01/06/71 CSC MinutesT
14. Police Civil Service Commission
Village of Golden Valley
Minutes
Meeting of January 6, 1971
Members present: John Mitchell, Edward
Glass, and Pierre Meyer
Guests: Mrs. Ann Bickel, David DeCoursin,
David Gorski (Director of Public Safety),
Roger Marx (Patrolman) , LeRoy fRandem
(Patrolman), and Dwight Wells (Patrolman)
Chairman Glass called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Public
Safety Building.
Pierre Meyer was elected Secretary for the year 1„972.
A general discussion regarding meetings was held. This interest in
attending public meetings, shown by the League of Women Voters and the
Human Rights Commission, was noted. Future meetings will be open and _held
in public buildings. Arrangements will be made to notify interested per-
sons about the dates of meetings. It was suggested that a statement about
the role and responsibilities of the Commission be placed in the Village
Newsletter.
Motion 1-1-72 - A motion was made that we prepare such
a statement (Mitchell, Meyer). Motion passed 3-0.
Chairman asked Mitchell to prepare draft of the statement.
The retirement of Chief of Police Everett Frandsen was announced.
The resignation of Sgt. William Ludtke was announced.
Motion 1-2-72 ,- A motion was made to add the name of
Patrolman Roger Marx to those of James Zelinsky and
Milton Zoupas as candidates for the open position of
Sergeant. These men have the highest scores of those
on the current Sergeant's Eligible Roster. (Mitchell,
Meyer). Motion .passed 3-0.
Public aspects of the role of the Commission were discussed. Various
ways of notifying candidates of oral and written test scores were discussed;
no resolution. Clearance should be obtained from the psychological consul-
tant before assessment results are provided to employees. Chairman asked
Meyer to follow-up. Notices of future meetings will be given as early as I
possible.
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Chairman Glass read a letter from Village Manager Barkley Omans. It
advised that the Village Council would act to:
i l - eliminate the position of chief,
2 - change ordinances to replace the title of "Chief"
by the title "Director of Public Safety",
3 create two positions of "Administrative Lieutenant", and
4 - reduce the number of patrolman from 21 to 20.
The Village Council asked that a meeting to discuss these items be held with
the Commission on Monday, January 31 at 7:00 P.M.
The Commission discussed the educational qualifications for the open
positions of Administrative Lieutenant and Sergeant. Reactions from guests
were solicited. The Chairman directed the Secretary to write to the Village
Attorney to ask if changes in qualifications for positions would effect the
current registers for Sergeant and for Patrolman. Contact will also be made
with the attorney for the League of Minnesota Municipalities. Pierre Meyer
will investigate the extent of curricula in polic admi"nistration at Minnesota
colleges. The Chairman asked David Gorski to check the educational require-
ments of other departments to discover the results of requiring college
education credits.
The next meeting of the Commission will be Thursday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Public Safety Building.
The meeting with the Village Council will be January 31. 1
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The annual meeting of the Commission has tentatively been scheduled for
Monday, February 7 at 7:00 p.m.
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