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•> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, MAY 8,2000 1 7. Police Department Supervisory Structure Reorganization, continued Moorse explained that the Police Chief has recommended a reorganization of the supervisor^' structure of the Police Department that would eliminate the current 3 corporal assignments in favor of adding 2 sergeant positions. The sergeant’s promotion process would begin immediately. Sanseverc asked what the procedure for promotion would involve. Moorse stated it includes a written test, performance review, and interview. They hope to complete the process within a couple months. Sansevere stated he’s reluctant to create new’ positions when they r •; hiring a new chief who might want a new structure. He asked if the new' Chief would be required to keep the 3 Sergeants. Mayor Jabbour stated that no one comes in and immediately changes the structure of things, but that would be an option. Sansevere asked if the sergeants would lose their union protection. Moorse stated no one would lose their jobs because the City still needs that many sworn officers. Peterson asked about the outside firms helping with the reorganization. Moorse stated they'll talk to a couple of police departments and may invite a chief from a different department, to sit in on the interview panel of 3-5 people with a couple of outside sources. Candidates would probably be aware of the panel members, but the panel would probably not know the candidates. Flint stated he was impressed with Chiefs presentation that the existing system wasn't working well and that they should go to a new system before the new Chief arrives because it w ould take the chief a couple of years to get settled and decide how he wants to reorganize. He felt the City should take steps to improve the situation now. Flint moved, and Peterson seconded, to approve the elimination of the police corporal positions effective May 15,2000, to approve the creation of 2 additional police sergeant positions, and to authorize the Cit>' Administrator and Police Chief to initiate a police sergeant promotional testing process immediately. Vote: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 18. Respectful Workplace Training Sansevere stated that the cost of the training seemed excessive to him. He checked with some lawyers and the cost he found was far less than the proposed expenditure. Moorse stated that the training would be more extensive than a lawyer would provide. The cost will be approximately $50 per person per session. He stated that they went with the least expensive quote of the consultants they queried. I