Part 4 or 4.
** Superintendent Search discussion continued.
* Olson says all finalists will be in room to interview at same time, thus a fixed time period of say 2 hours for public questions. [while short, it at least eliminates the problem of trying to ask the exact same question in the exact same way. I bet they only get through 3 or 4 questions, however, if they have 5 finalists.]
* Young believs the superintendent search committee should have done some of this work.
* Olson says they should have done it sooner. [but he is clearly intent upon getting through all of this tonight, and seems to have forgottent that he specifically charged the committee with coming up with only a timeline for the search and none of the rest of these obviously needed ground rules]
* Erwin suggests 2 hours for public questions.
* Olson takes straw poll and 5 favor this, so policy is 2 hours for public questions.
* Staff wants to know how long the board will interview each candidate? [the board will question the candidates the day before the public questions]
* 1 hour each, by show of hands straw poll.
* Staff will try to get interviews on cable TV, and will definitely web broadcast the interviews.
* Counsel Rice asks about question list and numbers[?] from Young's folder from last year's aborted search.
* Erwin asks when and how will finalists be disclosed to public.
* Staff says in a press release when board members know who they are.
* Kummer asks which questions do "we" ask? How do we maintain control of public questions?
* Mason does not want to be limited to asking candidates the questions from last year. She has her own question she would like to ask.
* Hauser wants board to ask public questions.
* Mason says Mary Page or someone should ask the public questions.
* Olson asks for show of hands. The "Usual Five" want the board to ask the questions. Or do they want to have the public read the questions from script so they cannot deviate?
* Dziedzic wants to get this straight.
* Olson describes how it works again.
* Dziedzic asks how do we pick which public member gets to read the question? Don't want to have all members from one part of town.
* Olson says Mary Page will decide how to pick.
* Hauser asks how?
* Fine mumbles something inaudible OUT OF TURN -- something he recently and frequently jumps on the other board members for, calling it worse than Dziedzic's angry assault at the August 18 meeting.
* Olson says Mary Page will read the question if the person from the public is not present.
* Asst. super. Siggelkow will draft up the conclusions made just now on the process.
* Dziedzic begins to talk about something but is interrupted by Olson who bangs his gavel and says he is out of order.
8:30pm
** Reports of Officers
** No verbal report from interim superintendent Jon Gurban whose father died recently and is not present.
** Asst. super. Schmidt reports on Halloween parties at rec centers. Had a large turnout and successful night.
* Kummer says she went to Lake Hiawatha center in costume and handed out candy.
* Berry Graves thanks the staff for a job very well done.
* Dziedzic says the turnout of 15,700 (kids and adult, mostly kids) is about one-third of Minneapolis schools.
* Erwin mentions a Halloween parade in Seward lead by Park Police.
* Fine says he hit five different parks and that attendance was slightly down.
* Olson says they missed the best haunted house in the city at Creekview.
** Asst. super. Rietkerk reports on solar panels and lighting, or would have had any been installed. They are just starting at Matthews.
** Asst. super. Siggelkow reports on the City's proposed storm water sewer fee which could cost the Park Board $500,000 a year in new fees. He mentions how Columbia Park seems to be a storm water holding place. He says they will be seeking an exemption from the fee based on the idea of the parks being more a part of the storm sewer system, rather than a contributor to storm water run off.
*** Consent business.
2.1, 7.1 and 7.2 are all moved and approved. (7.1 & 7.2 are spending increase items from Admin & Finance)
*** Communications and Petitions
* Berry Graves talks about something to do with art at Heritage Park. [at this point, left over Halloween candy is being passed around the commissioners and a bit of noise is being made]
* Fine says that staff says that the crinkling of candy wrappers is interfering with the sound on the video recording, which is done to DVD even when they are not on cable TV, and that they should turn off their "speakers" [microphones] when not in use.
* Dziedzic talks about visiting the Star Tribune Editorial Board and twisiting their arms about covering the Park Board. He thinks they should give the Editorial Board a tour between 11am and 2pm to eliminate some of the negative publicity and image the Park Board has gotten.
8:45pm
Meeting Adjourned.
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Chris Johnson - Fulton
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