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CITY MANAGER SEARCH ADVISORY TASK FORCE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Thursday, July 27, 2017 The City Manager Search Advisory Task Force convened in a regular meeting on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Town Lake Center, Austin Energy Headquarters, 721 Barton Springs, Austin, TX 78704 Chair Laura Huffman called the Task Force meeting to order at 4:35 p.m. Board Members in Attendance: Laura Huffman (Chair), Saundra Kirk (Vice Chair), Claudia Conner (via phone), Perla Cavazos, Julio Gonzalez Altamirano, Bill Spellman, Channy Soeur, Walter Muse, Jan Lehman, Susan Hambright, and Admiral Bobby Inman. Staff in Attendance: Debby Maynor, Lara Foss, Lee Crawford, Rodney Crain, Rod Sigler, Daniel Murphy, and Sonya Alexander-Harry. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 19, 2017 TASK FORCE MEETING Recommendation by Task Force Chair Laura Huffman to approve the minutes for the July 19, 2017 City Manager Search Advisory Task Force Meeting was approved by Task Force Member Walter Muse’s motion with Task Force Members Perla Cavazos and Susan Hambright second on a 8-0 vote. Task Force Members Bobby Inman, Bill Spelman, and Jan Lehman were absent at the time of vote of approval. 2. CITIZENS COMMUNICATION: GENERAL No one signed up to speak. 3. NEW BUSINESS Discussion and possible action regarding the following: a) Updates on City Manager Recruitment Process Russell Reynold Associates Representative Steve Newton briefly noted a correction was made to the Culture Analyst™ Report. b) Discussion, review and approval of the report of synthesized feedback from District Meetings, Online Community Survey, 3-1-1 Feedback and Culture Analyst™ Report. Russell Reynolds Associates Representative Steve Newton reviewed and discussed the report of synthesized feedback from District Meetings, Online Community Survey, 3-1-1 Feedback and Culture Analyst™ Report with the Task Force. A recommendation to approve the report of synthesized feedback from District Meetings, Online Community Survey, 3-1-1 Feedback and Culture Analyst™ Report with changes   requested by Task Force was approved on Task Force Member Spelman’s motion with Task Force Member Perla Cavazos’s second on an 11-0 vote. 4. ADJOURNMENT Task Force Member Perla Cavazos motioned to adjourn the meeting. Task Force Member Susan Hambright seconded on an 11-0 vote. The Task Force Meeting was adjourned at 5:07 p.m. 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.