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Ramsey, Nowthen, St. Francis, Oak Grove, and Bethel, Minnesota <br />Feasibility Study for Shared or Cooperative Fire and Emergency Services <br />Shared Recruitment and Retention Efforts <br />All of the participating agencies depend heavily on the use of Paid on Call responders and, as a result, <br />share a common need for recruitment and retention of capable personnel. Shared recruitment and <br />retention activities offer the opportunity to pool personnel resources and offer additional gains, as <br />noted below. <br />Joint Recruitment and Retention Program ( Timeline: Short term <br />Objective: Create a regional recruitment program that draws on the specific demographics of the <br />communities served and coordinates hiring processes that provides for consistent application and <br />evaluation components. Make retention programs (pay, benefits, etc.) more consistent in order to <br />prevent personnel from leaving one agency and joining another. <br />Summary Background: Ajoint recruitment and retention program would allow all the study departments <br />to pool their resources and apply for regional grant opportunities in order to attract more paid -on -call <br />personnel to the system, <br />Policy Action: Evaluate the demographics and potential of each community regarding paid -on -call <br />personnel. Work as a region to develop and implement a joint recruitment program. Apply for a joint <br />grant that covers the entire region's recruitment efforts. Support other departments as applications <br />come in through a system of coordinated review. Work as a region to make pay and berefits more <br />consistent. Work with each municipality to align relief association benefits across the region. <br />Pro Con <br />• Reduced costs of recruitment and application • Potential of increased costs due to alignment <br />processes. of relief association benefits for existing <br />• Potential for regional grants for recruitment members. <br />and retention programs. • Increase in soft costs of coordinating. <br />• Information sharing between departments on recruitment campaigns and application review <br />potential members. processes. <br />Fiscal Considerations: <br />• Time and effort savings by joining recruitment efforts. <br />• The prospect of potential grant turding for a regional effort. <br />• Potential cost savings in conducting coordinated application reviews and background checks. <br />for rpru.y Senores CumulnrtA <br />page 117 <br />