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SAMPLE INTERVIEW AND SELECTION PROCEDURE
1. Questions to be asked, time allotted for each question, and order of questions to be determined by the City Council and should be the same for each applicant.
2. Applicant interview order established by City Clerk random draw, the results of which would be included in the Council report along with the application packets received.
3. Each Councilmember votes for the applicant of their choice. Voting continues until one candidate receives majority vote ( four or more votes). The applicant(s) that receive the least number of votes will be eliminated in each round of voting unless elimination will result in only one remaining applicant that did not receive majority vote. In the event of tie or a vote the leaves only one applicant that did not receive majority vote, no applicant will be eliminated, and Council must vote again. Examples of possible voting scenarios with three, five, and seven applicants are provided below:
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Applicant 1 2 votes 3 votes 3 votes 2 votes
Applicant 2 2 votes 2 votes 3 votes 4 votes
Applicant 3 2 votes 1 vote - -
Result
Tie vote, no one
is eliminated, and
Council votes
again.
Applicant 3 is
eliminated, and
Council votes
again for
Applicants 1 and
2. Another tie vote,
neither of the
remaining
applicants are
eliminated, and
Council votes
again.
Applicant 2 wins.
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Applicant 1 2 votes 3 votes 3 votes 4 votes
Applicant 2 1 vote 1 vote 0 votes -
Applicant 3 1 vote 1 vote 3 votes 2 votes
Applicant 4 1 vote 1 vote 0 votes -
Applicant 5 1 vote 0 votes - -
Result No one is
eliminated
because Applicant
1 did not receive
enough votes to
be the only
remaining
applicant.
Applicant 5 is
eliminated, and
Council votes
again for
Applicants 1-4.
Applicants 2 and
4 are eliminated,
and Council votes
again for
Applicants 1 and
3. Applicant 1 wins.
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Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Applicant 1 1 vote 0 votes -
Applicant 2 2 votes 3 votes 2 votes
Applicant 3 1 vote 1 vote 0 votes
Applicant 4 1 vote 2 votes 4 votes
Applicant 5 0 votes - -
Applicant 6 1 vote 0 votes -
Applicant 7 0 votes - -
Result Applicants 5 and 7 are
eliminated, and Council
votes again for
Applicants 1-4 and 6.
Applicants 1 and 6 are
eliminated, and Council
votes again for
Applicants 2-4.
Applicant 4 wins.
4. Council adopts a resolution appointing the winning applicant to the vacant seat.
5. The new Councilmember is sworn in at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting.