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Mounds View City Council January 25, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 9 Police Officer. 1 2 Deputy Police Chief Kinney presented staff’s recommendation to hire Greggory Neumann as a 3 City Police Officer, noting he is the top candidate, has successfully completed all of the required 4 testing procedures, and received a high recommendation from his previous employer. 5 6 Mayor Flaherty stated Officer Neumann would start at Step 1. Deputy Police Chief Kinney 7 stated that is correct and that is in accordance with the LELS contract. Mayor Flaherty asked if 8 this officer could use any of the equipment purchased for the previous officer. Deputy Police 9 Chief Kinney stated some of the equipment could be used, but not all of it. 10 11 MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Mueller. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7567, 12 Appointing Greggory Neumann to the Position of Police Officer. 13 14 Council Member Stigney noted the dollar amount for Step 1 is not identified in the Resolution. 15 Clerk-Administrator Ericson stated staff would add that dollar amount. 16 17 AMENDMENT: Mayor Flaherty and Council Member Mueller accepted this friendly 18 amendment. 19 20 Council Member Stigney stated he does not support this action because it is not the proper time 21 to hire a new officer due to funding restraints. 22 23 Ayes – 4 Nay – 1 (Stigney) Motion carried. 24 25 F. Resolution 7568, Authorization to Advertise and Recommend a Candidate 26 for Hire for the Public Service Officer (PSO) opening in the Mounds View 27 Police Department. 28 29 Deputy Police Chief Kinney advised that Public Service Officer (PSO) Tyler Martin had resigned 30 his position and while the Council had expressed support to rehire for this position, he was 31 concerned with the suitability of a one-year-old eligibility list and asked the Police Civil Service 32 Commission to establish a new eligibility list. He advised that the Police Civil Service 33 Commission has ordered that the existing list be dissolved and approved the creation of a new 34 eligibility list. Deputy Police Chief Kinney reviewed the duties of the PSO and presented staff’s 35 recommendation to authorize the advertisement for the vacant PSO position. 36 37 Council Member Stigney noted this is a 30 hour per week position and asked how many hours 38 each week are spent on Code enforcement. Deputy Police Chief Kinney explained the hours are 39 scheduled one-third Code Enforcement and two-thirds Police Department duties. 40 41 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7568, 42 Authorization to Advertise for the Public Service Officer (PSO) Position opening in the Police 43 Department, with a starting wage at Step 1 of $12.73 per hour. 44 45