Speaker 7: Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. My name is Stephanie Geller, Brant Serra. I am your administrative services director. And first of all, would you like an update on the score? Yeah, it's 98 to 79 with 3 minutes left to play.
Speaker 1: Is that us?
Speaker 0: Yes.
Speaker 7: Oh, so just had to get.
Speaker 0: That off sometimes. Those last 3 minutes. Those last.
Speaker 7: 3 minutes. But it's a 19 point game. So go warriors anyway. I know you all expected to see Paul Comer here tonight. He has a grievous and tragic family emergency that he had to attend to today. And we're all keeping him in our thoughts. Meanwhile, I'm here today to kind of go over some of the things that he shared with me. He very much wanted to discuss with you the recruitment process that he had envisioned for the city manager, recruitment for you all. And and also take some input regarding the attributes you would all like to see in your next city manager. Now, because he could not be here tonight, he would like to schedule individual meetings with all of you to take your individual input. But to.
Speaker 1: Council.
Speaker 2: Member de song.
Speaker 4: Point of order you might want to. When you ask us for attributes, give us, you know, indications as to what we are not technically allowed to legally allowed to say in terms of attributes.
Speaker 7: Well, certainly so. That is sexual harassment. Training, by the way, is scheduled for June 30th of this month.
Speaker 1: The same with women. Oh.
Speaker 7: And and your discrimination training and bias training. That is actually this month, coincidentally. But absolutely, we would like to to stay clear of any attributes that would steer towards any bias in race, sex, age, any protected classifications, including disabilities. And we're looking for specifically experience and focus education requirements, perhaps that sort of nature. And again. Mr. Camara would like to meet with all you all individually to discuss this, but this is your opportunity to to speak with one another. And so I wanted to make sure that you had that opportunity tonight. I would also. There is a recruitment process, timeline I did that was made available to you, I believe. If it's not, I can go over that with you. It's pretty basic. What he had envisioned was to discuss with all of you sort of your vision of what is what you would like to see in the brochure. The brochure is actually just a marketing tool. There's not a lot of words in it, but it's a it's a very targeted document. And the council input is needed to identify and highlight the most important operational, financial, strategic priorities for the position. And the most critical candidate attributes is what he had stated. He would also like to have a town meeting before the brochure is collected and and the h.R. Staff is going to assist him in that endeavor and we can schedule that. The last piece of the public outreach before the brochure is actually printed is a survey via SurveyMonkey and an example that was provided to you. And if you would like to make any comments or corrections on that, you can let me know or you can. I believe that there's there was a copy given to you and it's pretty basic. It's just basically discusses what a council, what a city manager's main priorities, what they want the priorities to be. And that is going to be posted on our website and until the actual recruitment closes. So it's not only going to be used for the development of the brochure, but it will stay open. The survey will stay open until the actual recruitment closes so that you can take a take a sort of a gander at what the what the public saying about what they want to see in their city manager. When you get to the selection process, after the brochure is printed and distributed for a certain period of time, their firm will then collect the data. And they were they'll go they will sort of make lots of recommendations on who they think are the top candidates. In addition, what we have done in the past and what we recommend is all the resumes that we receive will be put in a binder for you so you can see them all. Nothing is going to be held back from you. You're going to be able to see all of them. In the past there was a binder kept on the third floor, so any one of you could check it out and take a look and sort of make notes and and decide which candidates do you really want to see . And then in closed session, you can discuss the top candidates and decide who you want to interview after you've put it into a long list. Then we would have panel interviews and that's with you, and that's a panels of your choosing. And it can be up to three different panels and those who can be community members, business leaders, any sort of nonprofit groups that you think would be vital to have in a in a. In a screening sort of process to really about the candidates. And so after that, the list gets smaller and you guys make your decision in closed session and hammered out.
Speaker 3: That's basically what members were. Do you have comments you'd like to share at this point? Well.
Speaker 0: What was that? What was the process you're looking for in terms of actually.
