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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,February 9,2015 Page 30 tion to build bridges for minority recruitment from within the community to be- come Roseville police officers. Mayor Roe sought clarification on the process if this 2015 pilot program was ap- proved, and whether a position needed to be formally created or identified and made clear that it was only a potentially temporary position. City Manager Trudgeon stated that was at the discretion of the City Council, ad- vising that a job description still needed to be created either way and would be an annual budgetary issue. However, City Manager Trudgeon noted that having a job description approved by the City Council was a vital step to fill the position, with every position subject to an annual review. If the goal was to reach out to community minorities, Councilmember Etten sug- gested that a fourth CSO position be required to have multiple and diverse lan- guages that were represented as one of those 60 languages recognized by the Ro- seville School District, and change the CSO job description accordingly for future hires, alerting the commanding officer that this was part of the CSO job. Coun- cilmember Etten opined that this would eventually provide outreach for 3-4 mi- nority groups in Roseville. Chief Mathwig expressed fear that this risked damage to both CSO and/or Cadet positions to include community engagement for all positions, fearing that effort would be lost in the shuffle. Councilmember Willmus noted the funding mechanisms laid out by Chief Mathwig for the remainder of 2015, but expressed concern in 2016 and beyond, suggesting that if the Cadet position was created it may need to be revisited at some point. Councilmember Willmus spoke in support of what the Chief was at- tempting to accomplish and recognized his concerns in co-mingling CSO and Ca- det positions; and expressed his willingness to consider the position on an interim basis. Councilmember McGehee expressed her opposition to Councilmember Willmus' support for an interim hire, and saw no problem co-mingling the positions based on her consultation with the Human Resources Department and the positions hav- ing similar job requirements, and ability for both to have positive interaction in the community and interact with diverse communities whether they themselves are diverse or not. Councilmember McGehee opined that CSO's and officers needed to be able to do all things listed in their job descriptions and there should be no separation at all, and only serve as a disservice to CSO officers. Councilmember McGehee asked staff to confirm that non-exempt employees did not receive tuition reimbursement and report back; and if so, the City Council pol- icy needed to be examined for potential change. Councilmember McGehee ad-