Agenda- 171102 Golden Valley Police
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
7800 Golden Valley Road
Golden Valley, MN 55427
Meeting
Thursday—November 2,2017
8:30 AM
Public Safety Building—Conference Room
AGENDA
Call to Order
Attendance/Roll Call
Agenda Review
Approval of Minutes—February 6, 2017 Meeting
Approval to Initiate a Police Officer Hiring Process
Other Business
Closing Comments
Adjoumment
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Monday, February 6, 2017 —3:00 PM
Public Safety Building Conference Room
MINUTES
Call to Order
Attendance/Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chair Kumagai at 3:02 PM. Present at the meeting were Commissioners
Gloria Kumagai, Ralph Schulz and Andrew Wold; Police Chief Jason Sturgis and Administrative Assistant
Amanda Johnson.
Agenda Review
Chief Sturgis requested the topic of Social Media be added to the agenda.
A�proval of Minutes of November 21, 2016
Commissioner Schulz moved to approve the meeting minutes from November 21, 2016; seconded by
Commissioner Wold. The November 21, 2016 minutes were approved by consensus.
Staffing Projections for 2017
Chief 5turgis advised 2 police officer candidates started on 02/06/17. The candidates are#1 and#2 on the
police officer eligibility register, and the candidates have police experience with the Buffalo Police Department
and the Wright County SherifY s Office. Another officer candidate just completed the field training program
and the department is currently fully-staffed.
Two investigators have given notice of their intentions to retire at the end of February and late April.
Background investigations are being conducted on the next three candidates listed on the police officer
eligibility register to prepaze to fill those vacancies. Commissioner Wold inquired whether detectives have a
higher rank and whether an internal candidate will be selected to fill those vacancies. Chief Sturgis advised
detectives aze not of a higher rank, but do receive an extra 5% in wages. Per contract, the vacancies will be
filled from within the department.
Chief Stwgis advised Sandburg School will be utilizing a full-time school resource officer beginning in the
2017 school yeaz. Currently the school resource officer is staffed half-time. The job posting for this position
has been published in order to allow the incoming school resource officer to be trained in by the current one
before his retirement.
Chief Sturgis advised a new community service officer also began employment on 02/06/17.
ChiePs Report
Chief Stwgis advised the department has seen some changes to Yhe command structure since he became chief.
The department eliminated one commander role and instead created an administrative sergeant position. That
sergeant began his role in December 2016. In addition, Sgt. Kuhnly moved from Patrol to Investigations and
Sgt. Persons moved from Investigations to Patrol. A new traffic officer started in January and has been very
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active in enforcing traffic laws and responding Yo complaints about traftic concerns. Traffic continues to be the
#1 complaint received from the public.
Commissioner Wold inquired about the work involved to enforce the winter parking ban. Chief Sturgis advised
the prohibited hours were revised to 0200-0600 hours this year. Many shifts have the minimum number of
officers permitted to respond to calls for service, but officers enforce the ban as time allows.
Chief Sturgis reported the department hosted a number of successful events in 2016 induding, but not limited
to, Citizen's Academy, Coffee with a Cop, Police in the Parks and Shop with a Cop. Two new squads and new
squad computers were purchased. The department conducted two officer hiring processes, and currenUy there
are srill several viable candidates on the eligibility register.
Chief Sturgis advised Part 1 (most serious) and Part 2 (less serious) crimes remained about the same from 2015.
Calls for service went down a bit from 2015.
Commissioner Schulz inquired whether officers still participate in bike patrol. Chief Sturgis stated staffing
shortages have prevented officers from being able to do much patrolling on bikes, except for special events like
Police in the Parks.
Election of Officer
Per state law the commissioner in the last year of his/her term is the designated chair of the commission.
Commissioner Schulz nominated Commissioner Wold as Chair; seconded by Commissioner Kumagai.
Commissioner Wold was elected chair by consensus.
Commissioner Wold nominated Commissioner Schulz as secretary; seconded by Commissioner Kumagai.
Commissioner Schulz was elected secretary for 2017 by consensus.
Social Media
Chief Sturgis reminded commissioners that if commissioners engage in conversations via social media, those
could be in violation of the open meeting law.
Other Business
There was no other business to discuss.
ClosinQ Comments
Chair Kumagai thanked Chief Sturgis for his first year of service as chief.
Adjourmuent
Commissioner Schulz moved to adjoum the meeting; seconded by Commissioner Wold. The meeting was
adjourned at 3:53 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Andrew Wold, Secretary Ralph Schulz, 5ecretazy (Elected 2/6/17)