12-01-2009 POLMHutchinson Police Commission Minutes
The Hutchinson Police Commission held a meeting on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at the
Hutchinson Emergency Operation Center. Present at the meeting were Mark Jelkin, Julie
Jensen, Steve Sherman and Chief Dan Hatten.
The meeting was called to order at 5:30p.m.
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Chairperson Jelkin asked if there were any changes to the minutes from the November 10
meeting. With there being none a motion was made by Julie Jensen, seconded by Steve
Sherman, to approve the minutes from the November meeting. Motion carried.
Chief Hatten then updated the Commission with regard to the status of the communication
specialist hiring process. He stated that the conditions had been removed from the offers. He
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informed the Commission that Shannon Sherman had been given a start date of December 13.
He added that the psychological results had just been received on Traci King and that her start
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date would be either December 13 or December 21 depending on if her current employer
would accept less than a full two-week notice. Chief Hatten then requested of the Commission
to start the hiring process for communications. He stated that the list had been exhausted and
there was a third position that needed to be filled. A motion was made by Steve Sherman,
seconded by Julie Jensen, to begin advertising for a full-time communication specialist position.
Motion carried.
Chief Hatten then updated the Commission with regard to the status of the peace officer hiring
process. He stated that Alicia Nortrom is scheduled for her psychological this week and once
the results are received a start date would be established. He added that once a start date was
given Tyler Duenow would be changed from part-time to full-time as well as Mark Hanneman.
He said that Hanneman would remain working in communications however until such time as it
was no longer necessary for training purposes of the new communications personnel.
Chief Hatten then informed the Commission that he had received a letter of resignation from
Officer Shelby Franklin. Officer Franklin has accepted a position with the North Dakota Bureau
of Criminal Investigation and that his final day of employment with the city would be December
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13. With this resignation there is an open licensed officer position which the City Administrator
has authorized to fill. Chief Hatten stated that there is a current eligibility roster but that there is
a possibility they have accepted a position with another agency. A motion was made by Mark
Jelkin, seconded by Julie Jensen, to move forward with filling the vacancy using the current list.
Motion carried.
The next item on the agenda was the recommendation from Chief Hatten for the sergeants’
promotion. Chief Hatten made the recommendation to the Commission to promote the officers
that scored first and second from the promotional process. He distributed to each of the
commissioners the breakdown of all the scores as well as a summary that ranked all the officers
that applied. Commissioner Jensen asked if all officers that were eligible applied for the
position. Hatten stated that there were two who were eligible that did not apply and that Officer
Franklin had applied but withdrew due to his position with North Dakota. It was requested of
Chief Hatten to explain what was involved with the two practical exercises that the officers
completed. A motion was made by Steve Sherman, seconded by Julie Jensen, to approve the
recommendation of Chief Hatten to promote Officer Adam Ament and Officer Ben Erlandson to
the position of Sergeant. Motion carried.
With there being no further business to discuss, a motion was made by Steve Sherman,
seconded by Julie Jensen, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.
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December 1, 2009
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Time of adjournment was 6:10 p.m.
Next Meeting to be held on January 5, 2010 at 5:30 pm
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