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Council debates civil-service waiver to recruit EMS training officer after no internal applicants
Summary
Sioux City officials debated a one-year waiver of Iowa Code chapter 400 so the city can recruit an EMS training officer from outside after no internal candidates applied; unions and staff warned of possible unfair-labor complaints, and city leaders asked staff to exhaust internal options first.
Sioux City Council on April 24 considered a resolution to waive a portion of Iowa’s civil-service rules for one year so the city can run an external recruitment for an EMS training officer.
Fire Chief Ryan Collins told the council the training-officer post has been vacant since October and that management opened the position internally but received no applications. Collins said the waiver would allow the city to use an entry-level civil-service examination process and immediately…
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