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! I 1 PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey Personnel Committee conducted a special meeting on Tuesday, February 25, 1997, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Tom Gamec Councilmember Sheila Beyer Councilmember Natalie Haas Steffen I ! I Also Present: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder Administrative Services Manager Linda Waite Smith Police Chief Mike Auspos CALL TO ORDER Councilmember Beyer called the special meeting of the Personnel Committee to order at 5:25 p.m. APPROVE AGENDA Consensus was to approve the agenda as presented. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Case #1: Discuss Police Chief Job Description and Process for Replacing Police Chief i I I I I I Administrative Services Manager Wake Smith noted that the Committee should have received the summary report of the results of the interviews conducted with all the employees of the Police Department, all elected officials, and the department heads. She stated that the one recommendation in the back of the survey report is to post the Police Chief position internally for a two-week period. Ms. Waite Smith disseminated a time line for the hiring process and also the job posting. She continued that if there are internal candidates interested and qualified, they have two weeks to submit a letter of interest and the Mayor and Council would conduct the interviews the following week. Staff suggests that the City Administrator and the Administrative Services Manager work with the Council to assure Council has input into the interview questions asked. In the past, it's been the practice to have the entire City Council present when interviews are conducted to hire a department head. Mayor Gamec commented positively on the amount of information in the interview summary report. He noted there was a certain amount of talk about the direction the Police Department should go and he wondered if this would be handled if a Chief was hired from within. However, he also felt that to promote from within gives other people a good feeling with regard to future opportunities of "moving up". He felt that if a person within the Department is qualified, he should be appointed. He added that interviewing the staff to find out what they wanted in a Police Chief was a good idea. I I I Councilmember Haas Steffen inquired the order of the process now. Councilmember Beyer responded that she, as Chair of the Personnel Committee, requested this meeting so the Committee could review the summary of the survey. Now she would like a motion Personnel Committee/February 25, 1997 Page 1 of 3