5 A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 14, 2005 ity has role in top cop hiring © THE CITY will have a ‘say. in who will replace depart- ing RCMP Inspector Marlin _Degrand thanks to the con- tract it has with the national police force. Degrand is soon to depart to a staff job in Edmonton and the city has drafted a list . of qualifications. ~ " RCMP Superintendent Barry Clark of the Prince. George RCMP, will come _up with a list of potential ~candidates. and the city will’ intérview them. wa _Degrand said he was se- lected and interviewed here by the city Chief Adminis- tration Officer Ron Poole, . _ Mayor Jack Talstra and city council. He expects the city will follow:the same process to . choose his successor. Other cities may conduct _- multiple: interviews with a panel of people. The new officer’s salary -. will be the same as other “inspectors, For the latest information, visit us at gmcanada.com, drop by your local Pontiac Buick GMC dealer or call us at 1-800-GM-DRIVE ¥No purchase necessary. Contest open to Canadian residents who have reached the a any naw 2005 and 2006 vehicles, excluding Medium Duty Trucks, purchased and delivered on or.after November 17th and on or before January 3, 2006. Potential award recipients must correct of odds are: to receive a $500 base award, 1 in 1; to receive a total award aver $500 (total award includes the $500 base award): of $700, Degrand _ said, : o-and although he declined to. name an amount, he did say - officers are: compensated > well: “The RCMP web site’ in- - dicates a- starting salary of 0, 523 for constables that “increases: évery ‘year for. three - years, ‘then . tops: out at $65,660. for regular n mem- § “bers. ~ Degrand said he’ s at t the “top ‘end of the salary levels” _ ind will continue at that sal- . ary in his new Position | in » Edmonton. me ’ Poole. said he gave a list of six criteria to Degrand. ' The criteria include some- one who will work with the city and act as a departmental head, which means someone who will listen to the city’ s concerns about ‘the major problems in town. Second: on the’ list is someone who will be sen-- sitive to the city’s financial situation, budgetary -pro- cesses and pressures it faces ‘as it.moves out’of a long period of regional economic downturn. y the Arctic Poole said this means someone who will under- stand that.even though the city is doing better financial- ly, that doesn’t mean the de- tachment. will“automatically start receiving more money ' Number three is someone who will work openly and _ _ honestly with city council in: “a consultative manner, en- suring the city’s. opinion is reflected in the detachment’s -operational and administra- tive priorities. Cat cdimb up -and over the = mountain? | Fourthly, the city would like to see a forward think- ing person willing to pursue initiatives, such as regional policing, as they become available. Poole said this refers to the new inspector ensuring that Terrace is considered to be a regional centre so it can be included in new ini- tiatives the province wants ‘local RCMP to undertake. Fifthly, the city would like an. inspector who pos- “NEID ENTERPRISES TD 4921 Keith Ave., Terrace. © Ph: 635-3478 e Fax: 635- 5050