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*Item 3.3.* <br /> <br />City <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br />Mayor and City Council ,~~/~/ <br />Bruce A. West, Fire Chief <br /> <br />February 23, 2004 <br /> <br />Authorization to Hire Paid On-Call Fire Fighters <br /> <br />The Elk River Fire Depatu~ent has been in the process of hiring firefighters once again due to the <br />change of residency of members and resignation of John Follmer, a 21-year member of the Elk <br />River Fire Department. During the past few months, we have advertised, screened, and interviewed <br />potential candidates for the position of paid on-call firefighter for the Elk River Fire Department. <br />With the process now complete, I am requesting Council approval to fill six positions of paid on-call <br />firefighters. With the addition of six firefighter candidates, our roster will go to 39 with one position <br />left unfilled. <br /> <br />The Elk River Fire Department personnel committee has selected Joe Evenson, Ryan Lore, Wayne <br />Matteson, Tim Richie, Michael Tietz, and Cory Zierden. The Elk River Fire Deparnxient personnel <br />committee believes we have six excellent candidates for the position of paid on-call firefighter. With <br />the successful completion of their firefighter physicals, stress checks and background checks and <br />with the approval of the City Council, the new candidates shall start with the Elk River Fire <br />Depaxtinent shortly thereafter. <br /> <br />The process of recruitment and retention of firefighters has become a very difficult task for the Elk <br />River Fire Department. Increased family commitments and increased time commitments to the Elk <br />River Fire Depaxt~ent for training and fire calls has added to the problem of retaining firefighters, <br />not only the Elk River Fire Department but in all of the fire depaxmsents throughout the state of <br />Minnesota. <br /> <br />Of the six candidates, three each will be added to Fire Station 1 and three to Fire Station 2. We <br />continue to work with the two station concept and staffing is just one phase of our focus. I would <br />like to thank the fire depatta,ent personnel committee for all their hard work over the past year. <br /> <br />S:Offsite/Fire/firefighters/Auth. To hire memo <br /> <br /> <br />