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Mounds View City Council June 28, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 11 1 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 2 3 G. Resolution 7634, Authorization to Advertise and Create an Eligibility List to 4 Fill a Police Officer Position in the Mounds View Police Department. 5 6 Deputy Police Chief Kinney stated The Mounds View Police Civil Service eligibility list for 7 Police Officers is no longer current, and the police department anticipates an additional opening 8 on July 31, 2010 due to a retirement of a current police sergeant. Staff was seeking approval to 9 create an active Civil Service eligibility list for police officer and seek approval to begin the 10 process to hire a police officer to fill the future vacancy. This most recent vacancy will reduce the 11 number of sworn officers to 17 from the department authorized strength of 19 officers. The Civil 12 Service Commission dissolved the 2009 list and recommended the authorization to advertise to 13 create an eligibility list to fill the opening in the Mounds View Police Department. 14 15 Mayor Flaherty questioned how long the eligibility lists were used. Deputy Police Chief Kinney 16 stated the last list was created in May of 2009 and two officers were hired off this list. He 17 indicated the list could possibly be stretched to three years, but the Civil Service Commission 18 recommended creating a new list for the current patrol position. 19 20 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7634, 21 authorization to Advertise to Create an Eligibility List to fill a Police Officer Position in the 22 Mounds View Police Department. 23 24 City Administrator Ericson stated the 2011 budget was going to be discussed at the next work 25 session meeting. He suggested this Resolution be postponed until after the budget was discussed 26 further as costs will be incurred through the eligibility list. 27 28 Mayor Flaherty felt it would benefit the City to begin the process as it was timely. The City 29 would then have a potential candidate list if the Council chooses to fill the position in 2011. 30 31 Council Member Mueller questioned where the funding came from to create the eligibility list. 32 Finance Director Beer indicated this came out of the general fund. 33 34 City Administrator Ericson suggested the Council could proceed with the eligibility list but 35 informed the Council the current Resolution does state the City would then hire an officer. He 36 recommended this language be omitted. 37 38 MOTION AMENDMENT: Gunn/Hull. To Omit the Language within Resolution 7634, stating 39 the City would then Hire an Officer from the Eligibility List. 40 41 Council Member Gunn did not feel this language had to be removed. 42 43 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 44 45