Speaker 7: We're just looking for input or feedback. If you'd like to discuss it today and give me some feedback today, that would be great. Normally I'd be Paul and he'd be talking to him, but I'm here now and you're welcome to talk to me about it.
Speaker 3: So I'm happy to start. Sure. I'm I appreciate that all the applications will be collected so that we can all review them and give feedback and then discuss it and decide who we're going to interview as a support that process. Personally, I will be looking forward to hopefully receiving some applications from current employees and Allen meetings. Thank you.
Speaker 2: Adama?
Speaker 3: Yes, Vice Mayor.
Speaker 2: I at the risk of. Well, I'll say this anyway. Is is Mr. Chmura going to be back? Does he have a second? Because if the situation goes longer than he anticipates, does he have someone who.
Speaker 7: If he's planning on coming back, he's going to be back in the Bay Area tonight, actually, today or tomorrow. He needed to be with family today.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Thank you for.
Speaker 2: Making sure that we have. Yes.
Speaker 7: Yes. No, he he he will be back tomorrow. And he he tried to call me a couple of times today, and I told him he needed, you know, just be with your family right now. Thank you. But he will be back tomorrow.
Speaker 3: In other comments, remember.
Speaker 1: Oh.
Speaker 0: I have to go that way. I won't cut you off.
Speaker 1: Oh, no, it was. It was a. It was on the consent calendar. I didn't have an opportunity to speak and the discussion was closed really fast. So. Thank you for. Thank you for. Thank you. So thank you for stepping in for Mr. Kummer. I appreciate that. I like the idea of the town hall meeting where we, the public, can have some input. I also like the process that we we did the last time we recruited where we had various panels and then we had a panel that the council was able to appoint, you know, one or two community members to that panel. So we had a wide range and, you know, and a diverse. Group of community members that can evaluate. And I think they all came up to a unanimous decision. So hopefully we'll have the same thing. I like the idea of having individual meetings with the council members so we can share some of our thoughts on where we want to move forward with the city. You know, I'm pretty open. I think I said this before, you know, whether we're you know, whether we get, you know, somebody that's experienced or whether we get somebody that's, you know, hungry and new, whether we get someone that's, you know, ready to take the next step. That may not be a city manager right now. So, you know, I hope that we do have a wide range of of applicants and experience. This is an exciting time for our city. So, you know, we're growing and, you know, we have a lot of opportunities and there are a lot of people out there that are, you know, ready to take that next step. So I would encourage them, you know, us to try to recruit them. You know, I'd like to see us, you know, if I had a preference. There's somebody that has knowledge and experience in the Bay Area. It doesn't have to be in Alameda, but at least the Bay Area as opposed to Southern California. But, you know, if there's a star down there that that's ready and that that understands our culture and, you know, understands our region, then that would be helpful as well. That's kind of all I really had add to add at this time. Mm hmm.
Speaker 3: And I apologize if earlier you didn't feel.
Speaker 1: Like it passed unanimously. So it's for everyone.
