H/7. Ordinance 1467 - Amendment - Police Hiring Age - 1st ReadingKALISPELL POLICE DEPARTMENT 'Policing
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REPORT: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Frank Garner, Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Ordinance #1467
MEETING DATE: June 16, 2003
BACKGROUND: State law requires applicants for the position of police officer be a
minimum of 18 years of age to qualify for employment. Kalispell City Code Section 22-6
is more restrictive than state law requiring applicants to be a minimum of 21 years of age.
The police department has received inquiries from college students graduating with an
associates degree who are 20 years of age but ineligible to apply under Section 22-6. The
Police department views these applicants as qualified and recommends a change in
Section 22-6 to make them eligible for consideration.
RECOMMENDATIONS: The department recommends the council amend Kalispell
City Code Section 22-6 to reduce the minimum age of a police officer candidate to 20
years of age.
ALTERNATIVES: As recommended by council.
Respectfully su ed,
Fr Garner
Chief of Police
Chris A. Kukulski
City Manager
FRANK GARNER, CHIEF OF POLICE - ROGER KRAUSS, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1467
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22-6 OF THE KALISPELL CITY CODE TO
DEFINE THE AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF KALISPELL
CITY POLICE OFFICERS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA,
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SECTION I. Section 22-6 (A) of the Kalispell City Code shall be and is hereby
amended to read as follows:
A. Specified: The members of the Police Department on the active list
of the City at the time of their appointment under this Chapter shall not
be less than twenty (20) years of age or more than forty (40) years of
age.
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from and after the date
of its final passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR
THIS 7TH DAY OF JULY, 2003.
Pamela B. Kennedy
Mayor
Attest:
Theresa White
City Clerk
22-6: AGE AND RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Specified: The members of the Police Department on the active list of the City at the time of
their appointment under this Chapter shall not be less than twenty one (2 1) years of age nor
more than forty (40) years of age, but this restriction shall not apply to any member of the
present Police Department, nor to police reserves hereinafter provided for, nor to honorably
discharged soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States who were in the late war with
Germany and her allies.