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Item No:09L Meeting Date: May 23, 2005 Type of Business:CB City Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chief of Police, Mike Sommer Item Title/Subject: Approval to Hire a Replacement Police Officer, and Promote a Police Officer to a Sergeant to fill the opening created by the Retirement of Sergeant Jerry Johnson. Background: Sergeant Jerry Johnson’s is retiring on May 31, 2005. This results in a vacancy that will be filled through an internal promotion of a Police Officer to a Sergeant. The internal promotion results in a vacancy for a Police Officer Position. The purpose of this staff report is to seek council approval to hire a replacement police officer from the current active Mounds View Police Civil Service Commission eligibility list, and promote a Sergeant from the current active Mounds View Police Civil Service Commission eligibility list. The start date for the new officer, and Sergeant is anticipated to be approximately early June 2004. The Police Department is short staffed currently as a result of one Police Officer being out for an extended period of time due to an on duty injury, therefore the Police Department requests the new openings be filled as quickly as possible to minimize staffing shortages. The hiring process will involve interviewing the top candidates from the eligibility list, and having the Mounds View Police Civil Service Commission certify the top three candidates, which will then be presented to the Council for final approval. The Police Officer candidate must be scheduled for and successfully pass a thorough background investigation, psychological testing, medical examination, and physical agility testing prior to their start date. Respectfully submitted, Mike Sommer Chief of Police