Speaker 0: Member Congress we'll try to make it up to you. The. I think that. Thank you very much. And I'm excited to get started with this process. One of the things that I've thought of and I'll refine my thoughts more before I meet with Mr. Chmura, but I'm looking for a city manager who can work with the Council of strong individuals, strong personalities, strong opinions. And I think that this is perhaps the most important decision this council will make, because we are at the brink of doing a lot of exciting things in Alameda, and we need someone who can run this city well now with an eye to the future. And and it's also important to me to have someone who will work equally with all members of the city council. And the while, I am certainly supportive of having various panels have an opportunity to meet and interview. The ultimate decision, I feel, has to rest with the city council because the city manager is one of our our direct reports. And I think that's a a responsibility that we don't see to others. So anyway, that's I think that's. A good start for the evening. And I do appreciate the vice mayor raising the question of Mr. Cameras. Eventual or coming up soon availability because I think we also made clear in the selection process that it was him not his partner, that we wanted for Alameda search member Daisuke.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Madam Mayor. I think I'm just going to say some thoughts in how you, you know, put that paper. I'll leave that to you. But there are several. I think everybody every council member in every city says that their city is unique and clearly every city is unique. But, you know, I think most of us share the same types of cost centers when it on the budget side. Most of us share, you know, the same thoughts on staffing ratios, etc.. But there are uniqueness to Alameda that I think many places can't point to. And I think it has to be part of the decision making process. For example, not the organizational structure with regard to Alameda Point, as well as the fact of Alameda Point as a large brownfield redevelopment area. That's a uniqueness that many cities don't have overall, not just the construction entitlement related issues, but also, you know, that the way in which that connects with federal laws, etc., and state laws. And another uniqueness is, is the city of Alameda is electric utility AMP. Many cities don't have their own electric utility. The what I'm getting at, though, is what I want to hear is how city managers or or assistant city managers are dealt with similar. For example, while many cities don't have a standalone utility company. Many cities might have their own wastewater or water treatment, whatever, as a standalone enterprise fund generate. So so same of this same type of issues of ratepayer issues of of of assets, stranded assets. The same type of questions arise in those scenarios that would also apply to experience with with electric company. So, so what I'm getting at is even though not every candidate is dealt with, might have dealt with base closure, look for kind of proxies that come close to it. So a proxy the base closure might be. You know, a large infill brownfield redevelopment project, a multi-year project. So so look and again that back to the the Enterprise Fund of of of amp look for you know what what kind of proxies my might shed some light in terms of someone's experience in handling that managing that. So I think that's the thing that that crosses my mind. So even though people might not have managed or been a part of the governing board of Electric Company. You know, figure out ways to the I we as a council and a community can kind of pass out where there might be some crossover relevant crossover experience. Thank you.
Speaker 3: Any other comments? So I appreciate staff attaching all these copies to what other cities have done and as well as Alameda. And so I'm expecting that we will be given a draft and all of us will be able to give feedback and and that of this team or of Avery will somehow be coordinating with all of us for feedback. And if you look at the one from Alameda, of course, it's stated at this point, but a lot of it is still very valid and done nicely, I think. Thank you for sharing it.
Speaker 7: Right. And I would like to roll ahead with the SurveyMonkey survey, and we can do that and then right away. So if that's good with you, I'm going to had an exciting.
Speaker 3: Moment with that.
Speaker 2: Any concerns you see with the question?
Speaker 3: So if you can come up with.
Speaker 7: Oh, no, you were given.
Speaker 1: The fact that were talking about those. Yes. Okay. Yeah, that's fine.
Speaker 7: Yes.
Speaker 1: I mean.
Speaker 7: Yes. As written, I'm sorry about that.
Speaker 1: Scientific, but it's not that scientific.
Speaker 7: It's not that scientific.
Speaker 3: But makes it unpredictable to add comments. Yes. So yes, which is fine is electronic. We can disseminate it into the community, can be aware that we will be using an electronic survey member Ashcraft.
Speaker 0: And what's the timeframe for when our one on one interviews with Mr. Cameron will.
Speaker 7: In the very near future because we want to move this along so we will probably contact you next week.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 3: Thank you. Before July. Yes, thank you. All right. Any other comments on that item? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. City Manager Communications.
Speaker 1: You're up. All right.
Speaker 7: You're a nun, madam. Thank you.
Speaker 3: All right. Thank you. Or communications? Not agenda. Thank you, counselor. Referrals? None. Wonderful council communications. At this point, council members can address on any matter, not on the agenda. And Brody.
Speaker 1: Thank you, madam. I have two quick ones. This morning I attended the Alameda County Waste Management Authority meeting of the Programs and Administration Committee. And I guess I would say nothing of note that impacts alameda was discussed and last Friday I had the honor to attend the Boys and Girls Club annual meeting and recognize Linda Callaway.
Recommendation to Provide Input to Avery & Associates on the Qualifications of a City Manager, the Recruitment Brochure and the Selection Process.  (Human Resources 2510)