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TO: HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:
DATE:
CITY MAt"'JAGER
OCTOBER 18, 2010
DEPARTMENT: HUMAt"'J RESOURCES
CMR: 384:10
REPORT TYPE: CONSENT
SUBJECT: Appointment oflnterim City Attorney
RECOMMENDATION
Approve Council Appointed Officers (CAO) Committee recommendation to appoint
Assistant City Attorney Don Larkin as Interim City Attorney and authorize the City Manager
to coordinate with the CAO Chair to finalize the appropriate level of compensation.
DISCUSSION
City Attorney Gary Baum will be retiring on October 30, 20 I 0 and an Interim City Attorney
must be appointed until a new City Attorney is hired. The executive search firm of Bob
Murray and Associates has been retained to conduct the recruitment for the new City
Attorney and this process will take several months.
The CAO Committee met on October 12,2010 to discuss various interim options and as a
result recommends that Assistant City Attorney Don Larkin be appointed as Interim City
Attorney during the transition period, Don Larkin has worked closely and effectively with all
the City departments during the past five and a half years and will provide the necessary
continuity and stability needed until the new City Attorney is appointed,
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Russell Carlsen
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