PB Minutes 09-21-21CITY OF NEW HOPE
4401 XYLON AVENUE NORTH
NEW HOPE, MINNESOTA 55428
Civil Service Commission
Meeting #7
September 21, 2021
6:00 p.m.
New Hope City Hall Civic Center Conf. Rm.
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,
Police Captain Scott Slawson, HR/Admin. Director Rich Johnson and HR Coordinator Walker
MacBeath
MINUTES Commissioner Brostrom moved for the approval of minutes for the September 13, 2021
meeting. Commissioner Brown seconded. Motion passed.
COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICER
JOB DESCRIPTION
The board discussed the updated version of the community service officer job description as
provided. No changes requested. Signatures will be obtained.
COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICER
INTERVIEWS
The board discussed the interview questions and the job duties and then interviewed five
candidates for the community service officer position in the police department. One scheduled
candidate withdrew before the interviews began and another did not appear at his scheduled
time.
MOTION After discussion, Commissioner Galstad moved to certify candidates scoring 70 and above.
Commissioner Brostrom seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Nicholas
Erickson, Grace Fiedler, Kade Madden, Robert Olson and Matthias Waldemar were certified.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Director Johnson shared with the board that Captain Scott Crocker has announced his
retirement from the city effective Oct. 31. Staff and the board discussed how there is a list of
certified candidates from last year’s police chief recruitment and if it would be appropriate to
consider those certified candidates for the role of captain. The board determined that those
candidates certified for police chief could be considered for the position of captain as the
captain role reports to the chief. That list expires Oct. 20, 2021. Director Johnson went on to
share how the promotion of a current sergeant to captain will create a sergeant vacancy and
that the certified list from last year’s sergeant recruitment expires Sept. 23, 2021. He shared
how the city manager will likely be utilizing the current certified lists to fill both of the
upcoming captain and sergeant vacancies. The board was in support of this plan of action. The
board also wanted to commend Captain Crocker on the timing of his announcement as it
would allow the city manager to use the existing certified lists to fill these roles if he so chose.
If the city manager promotes a captain and a sergeant from the certified lists, it will create a
police officer vacancy. A certified list also exists for the police officer position and staff will be
reviewing this list as well.
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ADJOURNMENT As there was no further business to come before the board, the meeting adjourned at 8:39 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Walker MacBeath, Board Secretary