12/20/1988 - City Council SpecialAGENDA
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
DECEMBER 20, 1988
3:45 P.M. - MEETING CALLED TO ORDER /REVIEW INTERVIEW
PROCEDURE
4:00 P.M. - FIRST INTERVIEW
4:30 P.M. - SECOND INTERVIEW
5:00 P.M. - THIRD INTERVIEW
5:30 P.M. - COUNCIL TO REVIEW INTERVIEWS
- OTHER BUSINESS
- ADJOURNMENT
MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR & EAGAN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
FROM: CITY ADMINISTRATOR HEDGES
DATE: DECEMBER 16, 1988
SUBJECT: DECEMBER 20 INTERVIEWS OF FINAL CANDIDATES/
CHIEF OF POLICE
As the Council is aware, we are now at the final interview stage
for the position of Chief of Police for the City of Eagan. When
the position was originally advertised, approximately 35
applications were received. After thorough screening of these
applications, seven candidates were invited to the Eagan
Municipal Center for a preliminary interview. The interviews
were held on Friday, December 9. The interview panel was
comprised of the Superintendent of the BCA, the City Manager from
New Hope (who also is an ex -Chief of Police), Administrative
Assistant Duffy and myself. For your information, Superintendent
Mark Shields had worked with most of the candidates as a part of
his job and /or was very familiar with the reputations and
operations at the police departments from which they came. He
was able to provide valuable insights to the panel.
The panel is recommending three final candidates to be advanced
to the final interview stage. The final interviews will be held
at a special City Council meeting to be held on Tuesday, December
20, at the Eagan Municipal Center beginning at 4:00 p.m..
Each interview will be scheduled to last one -half hour. In order
to avoid discrimination and to be fair to all candidates, we will
follow the same procedure as that used for Community Development
Director interviews. Each candidate will be asked the same five
questions. If you wish to ask individual follow -up questions,
they should, if possible, be directly related to one of the
questions asked or answers given. As a reminder, it is illegal
to ask any questions regarding a candidate's national origin,
color, race, religion, political affiliation, creed, age, marital
status, family, disability, sexual preference, status in regard
to public assistance, or sex.
I have attached an agenda for the special City Council meeting.
Please note that all Councilmembers should be present at 3:45
p.m. in order to discuss the procedure and familiarize themselves
with the questions. The first interview will begin at 4:00 p.m.
The candidates will be interviewed in alphabetical order: David
Farrington, Patrick Geagan and Leslie Sharrock.
Also attached for your information are copies of the application
information for each of the final candidates and a copy of the
position write -up.
For your information, a reporter from the Minneapolis
Star /Tribune contacted this office to inquire if the meeting were
public. She was informed that, according to the open meeting
law, it would be a public meeting. She subsequently published
that information in an article regarding the Chief of Police
selection in Eagan. Therefore, it is possible that reporters or
other interested parties may be present at the meeting. On the
other hand, it is also possible that no one will come.
If any councilmember has any questions or would like to request
further information, please contact me or Administrative
Assistant Duffy on Monday during the day.
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City Admninistra
SPFCTAL NOTE: I plan to order some sort of a hamburger or other
hot moat from Al Baker's or a like establishment which
A3minis1-rative Intern Mundahl will pick up and bring back to City
Hall. If any of you would also like such a meal for the very
short z ,f iad between the end of interviews and the start of the
regular_ :.i'.y C uncil meeting, please let me know at the start of
the special meeting and your order will be included.