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<br /> <br />City of Elk River <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date <br />Consent March 6, 2006 <br />Item Description <br />Authorization to Make Conditional Job Offers for Three Police <br />Officer Positions <br /> <br />Item Number <br />3.5 <br /> <br />Prepared by <br />Ca tain Brad Rolfe <br />Reviewed by <br />Lori Johnson, City Administrator <br /> <br />Introduction <br />The police department has one (1) immediate opening for the position of full-time police officer. <br />The police department anticipates two (2) additional full-time police officer vacancies in the first half of <br />2006 due to officer retirements. The police department has a current police officer candidate pool. Back <br />ground investigations have been completed on two (2) candidates with completion of a third background <br />investigation anticipated in the near future. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />The current police officer vacancy has caused one of the patrol shifts to operate understaffed. The <br />anticipated retirement of two other officers, both in the investigative unit, will deplete that unit by one <br />third. Those vacancies would be filled by current officers. Those appointments will create shortages of <br />staffmg in the patrol division. It is highly desirable to have new candidates ready for immediate <br />appointment to fill those vacancies. The police department desires to start candidate number one as soon <br />as they successfully complete their psychological and medical exams. The police department desires to <br />start candidates two and three as soon as retirement dates for the two current employees are formally <br />announced. Appointment of the police officer candidates will be contingent on successful completion of <br />both the psychological and physical exams. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />All three positions are already funded by the budget. The candidate(s) will be hired at the entry level full <br />time police officer rate as stipulated in the 2005-2006 collective bargaining contract ($18.80 per hour), <br />plus benefits. The cost of hiring candidates two and three, slightly before the retirement of the two <br />current employees, will be offset through out the year by the savings in the difference in wages between <br />the new employees, paid at a lower rate, and the retiring employees, who are paid at the top rate in their <br />job classification. The cost of the psychological and physical exams is covered in the current budget. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />The police department is seeking council approval to make conditional job offers to the top three (3) <br />police officer candidates for the purpose of facilitating physical and psychological exams. Upon <br />successfully passing the physical and psychological exams, the police department is seeking to hire one <br />candidate immediately. The police department is seeking authorization to hire the second and third <br />candidates as soon as retirement dates are formally announced by the current employees. <br /> <br />C: \Documents and Settings \tallard\Local Settings \ Temporary Internet Files \ OLKF\REQUEST COUNCIL ACTION JOB OFFER (2).doc <br />