Council approves police support specialist position and updates several job descriptions

London City Council adopted a package of personnel actions on June 5 that added a police support specialist position, set the new position's salary range, and revised job descriptions across several departments.

Resolution 136.25, described in council as adding a new job description for a police support specialist, passed on a roll call vote (Yes: Jackman, Stahl, Hick, Trainer, Hayes, Eads; No: McDaniels). The council followed by adopting Ordinance 138‑25, which sets the salary range for the police support specialist. The ordinance passed after debate with recorded votes including six yeses and one no (No: Councilman McDaniels).

Council members and staff said the police support specialist will take on responsibilities such as evidence room management, grant writing, and liaison work with community organizations; the position is not intended to replace dispatchers. As the council debated the salary range, one member noted that the starting salary proposed for the new position was higher than existing starting pay for other department heads, though the top of the new range was lower than some existing positions.

Council also approved Resolution 139.25 updating the administrative executive assistant job description. The revised description adds public communications duties, event support, and removes a prior requirement to be able to obtain notary public status (the council discussed that multiple notaries currently exist in the building). That resolution passed with recorded votes (Yes: Hitt, Trainer, Hayes, Jackman, Stahl; No: Eads, McDaniels).

Council members and the chief of police (noted in meeting discussion) said the police department needs the new classification so it can post and hire candidates as dispatch positions transition to county service. Council directed staff to proceed with recruitment and noted the changes set pay ranges for the next three years.