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! I I I I I I i I I I I I I I I ! I I CASE# APPOINTMENT OF POLICE SERGEANT By: Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator Background~ This item was~On the agenda for the last Personnel Committee meeting and at the request of Police Chief Auspo~~ an~l City Administrator Schroeder, the Committee recommending tabling the decision. Four candidates aPplied for the position. They are: Bob Kt~hn ! 13 years with the Police Department Jim Why i 7 years with the Police Department Dav~ Sust~fson 15 years with the Police Department Jeff A/,neS0n 7 years with the Police Department On the basis o~ ye~s with the department and POST certification, all are qualified for the position. The four candl~date~s took part in a written testing procedure prePared by Police Chief Auspos. This was followeit bY ar~ oral interview. The interview panel included the Chief of Police for the City of Blaine, a Sefgearit with the City of Anoka and an Anoka County Deputy. The Personnel Coordinator ,~s present during the interviews but did not participate. The City Administrator and the Police Chief v~ere not present. The results of this two-step process have been forwarded to Council, independent of this case. ProcedurallY, ~2oUiacil appoints all positions above Class 2 for the City. Past practice has been to interview alld2ep ~ar~ment manager personnel. It should, be noted that while this position is not as a departmen[ in,nag{er, it is exempt and will be Ramsey s third highest paid staff person; above that paid to the Fin~meeiofficer and City Engineer. The choice io[ a P~olice Sergeant has been a difficult one in that, as reported above, all four candidates ar4 fully qualified for the position. Further, there are several issues which seem to come into pla? du~ing the thought process as to which of the candidates would be better not only for the Departknen[ but for the organization as a whole. In contemplation of this, I would like to suggest the fb~Clow['ng questions be asked: 1) How i~npo~'tant is the philosophy of the candidate and does Council agree with this philOSOphy? 2) While h was not suggested prior to or during the testing/interview process, is it appropriate to coniiderifactors outside the process in decision-making such as the letter of introduction or irnp~ct of a particular choice on the other officers? 3) While [I bel:ieve it was assumed by the candidates and the balance of the department that a choiCe[woqld be made upon the oral and written scores, must Council chose the candidate seorinli highest through the testing/interview process? 4) What Will the impact of any particular choice be on the Department in the short term or for the ne:~t fiv~ or ten years? 5) What Will the impact of any particular choice be on the organization as a whole? IIi