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Markesan council continues police recruitment and expands on-call radius to 15 miles
Summary
The council voted 6-0 to keep advertising the fourth police officer opening until filled and to change the department's required on-call radius from 3 miles to 15 miles; motions Thiem/Lager and Triemstra/Kazda passed unanimously.
The Common Council approved continuing to post the advertisement for the fourth police officer opening until the position is filled and also changed the Police Department’s required on-call radius from 3 miles to 15 miles. Both motions passed unanimously, reflecting council direction on staffing and personnel policy for the police department.
The continued advertisement keeps recruitment open while the radius policy change increases the geographic area for on-call expectations; the Police Department and city administration were assigned follow-up work to update postings and policy language as needed.
