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City of Astoria Service Fair

Thursday, August 21, 2008
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Downtown Plaza, 12th and Duane Streets
The City will be presenting a City of Astoria Service Fair on Thursday, August 21, 2008 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The City of Astoria Service Fair is a City-wide event and will be held at the Downtown Plaza located at 12th and Duane Streets. The fair will include equipment displays and booths featuring the various departments within the City. It will give citizens an opportunity to learn about the departments and what they do, and to see the various vehicles and equipment up close. It will also provide an opportunity to meet the City employees and officials, and express your comments or concerns about different aspects of City operations.
There will be displays, demonstrations of equipment such as the street sweeper, the “TV van”, Police radar gun, fire trucks, and more; video of parks and recreation facilities and opportunities; games and prizes. Food will be provided, so bring the entire family for a fun-filled night of “meet and greet” your City employees and volunteers.
For more information about the event, please contact Michael Jackson, City of Astoria Fire Marshal, 503-325-2345, 555 – 30th Street, .

Applications for Police Chief being accepted
The Chief of Police is a key member of the City’s executive management team, and has a very high level of visibility and interaction with citizens, business leaders, community groups and City department heads. The Chief of Police reports directly to the City Manager. The current vacancy is due to retirement of the former Chief of Police—having completed 14 years of service. Established in 1876, the department is a full service law enforcement agency serving a residential population of 9,970 and 50,000 tourists each year, with a budget of over $3 million.The Department is comprised of 16 officers including a chief, assistant chief, 3 sergeants, a detective, 10 police officers, and a support services unit with a manager and 1.5 public safety clerks. Reserve police officers and volunteer police assistants are utilized for various activities. The Department also manages a state-ofthe- art regional emergency communications center with a manager and 7 dispatchers, which serves 14 other law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical organizations. The Department, whose motto is, “Dedicated to duty, committed to community’, has a strong reputation for ethics and service and is well respected in the community and region. Community policing is a priority, with a goal of maintaining a high level of public contact and a focus on crime prevention and resolution of issues before they become problems.

The City has not established fixed standards and qualifications for this position. Instead, we are looking for a combination of education and experience that demonstrates a dedication to continued personal growth, proven leadership skills, and broad experience in all major phases of municipal law enforcement. An ideal candidate profile would include: Ten years of law enforcement experience, including at least five years of responsible command experience in a professional municipal, county or state law enforcement agency; the ability to receive an Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Executive Certificate within one year of appointment; a Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Business Administration or related Social Science discipline; and/or graduation from the FBI National Academy, Northwestern Traffic Institute, Southern Police Institute, the Kennedy School, or similar program. The new Chief of Police will be: • A proactive, effective, and straightforward communicator able to actively engage co-workers, community groups, and residents. • An experienced law enforcement professional who is visibly active in the community, fully accessible, represents the City in a positive and influential manner and is willing to embrace and support City goals and initiatives which promote safe neighborhoods, beautiful parks, excellent schools and a strong economy.• A creative manager with a high level of initiative who demonstrates uncompromising integrity and dedication to promoting an ethical, fair, positive and healthy work environment.• A dynamic motivator, committed to excellence in customer service. • A progressive problem-solver and strategic thinker, able to facilitate consensus. • A proven leader and team builder with a demonstrated track record of successful collaboration, coalition building, and intradepartmental coordination. • A fiscally conscious manager who understands that the efforts to address community needs require that the police department be a true partner with all City departments. • A thoughtful and flexible leader with a demonstrated ability to embrace change and improve the effectiveness of police services through innovation.
• A manager who has demonstrated continued personal growth and development and who supports and inspires others to improve skills and seek higher levels of academic and professional achievement.
• An accomplished strategic thinker with proven abilities to fully assess current and future needs of a department and to devise and implement plans to both meet identified needs and manage change.

Compensation and Benefits
♦ Salary: $63,990 – 77,780 Annually DOE
♦ Retirement Program: Oregon PERS or OPSRP; 6%
Pre-tax Employee Contribution
♦ Medical/Dental/Vision/Insurance: 90% City paid;
10% Employee Paid
♦ Long-term Disability: City Paid
♦ Life Insurance: City Paid: $50,000 Employee Life;
$5,000 Dependent Life
♦ Accidental Death & Dismemberment: City Paid
♦ Paid Holidays: 10.5 per year
♦ Vacation: 13.33 hours per month accrued; 20 days
per year
♦ Sick Leave: 8 hours per month
♦ Optional Benefits: Employee contribution to two Deferred
Compensation Plans; AFLAC Products Offered;
Additional life insurance; Flexible benefits
This position is management/confidential exempt

For Applicant Statement, go to http://www.astoria.or.us
or contact Carolyn Kendrick, Human Resources
Administrator, at 503-325-5824

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