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Commission approves 26-person fire department hiring list
Summary
A city commission approved a two-year eligibility list of 26 candidates for future fire department hires after the fire chief explained an administrative error and the department's screening process.
The commission voted to approve a 26-person hiring list for the fire department after the fire chief said an administrative error had left one qualifying packet out of the originally planned top 25. Fire Chief (name not specified) asked the commission to certify the list and said the list will remain effective for two years.
The decision matters because the list becomes the pool from which the department will draw replacements if firefighters retire or leave. "I'm requesting that you approve 26 people," the fire chief said during the meeting, explaining that a completed application packet for one candidate was discovered after the initial list was prepared.
The chief described the department's screening steps and volumes: "We had around a 173 people that expressed interest," he said, adding that about 104 or…
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