Aberdeen City Council

18962 1 MINUTES 2 ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING 3 City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South 4 Dakota, September 26, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., regular meeting of the City Council. 5 CALL TO ORDER 6 MEETING ROLL CALL 7 Present at roll call were City Council Members Rob Ronayne, Erin Fouberg, Charlotte Liebelt, 8 Rich Ward, Alan Johnson, Talmage Ekanger, Chad Nilson, David Novstrup, and Mayor Travis 9 Schaunaman. 10 City Staff present was Cathy McNickle. 11 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 12 Mayor Schaunaman led the Pledge of Allegiance. 13 APPROVAL OF AGENDA 14 Motion by Nilson, second by Fouberg, to approve the agenda. Voice vote to approve, all 15 present voting aye, motion carried. 16 NEW BUSINESS 17 EXECUTIVE SESSION: COUNCIL TO INCLUDE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND 18 COMMUNITY GROUP MEMBERS TO INTERVIEW THE CITY MANAGER FINALISTS AND 19 DISCUSS THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCE, PERFORMANCE, CHARACTER OR 20 FITNESS AS PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES (SDCL § 1-25-2(1)), TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL 21 COUNSEL TO DISCUSS CONTRACTUAL MATTERS, AND TO PREPARE FOR CONTRACT 22 NEGOTIATIONS WITH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE (SDCL § 1-25-2(3) AND (4)). COUNCIL 23 TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM HR STAFF, DEPT. HEADS, AND COMMUNITY GROUP 24 MEMBERS 25 Motion by Johnson, second by Ward to go into executive session to include department heads 26 and community group members to interview the City Manager finalists and discuss their 27 qualifications, competence, performance, character or fitness as prospective employees (SDCL § 1- 28 25-2(1)), to consult with legal counsel to discuss contractual matters, and to prepare for contract 29 negotiations with prospective employee (SDCL § 1-25-2(1), (3), and (4)). Voice vote to approve, all 30 present voting aye, motion carried. The Council moved into executive session at 8:03 a.m. 31 Motion by Ronayne, second by Ward to end executive session and return to open meeting.  18963 1 Voice vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. The Council returned to open meeting 2 at 6:28 p.m. 3 Motion by Ekanger, second by Fouberg to (1) offer the position of City Manager to Dave 4 McNeil in coordination with the retirement of Robin Bobzien, current City Manager, and (2) to 5 instruct the City Attorney and HR Director to negotiate the contract terms with Mr. McNeil. Voice 6 vote to approve, all present voting aye, motion carried. 7 ADJOURNMENT 8 There being no further business, motion by Johnson, second by Nilson, to adjourn the meeting. 9 Voice vote to adjourn, all present voting aye, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. 10 Prepared by Steven Thithavong for the Finance Office. /s/Cathy McNickle Deputy Finance Officer