03/20/79 CSC Minutes•
Golden Valley Police Civil Service Cbmnission
Tuesday, March 20, 1979
Members Present:
Ann Gallagher, Chair
Gordon Sandbaken
Others Present:
James Crawford, Director of Public Safety
Glen Olson, Deputy Director
James Zelinsky, Deputy Director
David Stohl, Police Officer
Zile meeting was called to order at 5:15 p.m. Deputy Director Olson was
asked to present the background on Officer Stohl's request for an exception
to the minimtun application requirements. The Commission Rules and Regulations;
originally adopted February 1, 1960, and most recently revised and adopted on
April 25, 1977, state .in Section 24-Specifications for Position of Police
Sergeant, Minimum Application Requirenents, 111. Graduation from an accredited
four year college or university with a baccalaureate degree. (This educa-
tional requirement will be waived for Police Officers on the Golden Valley
Department of Public Safety as of 1/1/73, except that after 1/1/78 such
. Police Officers must have completed 90 credits.)" The Commission reviewed
a statement from Metro State University dated 6/21/78 stating Officer Stohl
had 88 credits. A discussion ensued of the intent of the clause in the
Rules and Regulations, past decisions on exception requests, and Officer
Stohl reviewed his reasons for submitting his application, expressed his
concern about interpreting the Regulation as it is currently stated. It
was pointed out that there is no clause in the Regulations granting the
Commission members authority to waive the minimum requirement.
A.motion was presented: Officer Stohl's application has been received and
reviewed, and was subsequently rejected by the Commission on the basis
that he does not have 90 credit hours as of January 1, 1978. Seconded
and approved. Officer Stohl was commended for the fine work he has done
for the Department, thanked for submitting his application, and left the
meetings
Deputy Director Olson reviewed the test results of an individual currently
among the top three on the Police Officer Eligibility Poster, and the
Commissioners read the final report and recommendation.
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A uotion was presented: Renove candidate number 11 from the Eligibility
Raster dated 10/20/77, based on recent test results provided to the
C OUni..ssion by Dr. Imbert Flint, and request Deputy Director Olson to
.inform the candidate. Seconded and approved.
Because Officer Stihl indicated there was some confusion about the
interpretation of the educational requirements for Police Sergeant, it
was suggested to the Commission that the item be clarified. Mr. Sandbaken,
a member of the Commission at the time the rule was approved indicated
the intent was as follows
those appointed prior to January 1, 1973 must have 90 credit hours
on January 1, 1978, and subsequent applications from individuals
who had not zret the requirement by January 1, 1978, would be subject
to the four year degree requirement,
It was moved, seconded and approved that the above clarifying point be
• added to the appropriate page of the Rules and Regulations. (See
attached.)
It was moved, seconded and approved that the meeting be adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Ann M. Gallagher, Acting Secretary
cc: (bmuission Members
Messrs. Crawford, Olson, Zelinsky
Mr. Sweet, City Manager
Ms. Nancy Roll, League of Women Voters