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<br />Item No: 7D <br />Meeting Date: January 12, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Thomas Kinney, Chief of Police <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8357 Approving the Hire of Police Officers Riley <br />Solz and Andrew Ronning <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />On September 8, 2014, the city council approved resolution 8300 authorizing the <br />creation of a new eligibility list for the purpose of hiring future police officers. <br /> <br />Two vacancies currently exist within the police department due to recent departures of <br />officers. On August 20, 2014, David Radtke submitted his resignation to the city and on <br />November 10, 2014, Officer David Anderson retired from the department after 29 years <br />of service. Presently, the size of the department is 17 sworn officers. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Filling these officer vacancies as quickly as possible will maintain the appropriate <br />staffing of the department and will avoid any additional expenses in overtime costs to <br />backfill the vacancies. <br /> <br />On January 7, 2015, the Police Civil Service Commission certified an active eligibility list <br />for the position of Police Officer. This list resulted from a revised hiring process this past <br />year based on previously conducted testing components. The commission certified two <br />lists consisting of the top 3 candidates for each of the officer positions. The list for the <br />first officer position is: <br /> <br />1. Riley Solz <br />2. Andrew Ronning <br />3. Daniel Stone <br /> <br />The list for the second officer position is as follows: <br /> <br />1. Andrew Ronning <br />2. Daniel Stone <br />3. Charles Possert <br /> <br />The top two candidates on this list have successfully completed all of the required testing <br />procedures, which included a general application, supplemental application questionnaire <br />and scoring sheet, cover letter and resume, a physical agility test, two oral board <br />examinations as well as a Chief’s interview, background examination, physical examination <br />and a psychological examination. Staff has personally met with and interviewed Riley Solz <br />and Andrew Ronning and feel that both candidates would be excellent additions to the <br />department. <br />