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Request for Action <br />To Item Number <br />Ma Tor and CinT Council 4.15b <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Consent June 20, 2022 Lauren Wipper, Human Resources Manager <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Hire Police Officer Ron Nierenhausen, Police Chief <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, Ci r Administrator <br />Action Requested <br />Approve, byT motion, the hiring of Dakota Schafer to the position of police officer effective JulyT 5, 2022. <br />Background/Discussion <br />Our recent recruitment for police officers netted 13 applications. T`vo candidates withdrew because theyT `vere <br />hired elsewhere. We interviewed 11 and moved four on to have an interview with Chief Nierenhausen. Chief <br />Nierenhausen moved three on to the background phase `vhere one `vithdre`v. The other two successfullyT <br />completed the background, phyTsical, and psyTchological testing. <br />Dakota Schafer holds a bachelor's degree in police science, an associate degree in `vildland and `vildlife la`v <br />enforcement, has completed ranger training academyT for seasonal park law enforcement, and holds a current <br />POST License. He `vorked for Premier SecurityT in Rochester for t�vo yTears, a detention deputyT and a transport <br />officer for Winona CountyT for a yTear and a half and has been working for Olmsted CountyT as a detention deputyT <br />since NovembeY 2020. <br />Mr. Schafer `vill start at payT step 1 of the union contract. All payT and benefits `vill be consistent with union <br />contract and cityT policyT. <br />Financial Impact <br />This is a budgeted position. <br />Mission/Policy/Goal <br />The Elk River l��ission <br />Attachments <br />■ None <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A 2a�elcolning co�nlnunity 2a�ith T evolutiona� y and spizzted T esou� cefulness, exceptional <br />se�vice, and coln�nunity engagelnent that encou�ages and ins�iz•es pTo�pe�zty. <br />rowEREo ar <br />�I'1 ���� <br />Up�iited.• August 2020 <br />