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Forks council approves transferring a corrections officer to police department to cover anticipated vacancy
Summary
The council approved moving a corrections officer from the jail to the Police Department after the police chief said the shift would cost about $9,000 more and would create a corrections vacancy to be filled if an officer leaves.
The Forks City Council approved a personnel transfer on Feb. 23 that will move a corrections officer to the Police Department to address an anticipated vacancy among sworn officers.
Chief Rowley told the council the transfer is being requested because the department expects to lose one police officer; moving a corrections officer to patrol would increase Police Department spending by roughly $9,000, he said, and would leave one vacancy in corrections that the city would fill if a current officer departs. Council Member Soha moved the transfer and Council Member Patel seconded; the motion carried.
The motion recorded in the minutes authorizes the personnel change but does not specify which position would be eliminated, the timing of the transfer, or the mechanism for filling the corrections vacancy. The minutes do not record a roll-call vote tally for this motion.
