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ACTION comiu,u,..SEP 2 6 1994CUYOFDATE: September 23^^94ITEM NO.:) ?ed:Agenda Section: City Adminisiraior’s Report Police Officers ig the results of the part-time police e for hire are Neil Melton and Bill Jd (one male and one female) have ent offers to be made to Neil Melton tckground investigation and physical I Persell as part-time police officers i investigation, and physical and September 23, 1994Ron Moorse, City Administrator Steve Sullivan, Chief of Police Authorization Requested to hire two part-time police officers The long process is finally over and you and I have agreed on the top two finalists to recommend to the council to be hired pending the successful completion of a physical and psychological exams which are mandated by state law. The first choice is Neil Melton who currently is the director of the Center for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement. That school is where the pre-service basic police skills are taught to future police officers. He has been a full-time instructor there for the past eight years. Prior to that, he was a full-time police officer with Bloomington Police where he served as a patrol officer, field training officer, and detective. He also served in Viet Mam in a military police unit. He has an excellent background of experience and training. The second choice is Bill Persell who has worked as a part- time officer for Oak Park Heights for the past ten years. He has performed 700-800 hours of uniformed patrol each year. Additionally he has worked nine years at the Minnesota State Fair doing uniformed foot patrol during the twelve days of the Fair each year. Mr. Persell previously volunteered as a police reserve for five years in Hew Brighton and five years in Minneapolis. He also served seven years with the Army National Guard and was a training NCO. He has solid experience doing exactly the type of general patrol that would be expected here in Orono. There were two other finalists who interviewed well and had good previous experience. David Rodriguez withdrew from the process when we asked him to complete the background investigation packet. Denise Gilbertson accepted a full-time position with the St. Paul Police Department. The other four finalists we did not feel were suitable for employment at Orono for a variety of reasons. I request that we ask for conditional approval from the council to hire Neil Melton and Bill Persell pending the successful background investigation and completion of physical and psychological tests. Once these two finalists are hired, we will have an est2d>lished eligibility list we can use during the next two years should additional openings occur. There are eighteen applicants who will remain in that list.