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01/06/72 CSC Minutes r - I I , . ,,, Police Civil Service Commission Villaga of Golden Valley � ' . ,;' : - ` ; , Minutes � Meeting of January 6, 197;�j�., Members present: John Mitchel�l , Edward Glass , and Pierre Meyer � � Guests : Mrs. Ann Bickel , David DeCoursin, ! � � David Gorski (Di rector of Publ ic Safety) , Roger Marx (Patrolman) , LeRoy'rRandem ; (Patrolman) , and Dwight Wells (Patrolman) Chairman Glass called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Public � Safety Building. i � , 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 Numan 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 ineetings . It was suggested that a statement about , the role and responsibilities of the Commission be placed in the Village I ,Newslette r. i li 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. � 7he retirement of Chief of Police Everett Frandsen was announced. I . 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. i - Public aspects of the role of the Commission were discussed. Various i � ways of notifying candidates of oral and written test scores were discussed; no resolution. � Clearance should be obtained from the psychological consul- 1�� tant before assessment results are provided to employees. Chairman asked ; Meyer to follpw-up. Notices of future meetings will be given as early as � possible. i ;r�'���� � • �;'..��... � ' i - . .. Page 2 - ,M i nutes Chairman Glass read a letter from Village Manager Barkley Omans . It advised that the Village Council would act to: , 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 disc�ussed the educational qualifications for the open positions of Administrative Lieutenant and Sergeant : Reactions from r�uests were solicited. The Chairman directed the Secretary to write to the Village Attorney to ask if changes in qualifications for positions would effect tfie i 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. i The mee.ting with the Village Council will be January 31 . The annual meeting of the Commission has tentatively been scheduled for I Monday, February 7 at 7:00 p,m. I �. . . i � . � . �, � , i , � I ! i ; � � . � i � , , , ��'�� ' s i ,..