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~~i <br />City of <br />Elk -~-~ <br />River <br />City of Elk River Item Number <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION 3~7. <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Consent anua 22, 2008 Bruce A. West, Fire Chief <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Authorization to Advertise for Paid On-Call Firefighter Lori Johnson, City Administrator <br /> Reviewed by <br /> Lauren Wi er, Human Resources <br />Introduction <br />The Elk River Fire Department is requesting Council approval to advertise for two paid on-call firefighter <br />openings. One firefighter position has remained unfilled after a past firefighter candidate was unable to <br />complete the selection process and Firefighter Brent Richter resigned due to health reasons after five <br />years of service with the Fire Department. I am requesting Council approval to begin the process of <br />finding replacement firefighters. <br />Discussion <br />I anticipate the hiring process of the new firefighters to take approximately three months with the <br />screening of applications, interviewing of potential applicants, firefighter physical, stress test, and <br />background check. I will return to a future Council meeting with the name of the successful candidates. <br />Financial Impact <br />Minimum requirements of Firefighter 1 and First Responder training - $2,500.00 <br />Attachments <br />None <br />Action Requested <br />It is requested that the Mayor and City Council giant authorization to advertise fox two paid on-call <br />firefighters with the Elk River Fire Department. <br />Council Action Motion by Second by Vote <br />Follow Up <br />S:\Council\Bruce\2008\Advexdse for I'F.doc <br />