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Item No. 8I Meeting Date: March 22, 2004 Type of Business: CA WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Mike Sommer, Police Chief Item Title/Subject: Approval to Hire a New PSO to Replace the Outgoing PSO Background: The existing PSO has given notice of intent to resign from the position effective March 26, 2004. When this position was initially advertised, six applications were received and our current PSO was subsequently hired. At the time of hiring an eligibility list was established as per the Mounds View Police Civil Service rules. The eligibility list, which remains valid for up to two years, can be used to determine whether any of the candidates from the initial evaluation and interviews are still available for the position. Discussion: To save time and money in filling the PSO position, the Mounds View Police Department is seeking authorization to initiate a hiring process, via the Police Civil Service Commission, to fill the soon to be vacant PSO position using the existing eligibility list. If no suitable and or available candidates are identified from the current eligibility list, the hiring process for the PSO position would then be redone. Once completed, a list of three finalists will be presented to the City Council for appointment of one individual to the PSO position. The appointment would be made under the same terms and conditions that the current PSO was hired. Those terms being a maximum of 39 hours worked per pay period, and starting salary beginning at Step 1 for this position, as provided for in the AFSCME Labor Contract. Recommendation: Staff recommends authorization to initiate the required process to fill the soon to be vacant PSO position as described above. Respectfully Submitted, Michael Sommer, Police Chief