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MINUTES OF ORONO COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 8, 1990 LIEUTENANT SELECTION CONTINUED ` • did not pass the evaluation, then I would suppose we would have a problem with him saying that this was not a qualification at the time and we are imposing it retroactively. City Attorney Barrett said "my first impression is that you have such broad discretion, generally, in these probationary periods that your decision to impose another hurdle might well be reasonable. In other words, you can, on a discretionary basis decide not to employ them without a hearing, without good cause and all the other business because they are not yet vested in their position. I don't want to be held to that until I have an opinion ". Mayor Grabek suggested leaving this decision up to the Chief and City Administrator. Councilmember Peterson asked whether it was standard to have an applicant take a psychological test? Kilbo replied that from an initial hiring standpoint, under POST rules, you must have a psychological examination. Kilbo said that it is not required for promotions. Peterson said that at the time the second Lieutenant was to • be hired, there was discussion about having him take a psychological exam and she wanted to know if it had been done. Bernhardson replied that there was discussion about making the exam part of the process. However, due to the fact that psychological testing had just previously been done on all the candidates, a decision was made not to include it. Bernhardson said that almost another year has lapsed since those exams were done which is why we are including it for the third Lieutenant position. Bernhardson said that no consideration was given to going back and asking the second Lieutenant to take the exam, but it can be considered if that is the Council's preference. It was moved by Mayor Grabek, seconded by Councilmember Peterson, to appoint Mark Fritzler to the third Lieutenant position effective February 1, 1990. Councilmember Goetten asked that there be a review in 6 months, before the end of the probationary period. Peterson asked if there was going to be a problem due to the positions recently vacated and Officer Fritzler's promotion? Kilbo said that the detective training program is definitely off due to the resignations, not the third Lieutenant position. Bernhardson said that interviewing will begin tomorrow for the vacant positions. Motion, Ayes -5, Nays -0, Motion passed. TELEPHONE SYSTEM ACQUISITION • City Administrator Bernhardson explained that he is presenting the proposal for a new phone system. Bernhardson said that the recommendation is not for the company with the lowest 13