Council approves consent business and hires Mosaic Public Partners for city manager search; Rivas records opposition on contract

At the April 28 meeting the City Council approved the consent agenda items 3.1 through 3.11 with item 3.8 held for separate consideration. Later in the meeting council authorized city officials to enter a contract with Mosaic Public Partners, LLC to provide executive search services for the city manager recruitment; that authorization passed 6-1 with Council Member Victor Rivas recorded in opposition.

Early in the meeting the council adopted the agenda as presented (7-0). Council member Lohmann led the consent agenda; when item 3.8 (authorization to contract with Mosaic Public Partners for city manager executive search services) was taken up separately Council Member Rivas stated his opposition to the decision to hire the search firm before the vote; the motion to authorize the contract passed 6-1.

Other council-wide procedural actions included a unanimous 7-0 vote to adopt the Advisory Board of Health work plan (reported separately), a unanimous 7-0 vote to authorize summary publication of the sign-code ordinance, and a unanimous 7-0 vote to accept a donation and approve an amended MOU with Bloomington Remembers Veterans. The council also voted 7-0 to extend its meeting until 10:00 p.m. to complete agenda business.

Toward the end of the meeting the council entered a closed session to discuss property acquisition related to the fire station. After the closed session the council directed staff to enter negotiations for the property within the not-to-exceed parameters discussed in closed session; that direction carried 7-0.

No additional funding approvals for the executive search contract or property acquisition were recorded in the minutes excerpt provided.