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Personnel Committee 4. 1. Meeting Date: 06/26/2012 By: Colleen Lasher, Administrative Services Title: Consider a Resolution to Authorize a Paid -on -call Firefighter Recruitment and Streamline Future Recruitments Background: Current Recruitment Request: In an effort to bring the City to its full complement of firefighters (55 firefighters all together), staff wishes to begin a recruitment process to hire replacement paid -on -call firefighters. The Fire Chief, along with the City Administrator recommend recruiting for two firefighters for station # 1 and up to 5 firefighters for station #3. A firefighter orientation will held on July 9, 2012 followed by an application period, review of applications, interviews, physical agility tests, background checks, medical appointments and final authorization to hire. Revision to Future Process: The city typically holds one recruitment annually in order to maintain its full compliment of firefighters. These recruitments, and subsequent hirings are part of each years' budget calculation and are necessary to provide the level of service needed. As in other areas of city's operations, staff is seeking input from the City Council to streamline this process. Staff suggests that recruitments (as is the case here) which are intended not to increase the number of firefighters, but to maintain the already approved full complement, omit the "Authorization to Recruit" step in the process. In the event that staff sought to increase the full complement to a number greater than 55 paid -on -call firefighters, a request to authorize a recruitment would be brought forward to the City Council for authorization. In all cases, the the Request for Authorization to Hire would continue to be brought forward for City Council authorization. Recommendation: Authorization of resolution # 12-06-XXX, which upon City Council approval, will allow staff to begin a firefighter recruitment and to streamline future recruitments by omitting the Authorization to Recruit step in the process. Funding Source: Paid -on -call positions are approved as part of the 2012 General Fund Budget. Per the Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Nowthen, the City of Ramsey will be reimbursed for a portion of the salaries for these positions. Council Action: Motion to approve resolution # 12-06-XXX to authorize staff to begin a firefighter recruitment and to streamline future recruitments by omitting the Authorization to Recruit step of the process. Resolution DI" Attachments Form Review Inbox Reviewed By Date Kurt Ulrich Kurt Ulrich 06/19/2012 05:09 PM Form Started By: Colleen Lasher Started On: 06/19/2012 10:39 Ai l Final Approval Date: 06/19/2012