PB Minutes 10-06-20CITY OF NEW HOPE
4401 XYLON AVENUE NORTH
NEW HOPE, MINNESOTA 55428
Civil Service Commission
Meeting #7
October 6, 2020
6:00 p.m.
New Hope City Hall Webex Virtual Meeting
CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chair Galstad at 6:00 p.m. pursuant to due call and notice
thereof.
ROLL CALL Present: Chair Eric Galstad, Commissioner Wendy Brostrom, Commissioner Tony Brown,
Acting Chief Scott Slawson, Police Office Supervisory Jeana Allen-Hatcher, HR/Admin.
Director Rich Johnson and Human Resources Coordinator Walker MacBeath.
MINUTES Chair Galstad moved for the approval of minutes for the Sept. 22 & 23, 2020 meeting.
Commissioner Brown seconded, motion passed.
REVIEW OF
ACCOUNTANT JOB
DESCRIPTION
The board discussed the final outcome of the accountant job previously reviewed and
recommended for consideration by the Council in October of 2019. This included pointing to
Exempt 13 on the wage scale.
MOTION After discussion, Chair Galstad moved to approve the position with a correction to the title on
the presented document. Commissioner Brown seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously. MacBeath will forward the corrected document to Chair Galstad for signature.
POLICE CLERK
INTERVIEWS
The board discussed the interview questions and the job duties and then interviewed four
candidates for the police clerk position in the police department. HR Coordinator MacBeath
asked all formal questions of the interviewees.
MOTION After discussion, Chair Galstad moved to certify candidates scoring 70 and above.
Commissioner Brown seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Karissah
Bellagotti-DeSantis, Anna Hauglie and Riley McIlrath were certified.
ADJOURNMENT As there was no further business to come before the board, the meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Walker MacBeath, Board Secretary