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AGENDA ITEM <br />Date: October 13, 2025 <br />Title: Hire Police Cadets <br />Presenter: Correy Farniok, Police Chief <br />Section: Consent Agenda <br />Purpose: <br />The purpose of this action item is to gain approval to hire three Part -Time Police Cadets. <br />2. Background: <br />The Police Department has current openings and is seeking approval to hire three cadets. <br />3. Recruitment: <br />Item: 9 <br />The selection process for the position involved advertising the position, application screening and <br />interviews. First round interviews were completed by a panel of current serving officers and a <br />second round of interviews by the Police Chief and Deputy Chief. <br />4. Recommended Candidate: <br />Jack Neaton has been a police reserve with our department for 6 months, was a police explorer <br />with the Arlington Police Department for 1 year and is currently attending Alexandria Technical <br />College for the two-year Associates of Applied Science for Law Enforcement. <br />Blake Schoolmeester has been a security/safety officer at Rice Memorial Hospital since 2024 and <br />is attending Ridgewater College for a degree in Law Enforcement. <br />Alexa Hanson is a quadruple major in Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology and Sociology and <br />Social Science from University of Sioux Falls. Hanson has worked at the South Dakota <br />Department of Corrections as a Senior Parole Agent since 2021. Hanson will be attending <br />Hennepin Technical College for the skills starting in January. <br />5. Recommended Compensation: <br />I recommend to hire Jack Neaton, Blake Schoolmeester and Alexa Hanson as a part-time Police <br />Cadets with an effective start date of October 15, 2025. <br />a. Salary. Starting rate for Jack Neaton and Blake Schoolmeester at $26.67/hour (Grade <br />5/Start Step) and Alexa at $27.49/hour (Grade 5/Step 1) (The position follows the City Non -Union <br />Employees Pay Scale). <br />b. Benefits. Earned Sick and Safe Leave, accrual of one (1) hour for every thirty (30) hours <br />worked. Cadet are eligible for tuition reimbursement in accordance with Cadet program. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED <br />Motion to approve the hiring of Jack Neaton, Blake Schoolmeester and Alexa Hanson as part-time <br />Police Cadets with a start date of October 15, 2025 <br />50 <br />