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<br /> <br />City of Elk River <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date <br />Consent December 4, 2006 <br />Item Description <br />Request to Hire Police Officer <br /> <br />Item Number <br /> <br />3.6. <br />Prepared by <br />effre A. Beahen, Chief of Police <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br />Introduction <br />The Council had given me permission previously to locate a candidate for hire to replace the <br />police officer position created by the earlier resignation of Officer George Daley. A candidate has <br />been located and I am requesting permission to hire the person selected. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />AnneMarie Buck is currently a Community Service Officer for the City of Maple Grove. She has <br />been in that position for almost ten years. She has been a police reserve for the City of Elk River <br />for over seventeen years. <br /> <br />Ms. Buck recently graduated with a degree in Law Enforcement, obtaining her BA in Criminal <br />Justice from Metropolitan State University. Shortly after that, she completed the skills portion of <br />her law enforcement training and became eligible to be hired in late October. <br /> <br />Ms. Buck has numerous law enforcement credentials, including certification in Crime Prevention <br />Through Environmental Design, certification in Child Passenger Safety, and numerous national <br />certifications in Crime Prevention. <br /> <br />This candidate is well known to our officers and the community based on her seventeen years of <br />volunteer experience with our police reserves. She and her family also reside in our community. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />I am asking to start the new employee at the second step according to the union contract. Starting <br />her at the bottom step would require her to take a $3.00 an hour cut in pay from her current job <br />as a CSO. That does not make much sense and with the candidates experience and training, the <br />second step starting at $21.70 an hour is a much fairer starting rate. This is a budgeted position <br />and funding is available now and throughout the coming budget years for this position and wage. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Request permission to hire AnneMarie Buck for the position of police officer starting December <br />18, 2006 at 0800 hours at the salary noted. She would be sworn in at the Council meeting on <br />December 18, 2006. <br /> <br />C: \Documents and Settings \ tallard\Local Settings \ Temporary Internet Files \ OLKF\Doc3 (3).doc <br />