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2. Hiring & Training Standards — Continued Mayor, Dennis Walsh asked if they tell the candidates that they will be tested beforehand. Edwards answered yes. Rief mentioned that the city has come up with a list of questions to help distinguish information that the new employee may need to learn and be safe. Edwards mentioned the biggest challenge is to find out if one would actually pass the test outside of the classroom. To attempt to tackle this issue, we have created a spreadsheet of tasks to check off as the employee progresses through employment. Council Member, Wendy Dankey mentioned that she likes how they are currently doing this process, are they using it in all and other areas. Rief mentioned that we would like to work on it with every department. We intend to work on the finance department first and simultaneously work on the other departments. 3. Orono Schools Event Update — Correy Farniok Orono Schools Superintendent, Karen Orcutt started off with a huge thank you. Orcutt noted that the team worked great together. The support of the schools and the police department was incredible. Orono Police Chief, Correy Farniok started by addressing the various partnerships that were used during the School Lock Down. Without having those partnerships developed it would have been very difficult to work out a solution. Building those relationships early on is key in working out a successful solution for this situation. When the situation came about a helpful team of four investigators from Minnetonka, Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and FBI task forces showed up to help out. Farniok mentioned that the partnerships between the City, School, and Police Department made this situation successful. Farniok noted some of the positives that came from this situation. We had peer support, and others that could envision various aspects of the issue which was useful in coming up with a plan and critically solve the problem. There were some positive things like the school sending out updates every 15 minutes. We learned relaying the same message from the school, city and police department instead of separate updates could be more beneficial for future purposes. The focus was the kid's safety and that was the priority. The Police Department tried to work around the inconveniences, but the safety of the kids and school staff was the priority. Farniok also described the central meeting area for parents and the updates that went on there. Farniok noted that the communication was great. It was good to have a city official there. The school staff working in that situation was phenomenal.