Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Public Safety topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Police chief seeks approval to promote officer; JPA restatement adds Red Lake County
Summary
Police Chief Hedlund told the council his department completed a promotional process and recommended promoting Officer Cole Hodney to corporal; the chief also summarized a restated Pine & Prairie Drug Task Force joint powers agreement that adds the Red Lake County Sheriff's Office and clarifies member agency officer allocations.
Police Chief Hedlund told the East Grand Forks City Council at its Dec. 9 work session that the police department completed a promotional process and recommended promoting Officer Cole Hodney to the position of police corporal following an internal promotion to investigator that created the vacancy.
"We have completed that process ... and finish at the top of the roster," the chief said, asking that the council approve the promotion. Council members had no questions during the work-session discussion; the chief remained after the item and presented a related item on the drug task force.
On the Pine & Prairie Drug Task Force Joint Powers Agreement, the chief said the current restatement is the fifth JPA update and the largest change is updated membership: the Red Lake County Sheriff's Office has been added, and agencies that previously alternated responsibility for a single joint position will now each provide their own half-time officer. The chief said the city's share "is slightly less than it's been in the past" and does not increase the city's burden in a way that requires immediate additional funding; the document will need council approval and the mayor's signature along with partner-agency signoffs.
No formal approvals occurred at the work session; the chief indicated the JPA "needs to be approved by counsel and needs to be signed by the mayor" before it is in force.
