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Special City ('ouncil Mccling May 28, 2004 l'agc 2 best internet marketing design and he also had the best tract record if you look at all the people he has recruited. Councilwoman Wilkerson said that another thing that he said about Chuck Rohre, with Ralph Andersen, was he has a sense to match up a city with the right person and that he was very committed and often did work that was in the scope. Mayor Fendley said he was concerned about the Waters Group because of the size and the city might not get the same person; that sometimes they would shuffle back to one of their junior partners. Councilman Wilson said he talked to someone in Abilene and Mt. Pleasant and both have used the Waters Group. He advised that Mt. Pleasant was extremely happy with them and they were going to use them again. Abilene said they looked at Mercer and Waters and the Mayor is not looking from the City Manager side, he is looking from the Mayor's side. The Mayor of Abilene said he could not have been more pleased with what Waters had done for them. IIe said it came down to Waters and Mercer and that Waters said that the guy they have now as City Manager is doing a fantastic job and he told them that he was not in the job market after they hired him and if it had not been fbr Waters, he would not have moved to Abilene. He said the Waters Group came to him and said hc matched up better than anyone else even thoough he had a job and was not looking tbr a job. The Waters Group told him that he was the man and talked him into going to Abilene and interviewing and ending up using him for the Fire Chief and tbr regular utilities. Councilman Wilson said one of the things that he would be concerned about was the man that did not get the job in Mt. Pleasant. Councilwoman Wilkerson stated that he did not get the job in Mt. Pleasant, but he did get the job in Weatherford, which Waters was also working. Councilman Wilson said that the person he spoke with in Mt. Pleasant said that was the greatest thing that ever happened to Mt. Pleasant was the man that he got in there.