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Council includes police hiring suspension on consent agenda after chief cites recruitment and training bottlenecks
5504892 · July 22, 2025
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Summary
As part of the consent agenda, the council approved a one-year suspension of a civil-service hiring requirement for the police department; Chief Rex Mueller told the council the department remains two officers short and needs flexibility to hire and train candidates.
The council included on its consent agenda a resolution to suspend the requirements of a civil-service statute for police hiring for one year to give the department more flexibility in recruitment and onboarding. The resolution was considered among other consent items and…
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