Council approves certification lists for multiple municipal positions; police captain promotion slated Monday

The City Council approved certification lists for multiple municipal positions, advancing candidates for fire chief, police captain, water pollution plant operations supervisor, public service cashier and steward TV technician openings. Council members heard staff summaries of each testing process and candidate counts before voting to certify the lists. For the fire chief recruitment, staff said the testing process—treated as entry-level for civil-service testing purposes under Iowa Chapter 400—produced four candidates for certification after an initial pool of 31 applicants. "We had 31 applicants. All 31 were qualified ... 20 of them failed, leaving us with 9 candidates ... 4 of those candidates passed [the virtual interview and panels] and are on the list to be certified," the presenter said. Staff described the police captain promotional process following the promotion of Greg…