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Item No: 09A Meeting Date: May 22, 2017 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review : ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8758, Approving the Hire of Sydney Dison to the Position of Mounds View Police Officer Background: Due to the resignation of Jeffrey Martin, Staff initiated the process of hiring a new police officer. Discussion: 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 April 18, 2017, the Police Civil Service Commission certified an active eligibility list for the position of Police Officer based on previously conducted testing components, which included written testing, physical agility testing and oral interviews. The top candidates certified by the Police Civil Service Commission for the police officer position are as follows: 1. Sydney Dison 2. Bruce Lee 3. Ismail Omar Sydney Dison has successfully passed the required testing procedures, which included an oral board examination, physical agility test, written exam, background examination, physical and psychological examinations Staff is requesting to begin employment of Ms. Dison as a police officer on or about June 5, 2017. Recommendation: Staff recommends City Council approval of Resolution 8758, a resolution authorizing the hiring of Sydney Dison to the position of Police Officer at Step 1 ($24.98/hour) of the compensation schedule in accordance with the Law Enforcement Labor Services Contract. Respectfully Submitted, __________________ Desaree Crane