Minutes - 20090413 - Manager Search

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APPROVED 5/5/2009 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SPECIAL MEETING April 13, 2009 7:00 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met to discuss the Manager's search process on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie Foushee and Commissioners Alice M. Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker OTHERS PRESENT: Phillip Robertson, The Mercer Group consultant NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 1. 7:00-7:05 Opening Comments Commissioner Foushee said that the Board had decided at their March 30, 2009 meeting to amend the county's current contract with the Mercer Group, which was for the county attorney search, to also include the manager's search process. And Phillip Robertson, out of the N.0 Mercer office, will be the Board's consultant during the manager's search process. 2. 7:05-10:00 Discussion of Manager's Search Process Phillip Robertson said the process for the manager's search will be similar to the one his group did for the county attorney. He then reviewed the Mercer's proposed methodology for the Manager's search process: Mercer recommends a seven (7)-step search process as follows: Methodology Overview • Position Analysis: Mercer will define work relationships, job qualifications and requirements for the position —the "Position Profile." • Recruitment Process: Mercer will recruit regionally and nationally for the position, advertising and networking to locate and invite qualified candidates. • Resume Review: Mercer will identify qualified candidates. = Commission input requested