14-10908r RESOLUTION NO. 10908
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A VOLUNTARY ADVANCED RESIGNATION NOTICE
PILOT PROGRAM FOR REGULAR FULL-TIME LICENSED OFFICERS IN THE
POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
WHEREAS, the City is committed to providing its existing level of quality service
in the Fire and Police Departments while filling employee vacancies due to resignations;
and
WHEREAS, it takes approximately eight (8) weeks to recruit and hire a licensed
officer or firefighter and another one (1) to fourteen (14) weeks of training before a new
officer or firefighter is ready to perform the duties of their job; and
WHEREAS, the costs associated with the lengthy hiring and training process for
licensed firefighters and police officers are significant; and
WHEREAS, City staff has developed a pilot program setting forth the
requirements and benefits for a voluntary advanced resignation notice pilot program and
it is ready for implementation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Richfield hereby adopts the attached Voluntary Advanced Resignation Notice Pilot
Program, effective January 29, 2014 and directs the City Manager to implement such
program.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 28th day of
January, 2014.
/i
•e•bie Goettel, Mayor
ATTEST: aq
-47\Nancy Gibbs, ty Clerk