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Item No: 7F Meeting Date: September 8, 2014 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review : ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Thomas Kinney, Chief of Police Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8300, Authorization to Advertise and Create an Eligibility List to Initiate the Police Officer Hiring Process Background: The Mounds View Police Civil Service eligibility list for Police Officer is no longer current, and the police department needs to move forward by creating a new eligibility list for a vacancy in the position of police officer. The purpose of this staff report is to seek approval to create an active Civil Service eligibility list for police officer and seek approval to begin the process to hire a police officer to fill a vacancy. Discussion: The most recent opening for police officer occurred after the resignation of probationary Officer David Radtke on August 20, 2014. Therefore, this process is being initiated to replace one current officer vacancy. The police officer position is an essential public safety position within the city, and ideally, having a replacement officer in place as soon as practical is critical to maintaining uninterrupted continuity of policing services in the city. Delaying the replacement of this patrol officer position will result in a reduction of police service, and could result in additional expenses in terms of overtime cost to backfill the vacancy. On August 25, 2014, The Mounds View Police Civil Service Commission approved the process for hiring a police officer for the current opening. The commission also approved the dissolution of the old eligibility list and approved the establishment of a new eligibility list by advertising and moving forward with the hiring process. This begins with advertising to fill the position. Minnesota rules, 6700.0700 set legal requirements for selection standards for peace officers, and The State of Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board regulates the procedures for hiring a peace officer. The required hiring process has numerous steps including: 1. Advertisement of position 2. Meeting w/ police staff to discuss most desirable candidates 3. Application reviews consisting of general application, cover letter, resume, supplemental application and summary score sheet. Staff reviews supplemental application and score sheet to determine applicants moving forward. 4. Physical Agility test of all eligible remaining applicants 5. Candidate Interviews Round 1 6. Candidate Interviews Round 2- Top 6 candidates 7. Panel debriefs and determines top 3 candidates 8. Top 3 candidates interviewed by Chief of Police