By: Donovan W. Mann – [email protected]
Humboldt, IA – The City of Humboldt is looking for a police chief following the approval of the job description.
During the most recent meeting of the City Council for the City of Humboldt they were presented with the job description to approve. City Administrator Travis Goedken presented it to council and shares details with KHBT.
He says that updating the job description started with looking at the description they used in 2010. One of the biggest changes that were made was taking out the responsibility of monitoring and maintaining traffic lights in the city. The city administrator says this is because it makes sense for the streets department to continue that and because the downtown lights have been replaced with stop signs.
The description says that a qualified candidate will need to have a minimum of a two year associate degree in law enforcement or related college degree and five years increasingly responsible managerial experience in municipal law enforcement work; or an equivalent combination in which experience may be substituted for education at the rate of three year of experience of education. They will also need other skies that pertain to the position.
Goedken says that they discussed a $70,000 to $75,000 salary which depends on the qualifications of the candidate. Council approved the description as present.