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Thursday, July 22, 2010 —1:00 PM
Public Safety Building Conference Room
MINUTES
Call to Order
Attendance/Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chair Tanick at 1:10 PM. Present at the meeting were Commissioners Gloria
Kumagai and Ben Peterson; Police Chief Stacy Altonen, Commander Nate Gove and Administrative Assistant
Amanda Johnson.
Approval of Minutes of February 1, 2010
Commissioner Peterson moved to approve the meeting minutes of February 1, 2010 as distributed; seconded by
Commissioner Kumagai. The minutes were unanimously approved.
Approval of Promotional Police Officer Eli igibility Re ig ster
Chief Altonen advised an eligibility register of nine candidates was established in late 2009. One officer was hired
from the register and the remaining candidates failed the background, were hired by other agencies or were
recommended for hire with reservations from the psychologist. As a result, Chief Altonen stated the current
eligibility register is exhausted with no viable candidates remaining. Commissioner Tanick inquired why the list
would be exhausted as opposed to being allowed to expire. Chief Altonen advised the P.D. needs to move forward
with filling a current vacancy and may need to initiate a hiring process to fill another vacancy in the next several
months.
Commissioner Kumagai moved to consider the current Police Officer Eligibility Register exhausted as of 07/22/10;
seconded by Commissioner Peterson. The motion was unanimously approved.
Chief Altonen stated Matt Boelter is a current Community Service Officer and is eligible for placement on the
Promotional Police Officer Eligibility Register. Chief Altonen advised she is seeking approval to place Matt on the
promotional register and extend a conditional job offer to him.
Commissioner Peterson asked if Matt Boelter completed the steps according to the same approved process and Chief
Altonen advised he did. Commissioner Peterson asked if there are any hesitations in recommending Matt Boelter for
placement on the register and Chief Altonen stated there are not.
Commissioner Kumagai moved to approve the Promotional Police Officer Eligibility Register with Matt Boelter
listed as the only candidate with a score of 82; seconded by Commissioner Peterson. The motion was unanimously
approved.
Police Officer Recruitment/Selection Process Officer Recruitment/Selection Process Report
Chief Altonen stated she is seeking approval to initiate a hiring process for lateral candidates in the next several
months. Commissioner Peterson asked if it would be used to fill only one vacancy and Chief Altonen stated it could
be more than one if vacancies existed.
Commissioner Peterson moved to approve initiating a hiring process for lateral candidates in the coming months;
seconded by Commissioner Kumagai.
Police Civil Service Commission Meeting Minutes
July 22, 2010 — Page 2
By Laws Review
Chief Altonen advised the commissioner by-laws should be updated so as not to conflict with Data Practices. The
current by-laws will be e-mailed to commissioners and proposed revisions will follow in the coming weeks.
Other Business
Chief Altonen discussed a pending disciplinary matter with Commissioners.
Chief Altonen advised Sgt. Jim Roberts has been deployed to Kuwait and will be gone for a year. Officer
Danny Pacholke is set to be deployed in February 2011 as part of the same unit.
Adjournment
Commissioner Peterson moved to adjourn the meeting; seconded by Commissioner Kumagai. The meeting was
adjourned at 1:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Ben Peterson, Secretary