01-17-2006 POLM
HUTCHINSON POLICE COMMISSION MINUTES
The Hutchinson Police Commission held a meeting on Januaryt7,2006, at the Hutchinson
Emergency Operations Center. Present at the meeting were Barry Anderson, Donna
Baysinger, Tom Schwartz, and Chief Dan Hatten.
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. Chairperson Barry Anderson asked if there
were any changes to the minutes from the last meeting. A motion was made by Tom
Schwartz, seconded by Donna Baysinger, to accept the minutes. Motion carried.
The next item on the agenda was to set the meeting dates for the year. It was determined
that the next meeting would be held on February 6th at 5:30 p.m. This was done to comply
with the state statute that states that the commission will meet "the first Monday in February
each year. .. In discussing the rest of year it was determined that they would first look at
item 5 on the agenda that outlined the timeline for the officer testing.
Chief Hatten distributed to each member the anticipated timeline for the peace officer
opening. He stated that applications would close on January 2yth. The applications would
then be reviewed to check if the application met the minimum qualification - this would be
concluded by February 2nd. Candidates that met the requirements would then be sent a
letter inviting them to participate in the written portion of the process. The dates the written
examination will be offered are February 14th and 16th with two testing times on each day.
The examinations would then be corrected and letters sent out to those who successfully
completed the test to attend the interview phase. It is anticipated that the first round of
interviews would be given the week of February 2yth. Letters would again be sent out to
those applicants who scores warrant a second interview. It is anticipated that the second
interviews would be administered on March 15th, 16th, and 1yth. The commission would
then need to meet to certify the eligibility roster before the final interview and backgrounds
could be completed on the top three candidates. Due to the schedules of the
commissioners it was determined that Monday, March 2yth at 5:30 p.m. a meeting would be
held to review the eligibility roster.
Attention was then returned to item 3 on the agenda to determ ine a set meeting date for the
commission for the remainder of the year. It was determined that the commission would
meet on the third Monday of every month beginning in April 2006.
Chief Hatten then directed the commissioners' attention to the questions for the third
interview. He stated after using them with the last hiring it was suggested by Brenda
Ewing, Human Resource Director, to make changes to questions 8, 11, and 16 and to add
question 18. Commission Baysinger stated that she had gone over the questions and had
some proposed changes. Discussion was then held as to what her ideas were to amend
the questions. Chief Hatten took the proposed changes and stated that they would be
copied and mailed out along with the minutes of the meeting.
Chairperson Anderson then asked if there were any items from the floor. Donna Baysinger
stated she had seen an article in the paper that the Le Sueur Drug Task Force was
disbanding and she wonder what, if any, impact that would have on Hutchinson. Chief
Hatten stated that this did not directly affect this department. He stated that the task forces
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are driven by grant money from the state and federal governments. He said that the
amount of monies available is decreasing and the number of task forces growing.
With there being no further business to discuss, a motion was made by Tom Schwartz,
seconded by Barry Anderson, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.
Time of adjournment was 6:55 p.m.
Donna Baysinger