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Two Lincoln police officers have received promotions as of April 1.
Both Robert Sherron and Matthew Vlahovich were nominated by Chief
Stuart Erlenbush and approved by the city council for promotion from
patrolman to corporal. Sgt. Mike Geriets was recently promoted to
deputy police chief to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of
Harley Mullins, 14-year assistant police chief. Mullins was hired as
of Dec. 1, 2007, to stay on as assistant until a deputy chief could
be chosen and trained.
The fire department is searching for a new fire chief to replace
James Davis, who also opted for the early retirement. Applications
for fire chief are in, and the committee is narrowing the field of
candidates with the expectation of presenting a final candidate to
the council soon.
On another matter, the council agreed on April 7 to hire Robert
Shattuck with J.H. Petty and Associates, Ltd. The architects would
make design changes to the City Hall offices for security measures.
Buildings and grounds chairman Joni Tibbs said that the security
updates would focus on the open areas that need to be protected.
At a recent committee meeting it was discussed to enclose the
city clerk's office and the building permit office, which now have
open counter windows. These would be enclosed, and perhaps
bulletproof communications and payment windows would be added.
Another security measure would be to reduce public access to the
building to only one entry.
Possible security measures during meetings were also discussed.
The council plans to gather for two meetings prior to Tuesday's
committee-of-the-whole meeting at 7 p.m. At 6:15 is a finance
committee meeting to finalize the 2008-2009 fiscal year budget. And
at 6:30 there will be a public meeting to discuss sewer overflow
programs that would take effect throughout the city.
[By JAN YOUNGQUIST]
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