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1 <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />Item No: 09E <br />Meeting Date: November 13, 2017 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Nate Harder, Chief of Police <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8859,Resolution approving advertising for <br />Police Officer Position <br />Background <br />The Mounds View Police Department informed the Council of the desire to send an <br />officer to the Drug Task Force (VCET). This position would be funded by the November <br />13, 2017 referendum, with a veteran officer sent to the task force and the open patrol <br />positon filled with a new hire officer. <br />Discussion <br />The citizens of Mounds View voted for the additional patrol position on November 13. <br />There are many challenges ahead with the Super Bowl, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, <br />and the need is present to start advertising the position as quickly as possible. The <br />Police Department would like to start advertising the position next week with a close <br />date of December 15. The projected start date would be before spring 2018. <br />Recommendation <br />Staff recommends approval of Resolution 8859 authorizing the advertising for a Police <br />Officer Position. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />Nate Harder <br />Chief of Police <br />