Minutes- 150721POLICE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
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7800 Golden Valley Road — Golden Valley, MN 55427
v MEETING
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 —12:00 PM
Public Safety Building Conference Room
MINUTES
Call to Order
Attendance/Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chair Peterson at 12:00 PM. Present at the meeting were Commissioners
Ben Peterson, Gloria Kumagai and Roxanne Sienko; Police Chief Stacy Carlson, Commander Jason Sturgis,
Lieutenant Steve Johnson and Administrative Assistant Amanda Johnson.
Agenda Review
Commissioner Kumagai advised the addition to the police officer eligibility register should be added to the
agenda under Other Business.
Approval of Minutes of February 2, 2015
Commissioner Kumagai moved to approve the February 2, 2015 minutes; seconded by Commissioner Sienko.
The February 2, 2015 minutes were unanimously approved.
Approval to Initiate a Sergeant Promotional Process
Chief Carlson advised the current sergeant eligibility register is due to expire on July 30, 2015. Chief Carlson is
seeking approval to initiate a sergeant promotional process on August 10, 2015, consisting of a similar
assessment center as was conducted during the last promotional process in 2013.
Commissioner Sienko moved to approve the initiation of a sergeant promotional process; seconded by
Commissioner Kumagai. The motion was unanimously approved.
Other Business
Chief Carlson advised there is a current police officer vacancy and no viable candidates remain on the current
police officer eligibility register who are able to enter the field training program in the very near future. The
eligibility register approved in November 2014 consists of six candidates: candidate #1 has been hired and is
currently in the field training program, candidate #2 is still viable, but is currently recovering from a work-
related injury and is not able to be hired still for some time, candidates #3, #4 and #5 have been hired as police
officers at other departments, and candidate #6 did not successfully complete the background investigation.
Police administration conducted oral interviews on 07/20/15 of candidates who successfully completed all steps
in the hiring process, but had not yet interviewed. Chief Carlson advised candidate Mark Geyer successfully
completed the oral interview and ended with an overall score of 88. Chief Carlson is seeking approval to add
Mark Geyer to the current police officer eligibility register at rank #7. If approved, a background investigation
will begin on Geyer for the current police officer vacancy.
Commissioner Sienko inquired when candidate #2 would be cleared to return to work and Chief Carlson stated
it could be within a week, but additional recovery time is desired before hiring a candidate healing from an
injury.
Police Civil Service Commission Meeting Minutes
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Commissioner Sienko moved to approve the addition of Mark Geyer to the current police officer eligibility
register at rank #7; seconded by Commissioner Kumagai. The motion was unanimously approved.
Closing Comments
There were no closing comments.
Adjournment
Commissioner Kumagai moved to adjourn the meeting; seconded by Commissioner Sienko. The meeting was
adjourned at 12:11 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Gloria Kumagai, Secretary