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Council Worksession February 27, 2020 5:00 pm Present: Mayor Valerie Johnson Councilmember Graeme Allen Councilmember Mary Burg Councilmember Emily Dunsworth Councilmember Paul Jacobsen Absent: Staff in Attendance: Brenda Davitt Guests in Attendance: Liza Donabauer, David Drone & Associates Selection of City Manager Finalists Davitt stated requested the Council review the City Manager finalists and reduce the list to four. Liza Donabauer, David Drone & Associates, explained she was excited by the high quality candidates the City Council had to consider for the City Manager position. She indicated the candidate information was private at this time and encouraged the Council to use the number assigned to each candidate in order to protect their identity. She reported once a motion was made on the top four finalists, this information would be made public. Mayor Johnson stated the Council received a great deal of information on each candidate and thanked Ms. Donabauer for organization this information. Councilmember Jacobsen thanked Ms. Donabauer for being thorough and providing the Council with great information on each candidate. Ms. Donabauer handed out ballots and requested the Council vote for their top four candidates. She reviewed the ballots and votes. The top vote getting candidates were 4, 5 and 11. She requested the Council discuss how to move forward. The Council supported voting one more time for two additional candidates. Ms. Donabauer reviewed the second round of ballots and explained the overall top vote getters were candidates 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11. Councilmember Jacobsen supported the City Council moving forward with the top five candidates. Mayor Johnson requested the Council work together to get the list down to four candidates. She explained she was a strong proponent for candidate 11. Councilmembers Jacobsen, Dunsworth and Allen were in agreement.