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<br />*Item 3.3.* <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />BW <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Bruce West, Fire Chief <br /> <br />DATE: February 7,2005 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Authorization to Hire Paid On-Call Fire Fighters <br /> <br />The Elk River Fire Department has been in the process of hiring flreflghters once again due to the <br />change of residency of members. During the past few months, we have advertised, screened, and <br />interviewed potential candidates for the position of paid on-call flreflghter for the Elk River Fire <br />Department. With the process now complete, I am requesting Council approval to fill three <br />positions of paid on-call frreflghters. With the addition of three frreflghter candidates, our roster will <br />go to 40 to complete our roster. <br /> <br />The Elk River Fire Department personnel committee has selected Andrew Bentzen, Matthew <br />Hodgman, and David King. The Elk River Fire Department personnel committee believes we have <br />three excellent candidates for the position of paid on-call frreflghter. The candidates have <br />successfully completed their fueflghter physicals, stress checks, and background checks and with the <br />approval of the City Council, the new candidates shall start with the Elk River Fire Department <br />shordy thereafter. <br /> <br />The process of recruitment and retention of frreflghters has become a very difflcult task for the Elk <br />River Fire Department. Increased family commitments and increased time commitments to the Elk <br />River Fire Department for training and frre calls has added to the problem of retaining frreflghters, <br />not only the Elk River Fire Department but in all of the flre departments throughout the state of <br />Minnesota. <br /> <br />Of the three candidates, two will be added to Fire Station 1 and one to Fire Station 2. If you have <br />any questions prior to the meeting, please feel free to call me at the Elk River Fire Department at <br />763-635-1105. <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Council approval to hire three paid on-call frreflghters: Andrew Bentzen, Matthew Hodgman, and <br />David King. <br /> <br />S:Offsite/Fire/fuefighters/ Auth. To hire memo <br />