The agenda packet included the proposed agreement between the city and Matt Stiefel, who would provide the streaming service pending the council's approval.
The proposal stated that Stiefel would live-stream 12 regular meetings, which was corrected to 24 meeting regular meetings, and two special session meetings from the city's Facebook page and garner compensation of $100 per meeting.
Stiefel previously worked closely with the owners of The Florence Citizen, Anthony and Sara Puckett, who regularly streamed city council and planning commissioner meetings. Though the Pucketts have since left the area, Stiefel has maintained a close connection with his technological talents and already has been a big help by fixing the city's sound system when it spontaneously went out during the Oct. 3 meeting.
It was posited that community member, Tim Jordan, who has undertaken the role of streaming city meetings since The Florence Citizen's exit, enter a bid to continue his services. Jordan, however, communicated that, after Jan. 1, 2023, he would not continue streaming.
Most council members agreed that it was the city's responsibility to stream meetings.
"I think it's very important that these things are recorded and kept for however long," said Florence resident Kathy Madonna.
After further discussion, councilman James Vanhoutan made a motion to formally offer the contact to Stiefel, specifically for city council meetings, with the caveat of striking through the majority of Section 4, which detailed that Stiefel would need to provide insurance for his work.
The motion passed except for councilwoman Deborah Gibson voting against it.
The council conducted a special session on Oct. 10 to further discuss the job search goals for the city manager and Monday's meeting served to further finalize the aspects discussed.
Per the Oct. 10 meeting, the salary for the new city manager will range between $94,000 to $114,000 and requirements for application include a letter of interest, resume, references (three professional and three personal), and answers to preliminary questions.
Both the selection process and procedures and deadline for applications will largely be at the discretion of the Search Firm, which a request for proposal has already been agreed upon.
The proposed timeframes for finding the next city manager are as follows:
* Finalists selected by March 31, 2023
* Hire new city manager by April 30, 2023
* City manager to start no later than June 1, 2023
* Provide a transition period of 30-plus days
Councilwoman Kathryn Nabors made a motion to accept the city manager's job search goals and the rest of the council readily agreed.
The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31.
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