Agenda — original pdf

Agenda

CITY MANAGER SEARCH ADVISORY TASK FORCE REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 6:00 p.m. City Hall Council Chambers 301 W. 2nd Street Austin, Texas 78701 CURRENT TASK FORCE MEMBERS: Laura Huffman, Chair Saundra Kirk, Vice Chair Claudia Conner Susan Hambright Perla Cavazos Julio Gonzalez Altamirano Bill Spelman Channy Soeur Walter Muse Bobby Inman Jan Lehman AGENDA  CALL TO ORDER 1. CITIZENS COMMUNICATION: GENERAL (Citizens will each be allowed three minutes to address the task force.) 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3. INVITED PUBLIC COMMENT ON IDEAL CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS AND IDENTIFY KEY COMMUNITY ISSUES FOR CITY MANAGER PROFILE Discussion and possible action regarding the following: a) Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission – Vince Cobalis b) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Quality of Life Advisory Commission – Dr. Victor Martinez c) African American Employee Network – Carla Johnson d) Austin/Travis County EMS Employee Association – Anthony Marquardt e) Austin Police Association – Kenneth Casaday f) Austin Federal, State, County, Municipal Employee Union – Carol Gutherie 4. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT Discussion and possible action regarding the following: To help ensure consistency, Task Force is requesting public comment/feedback around four critical questions that the Consultant Steve Newton from Russell Reynolds will use  to develop the profile for our next city manager. (Citizens may sign up to speak on any of the four questions. Each speaker will be allotted 3 minutes to speak for each question for which they signed up to speak.) a) What skills and abilities are most important for someone to manage our city? This could include previous job experience, education, etc. b) What are the personal characteristics that are most important for our next city manager to lead our unique community? Please think about the attributes that would be essential for someone to thrive in this environment. c) What do you see as the most critical challenges to Austin over the next 5-10 years? Our next city manager is going to have to have the professional skills and personal attributes to tackle these issues, so we think it is important to provide this specific feedback to the City Council. 5. NEW BUSINESS Discussion and possible action regarding the following: a) City Manager Recruitment Process, updates on district meetings, public meetings, website to solicit community input, and utilizing 311 to survey public. b) Continued discussion on recommendation of Task Force’s role beyond phase 1 (Development of City Manager Profile) of the City Manager recruitment process. 6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 7. ADJOURNMENT    The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Sonya Alexander-Harry at Human Resources Department, at 512-974-3228, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the City Manager Search Advisory Task Force, please contact Sonya Alexander-Harry at 512-974-3228.