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Item No: 7A MOUNDtSVVfE-W Meeting Date: March 11 2013 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review: City of Mounds View Staff Report 00000000 - To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Thomas Kinney, Chief of Police Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8068 Approving the Hire of Police Officers James Demko, Brian Smith and Brian Schultes Introduction: On November 13, 2012, the city council approved resolution 8011 authorizing the creation of a new eligibility list for the purpose of hiring future police officers. Three vacancies currently exist within the police department due to recent departures of officers. On November 22, 2012, Officer Gregg Neumann resigned his position as police officer. On February 10, 2013, Officer Andrew Olson also resigned from the police department. Both officers accepted positions with other law enforcement agencies. Then on February 27, 2013, Sergeant Bob Nelson retired after 28 years of service with the city. Presently, the size of the department is 16 sworn officers. Discussion: Filling these officer vacancies as quickly as possible will maintain the appropriate staffing of the department and will avoid any additional expenses in overtime costs to backfill the vacancies. On March 6, 2013, the Police Civil Service Commission certified an active eligibility list for the position of Police Officer based on previously conducted testing components, which included written testing, physical agility testing and oral interviews. The top candidates on the list are as follows: 1. James Demko 2. Brian Smith 3. Brian Schultes 4. Joshua Horejsi 5. Gregory Randolph 6. James Stoffel The top three candidates on this list have successfully completed all of the required testing procedures, which included an oral board examination, physical agility test, written exam, background examination, physical examination and a psychological examination. Staff has personally met with and interviewed James Demko, Brian Smith and Brian Schultes and feel that all three candidates would be excellent additions to the department. Staff is requesting to start the top two candidates on the same date (with designation as the first and second hire) and staggering the third candidate to start four weeks later. These dates of hire are requested due to field training considerations, as three candidates would be too difficult to schedule field training simultaneously.