07-13-15 Special CM Minutes Special Council/Manager Meeting Minutes
July 13, 2015
Present: Mayor Harris and Council Members Clausen, Fonnest, Schmidgall and Snope,
Springsted Inc. Sr. Vice President Sharon Klumpp, Assistant City Manager, Chantell
Knauss
Mayor Harris called the meeting to order at 1:06 pm in the Council Conference Room.
The City Council discussed with Springsted Sr. Vice President from Springsted, Sharon
Klumpp the logistics for how the interviews of the City Manager finalists would proceed
for the day. The Council conducted interviews of the following finalists: Philip Kern,
Charlene Stevens, Steven Nasby, and Timothy Cruikshank.
After the Council's interviews were completed, the Council invited the Management
Team to provide their input on the finalists. The Management Team members were:
Parks and Recreation Director, Rick Birno; Fire Chief, John Crelly; Police Chief, Stacy
Carlson; Assistant City Manager, Chantell Knauss; Physical Development Director,
Marc Nevinski; Finance Director, Sue Virnig; and Communications Manager, Cheryl
Weiler. The Management Team had conducted separate interviews of the finalists.
Speaking as the designated representative for the Management Team, Knauss thanked
the City Council for the opportunity for the Management Team to participate in the
process and provide input. Knauss expressed that the Management Team was
impressed with all four candidates and the City was very fortunate to have such highly
skilled professionals in the pool. After reviewing the qualities the Management Team
believed were most important for a candidate to be successful as the new city manager,
Knauss presented the two candidates the Management Team unanimously felt would
best fit the City of Golden Valley organization.
The Council thanked the Management Team for their input and they were excused at
that time. Knauss remained to assistant Springsted and facilitate further requests from
Council.
The Council also stated they were very fortunate to have such highly qualified finalists
interested in the position with Golden Valley. After a thorough discussion of the four
finalists, it was the unanimous consensus of the Council to direct Sharon Klumpp to
discuss terms of employment with Timothy J. Cruikshank with the goal to have an
employment agreement on the August 5, 2015 City Council agenda for approval.
The meeting adjourned at 7:22 pm.
Chantell Knauss
Assistant City Manager