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8. Councilmembers may narrow the pool of applicants in consideration and should conduct <br /> an interview of each candidate in consideration. <br /> 9. Council Members shall conduct an interview with an applicant prior to selecting that <br /> applicant as their nominee. <br /> 10. Before 5:00 pm on May 1, 2022, each Council Member shall select one nominee and <br /> provide that nominee's name, address and phone number via email to the Council <br /> Attorney and the Chair of the Community Relations Committee. <br /> 11. District members shall nominate a resident of their respective district, At-large members <br /> shall nominate a resident of the City of South Bend, resulting in nine(9)possible <br /> nominees and a nominee from each Councilmanic District. <br /> 12. If at anytime a Council Member fails or refuses to submit the name of a nominee as <br /> described in paragraph# 10, or if a District Council Member fails to submit the name of a <br /> resident of their respective Council district, then the Community Relations Chair shall <br /> call a public committee meeting prior to May 10, 2022 for the purpose of considering <br /> candidates and selecting nominee(s) to achieve a list of nine(9)nominees. <br /> 13. During the meeting described in the previous paragraph, all Council Members may <br /> provide the name and resume of a candidate for consideration and all Council Members <br /> may take part in a public roll call vote on all candidates in consideration. To be selected <br /> as a nominee, a candidate must receive at least five(5) votes from Council Members. <br /> Voting may take place in multiple rounds and candidates who do not receive at least one <br /> (1) shall be cut and removed from consideration for all later rounds. <br /> 14. If a Council Member names more than one(1) nominee as described in paragraph# 10, <br /> then the Community Relations Chair shall call a public committee meeting prior to May <br /> 10, 2022 for the purpose of that Council Members nominee down to only one (1) <br /> nominee. <br /> 15. During the meeting described in the previous paragraph, all Council Members may attend <br /> and may all take part in a public roll call vote choosing only one nominee. The nominees <br /> themselves may attend and introduce themselves. To be selected as a final one(1) <br /> nominee of that Council Member, a candidate must receive at least five (5) votes from <br /> Council Members. <br /> 16. The final list of all nine(9) nominees shall be made public by the Community Relations <br /> Chair via a media release within 24-hours of her/his receipt of a full list of nine(9) <br /> nominees. <br /> 17. Upon receiving nominees from Council, the Council Attorney shall create a background <br /> review packet for each nominee. The background check review packets shall remain in <br />