11-16-2010 POLMHutchinson Police Commission Minutes
The Hutchinson Police Commission held a meeting on Tuesday, November 16th, 2010, at
the Hutchinson Police Station. Present at the meeting were, Mark Jelkin, Verne Meyer and
Chief Daniel Hatten.
Call the Meeting to Order:
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Jelkin at 5:39 p.m.
Approval of Agenda:
Chairperson Jelkin asked if there were any changes to the agenda. Motion by
Commissioner Meyer, second by Chairperson Jelkin to approved the agenda as proposed.
The motion passed unanimously.
Approval of Minutes:
Chairperson Jelkin asked the Commission to approve the previous meeting’s minutes from
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the August 24 and August 27 meetings. Motion was made by Commissioner Meyer,
seconded by Chairperson Jelkin, to approve the minutes from the two August meetings.
Motion carried unanimously.
Staffing Issues:
Chief Hatten advised the Commission that Communication Specialist Kris Lindell had
received a conditional job offer for a police officer position from the City of Buffalo, MN.
Lindell is currently in the final testing phase which will take a couple of weeks to complete
before the formal job offer is presented to her.
Chief Hatten asked the Commission to review Police Commission‘s Rule and Regulation,
Section 27, Reinstatement. The Commission was also asked to review the severance
agreement signed by the city employees impacted by the layoffs. A decision would have to
be made by the Commission if the recently laid off employees would have first right of
refusal for the position of Communication Specialist if Kris Lindell submits a letter of
resignation in the coming weeks.
Chief Hatten then asked the Commission to consider if the two current part-time
Communication Specialists would be eligible for the full-time Communication Specialist
position if it becomes available. The Chief reminded the Commissioners that both part-time
employees have completed the same testing process as the full-time employees. This was
done for the specific purpose to allow the part-time employee to be moved into the full-time
positions.
Chief Hatten advised the Commission that he would notify them if Kris Lindell submitted her
letter of resignation and if a special meeting was needed to address the staffing issue.
Review Police Commission Layoff Process.
Motion was made by Chairperson Jelkin, seconded by Commission Meyer, to continue this
issue until the next meeting to insure all three Commissioners were present for the
discussion. Motion carried unanimously. Chairperson Jelkin asked each of the
Commissioners and the Chief to bring with them their version of a draft outline of the layoff
process.
With there being no further business to discuss, a motion was made by Chairperson Jelkin,
seconded by Commissioner Meyer to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried,
unanimously.
Time of adjournment was 6:57 p.m.
Next Meeting to be held on, December 14th, 2010, at 5:30 pm.
Julie M. Jensen, Police Commission Secretary