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Police Personnel Board
Minutes -- February 2, 2012
The meeting was called to order at 12:14 PM by Chairperson Chris Ricks.
The following members were in attendance:
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
Chris Ricks, Chair
Donald Cline
Ray Bledsoe
George Minze
Kelly Dillon
Lisa Turner
ABSENT: Curtis Creagh, Secretary
Approval of October 13, 2011 Minutes
STAFF PRESENT
City Adm. Nathan Nickolaus
Chief Roger Schroeder
Lieutenant Derek Heislen
H.R. Director Sara Trittler
Ray Bledsoe moved and Don Cline seconded that the minutes for the October 13,2011,
meeting be approved.
Motion Passed.
Old Business
Chairman Chris Ricks welcomed new board member, Lisa Turner, and all board members
introduced themselves.
Chairman Ricks advised that by the Rules and Regulations of the Police Personnel Board
officers need to be elected for the new year.
Chris Ricks was nominated to serve another term as Chairperson. Don Cline moved he
be elected by acclamation. Motion was approved by the Board.
Chairman Ricks nominated Don Cline to serve as Vice Chairman. No other nominations
came from the floor. By unanimous vote the Board elected Don - Cline as Vice
Chairman.
Curtis Creagh was nominated to serve as Secretary. By unanimous vote by the Board, he
was elected Secretary.
A discussion was held about how the City Charter addresses the hiring of police
personnel. The Charter, in essence, implies that the Police Personnel Board should be
involved in the hiring process of civilian personnel (such as, records clerks, secretarial
personnel, evidence technicians, etc.) in the same manner as Board involvement with
commissioned officers.
The original intent of the Charter was to take out any political involvement of hiring
police personnel. The process for hiring civilian personnel is handled mostly by Human
Resources (City) and Police Department. The Board is advised of the opening of a
civilian position and is kept abreast of the process, including who the qualified candidates
are. The Board does not know any individuals by name.
City Administrator, Nathan Nickolaus, advised that a change to the Charter will help
clarify this, and it will be a ballot issue on the April 3, 2012 city election.
Motion was made by Ray Bledsoe to table this issue until after the April election. Motion
carried and passed by all six board members present.
New Business
Chief Schroeder and Lt. Heislen reported on the current hiring process. They are in the
process of conducting interviews with seven possible hires from the last testing that was
approved by the Board. There are currently four openings for Police Officer. All persons
being interviewed are currently certified police officers in Missouri, and many have
previous experience.
There was a brief discussion between Chief Schroeder and the Board to assess the need
for testing in May, 2012. If it is determined that testing is not necessary at that time due
to the expense of advertising and testing materials, it was suggested that testing may be
appropriate in September, 2012.
The next scheduled meeting will be Thursday, April 5, 2012, at 12:00 Noon, in the
Chief's conference room.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:21 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Ray Bledsoe
Board Member, Substitute Secretary