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Mounds View City Council March 8, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 15 E. Resolution 6205 Hiring Police Officer Ben Zender 1 2 Chief Sommer addressed Council and asked for consideration of the hiring of Police Officer Ben 3 Zender. He then explained the process was followed and said that Mr. Zender is one of the top 4 three candidates and all of the required pre-employment investigations have been completed. 5 6 MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 6205, a 7 Resolution Hiring Police Officer Ben Zender. 8 9 Council Member Quick pointed out that the Police Civil Service Commission is required by its 10 own rules to provide a list of three candidates to Council for consideration and that has not been 11 done. He then said that there has been a lot of past disagreement about this procedure and he 12 would like the Commission to follow the established procedure in the future. 13 14 Chief Sommer indicated he would be fine with abiding by that but does not have the psychiatric 15 or other background investigations done on the other candidates and, in order to be available, 16 they would need to have those things completed. He then asked if Council wants those things 17 completed before candidates are presented for consideration. 18 19 Council Member Quick suggested rewriting the rules if they do not work but said, as written, the 20 rules were not followed with this process. 21 22 Council Member Marty asked whether there is still another officer out. 23 24 Chief Sommer indicated the City has not replaced the opening created by Sergeant Krogh retiring 25 and has two officers out with injuries. He then said there are still two more officers to hire. 26 27 City Administrator Ulrich indicated he did not understand the issue fully as Council has three 28 candidates certified that the Commission wishes to hire. He then asked if the Commission needs 29 to have three candidates for each position. 30 31 Council Member Quick indicated he would go over the guidelines with Staff. 32 33 Council Member Stigney agreed that the process should be looked into so that it is smooth and so 34 that the City gets the top candidates. 35 36 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 37 38 10. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 39 40 A. City Council Minutes February 23, 2004 41 42 On Page 9, Line 16, insert a comma after the word set. 43 44