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Delaware City civil service commission approves police, firefighter certified lists and hears staffing, budget update
Summary
At its Feb. 5 meeting the Delaware City Civil Service Commission approved January and February certified lists for police and firefighters, recorded two roll-call votes and heard a police staffing update noting 55 sworn officers on the payroll and continued recruitment efforts amid pending city budget decisions.
The Delaware City Civil Service Commission on Feb. 5 approved certified candidate lists for police and firefighters and heard an update from police department staff on recruitment, staffing levels and potential impacts from the pending city budget.
Commissioners voted to accept the motion summary from the commission’s Jan. 8 meeting, and later certified the February 2025 police officer list as presented. During staff remarks, a police department staff member said recent hiring changes expanded the candidate pool and helped the department hire eight officers in the last year, bringing the department to 55 sworn officers on the payroll of a budgeted 60.
The commission first moved to accept the Jan. 8 motion summary — a record that the commission said included prior approvals of a January 2025 police officer certified list (13…
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