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2013-10-29 Civil Service Meeting Minutes RICHFIELD CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING #224 OCTOBER 29, 2013 MEMBERS PRESENT: Philip Mortenson President/Commissioner Francie Fletcher Vice President/Commissioner Steven Hurvitz Secretary/Commissioner OTHERS PRESENT: Todd Sandell Director of Public Safety/Police Chief Jay Henthorne Deputy Director of Public Safety/Deputy Police Chief Mike Koob Police Lieutenant Mike Flaherty Police Lieutenant Bob Brotzel Police Officer Wayne Kewitsch Fire Chief Mike Dobesh Assistant Fire Chief Dave Quebodeaux Fire Captain Mark Armstrong Fire Lieutenant Tim Haider Firefighter Joe Halaska Firefighter Jim Kinsella Firefighter Jenell Wood Firefighter Pam Dmytrenko Assistant City Manager Jesse Swenson Human Resources Coordinator Theresa Schyma Deputy City Clerk I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by President Mortenson at 8:00 a.m. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF (1) CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 M/Fletcher, S/Hurvitz to suspend the reading and approve the minutes of(1) Civil Service Commission Meeting of September 3, 2013. Motion carried 3-0. III. APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICER ELIGIBLE REGISTER Police Chief Sandell presented the updated Entry Level Police Officer Eligible Register(see attached). This is more of an informational update to let the commissioners know the status of the applicants on the list. Commissioner Hurvitz asked whether it was appropriate to start another list now. Police Chief Sandell responded that if they started a list now without openings then they would lose many of the candidates at the top of their list by the time the department was ready to hire. M/Hurvitz, S/Fletcher to approve and certify the updated Entry Level Police Officer Eligible Register. Motion carried 3-0. Civil Service Commission -2 - October 29, 2013 IV. APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF THE POLICE DETECTIVE PROMOTIONAL ELIGIBLE REGISTER Police Chief Sandell presented the Police Detective Promotional Eligible Register (see attached). Commissioner Hurvitz asked about the process. Police Chief Sandell stated it was a valid process. He added that Commissioner Mortenson did observe and was pleased with the process. M/Hurvitz, S/Fletcher to approve and certify the Police Detective Promotional Eligible Register. Motion carried 3-0. V. APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF THE FIREFIGHTER ELIGIBLE REGISTER Fire Chief Kewitsch presented the Firefighter Eligible Register (see attached). He further discussed the interview process: 88 candidates took a written examination on August 24, 2013, 64 had their supplemental questions graded by the Richfield Fire Department shifts, and 18 completed an oral panel interview on either October 7 or 11, 2013. This list holds the remaining 13 candidates in rank order of their scores. Fire Chief Kewitsch stated that each shift created a supplemental question for the applicants and also graded that question. He believed that was a valuable part of the process and they were able to receive much more input from the whole department. Commissioner Hurvitz asked the union representative in attendance how he believed the process worked. Firefighter Haider responded that he was comfortable with the feedback received from the union members and that the process worked well. Fire Chief Kewitsch stated he knows of two firefighters retiring in 2013 so there will be openings to fill. M/Fletcher, S/Hurvitz to approve and certify the Firefighter Eligible Register. Motion carried 3-0. VI. OTHER BUSINESS Commissioner Hurvitz complimented Police Chief Sandell and Fire Chief Kewitsch on how well the interview processes went for their respective departments. Commissioners Mortenson and Fletcher agreed with Commissioner Hurvitz. Commissioner Hurvitz inquired about how the City can better predict retirements so that the departments can be well prepared. Fire Chief Kewitsch stated that his employees know that more notice is appreciated however, he can only ask for two weeks. He continued that it takes eight weeks to put a new firefighter through the training process. Police Chief Sandell agreed with Fire Chief Kewitsch. He stated that there are potentially more retirements coming in the first half of next year due to changes to PERA. Minnesota could see Civil Service Commission -3 - October 29, 2013 a fairly significant turnover in police personnel and therefore have multiple cities competing for qualified candidates. The Police Department is prepared for this and staying on top of it. VII. ADJOURNMENT The Civil Service Commission Meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 8:19 a.m. Submitted by: Theresa Schyma Deputy City Clerk Date of Approval: February 3, 2014 r David Buzicky v� t Commissioner ancie Fletcher Commissioner teven H itz Commissioner POLICE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICER ELIGIBLE REGISTER OCTOBER 29, 2013 The Eligible Entry Level Officer list has been updated. An explanation of the status of the candidates from the last testing process is given below. The current Register is effective for two years, expiring September 3, 2015, unless cancelled or extended by the Civil Service Commission. Should the department need to hire more officers before this expiration date, we will have to bring forward names from the suspense file from the last testing process. LEYRER, ANDREW (Hired 11/4/13) REETZ, ERIC (Withdrew) SWANSON, MATTHEW (Hired 11/4/13) WALLINGTON, JOSEPH (Withdrew) CLARK, WESLEY (Withdrew) WICAL, DAN (Hired by Burnsville PD) BLAINE, ALEX (Hired 11/4/13) TIGHE, ERIC POLICE AND FIRE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION POLICE DETECTIVE PROMOTION ELIGIBLE REGISTER OCTOBER 29, 2013 The examination process to establish the eligible register for the position of Police Detective has been completed. Listed below are the names of the candidates who successfully completed the written and oral examination process and their final scores. This list will be effective until October 29, 2014, unless extended or cancelled by the Civil Service Commission. UELAND, Andrew JENSEN, Rian DEAN, Souphanny PETERSON, Greg ROGGE, Brian CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FIREFIGHTER ELIGIBLE REGISTER OCTOBER 29, 2013 The examination of candidates to establish Firefighter Eligible Register has been completed. 88 Candidates took a written examination on August 24, 2013, 64 had their supplemental questions graded by the Richfield Fire Department Shifts, and 18 completed an oral panel interview on either October 7 or 11, 2013. This list holds the remaining 13 candidates in rank order of their scores. This Eligible Register will be effective until October 29, 2015, unless extended or cancelled by the Civil Service Commission. Last Name First Name Rank CHWAILKOWSKI Shea 1 BROWN Nathan 2 EWALD Joseph 3 CHAPEAU Andrew 4 WIENHOLZ Brian 5 LETTELLEIR Shawn 6 SOUTH Nicholas 7 WICHENHAUSER Jeremiah 8 HANINK Kelly 9 SEAL Ulysses 10 ALBERS Jason 11 HANSON Jesse 12 RANK Paul 13