of Huntington Beach.
Communication from Maximus dated November 24, 2003 titled Executive Recruitment Services
City Administrator City of Huntington Beach, CA.
The Council interviewed the following consultants utilizing the questions set forth in the "Late
Communications" document:
1) Heather Renschler of Ralph Andersen & Associates
2) Mr. Kris Kristensen and Ms. Teri Black-Brann of Shannon Executive Search
City Administrator Ray Silver responded to timeline question stating that there will be a
return to Council first meeting in January 2004.
3) Bob Murray of Bob Murray & Associates
4) William E. Brian of L. B. Hayhurst & Associates
5) Norm Roberts and Eric J. Middleson of Maximus
Councilmember Cook inquired about cities similar to Huntington Beach where searches have been
conducted.
Mayor Green inquired as to how the search firm will proceed to find well -qualified candidates for the
City Administrator position.
(3) December 8, 2003 - Council/Agency Minutes - Page 3
Mayor Pro Tern Hardy asked what the main challenge is in recruiting for the position.
Councilmember Boardman requested information about charges for professional services they have
outlined.
Mayor Green inquired about possible difficult issues that the Council may need to address to attract
the best candidates.
Councilmember Coerper asked what the main attraction to the City Administrator position will be for
potential candidates. He asked further about what the current market is like for the open position
that the City currently has. Councilmember Coerper also raised the question pertaining to the
conduct of background checks.
The Council ranked Executive Search firms as follows: No. 1 — Maximus; No. 2 — Bob Murray &
Asssociates; No. 3 — Shannon & Associates; No. 4 — L. B. Hayhurst; and No. 5 — Ralph Andersen &
Associates.
A motion was made by Cook, second Coerper to prepare a Request for Council Action (RCA) for a
Professional Services Contract with Maximus for the January 5, 2004 Council Meeting. The motion
carried with the following roll call vote:
AYES: Sullivan, Coerper, Hardy, Green, Boardman, Cook
NOES: None
ABSENT: Houchen
Adjournment — City Council/Redevelopment Agency
Mayor Green adjourned the adjourned regular meetings of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency
of the City of Huntington Beach to Monday, December 15, 2003, at 5:00 p.m., in Room B-8, Council
Chambers, Civic Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California.
City -Clerk and ex-officio C190k of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach
and Clerk of the Redevelopment Agency
of the City of Huntington Beach, California
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