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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 23, 2010 Page 6 10. Presentations a. Joint Meeting with Police Civil Service Commission Police Civil Service Commissioners present were Chair James Campbell; Vice Chair Teresa Bailey; and Recording Secretary Donald Drackert. Chair Campbell reviewed the provisions and purposes of the Commission; and thanked Police Chief Rick Mathwig for his superb service to the community and in his work with the Commission. Chair Campbell noted that the most recent goal of the Commission was to update the Rules and Regulations, specific to the Pur- pose and Scope of the Commission in order to carry out the purposes of Minneso- ta Statutes, Chapter 419, and Roseville City Code, Chapter 202. Chair Campbell noted that the Commission had made comparisons with peer communities to pro- vide abenchmark for best practices; and revised the documents with the latest draft completed in late May of 2010, and reviewed by the City Attorney; and pro- vided asummary of the Purpose Statement and Scope as "Attachment A" for this agenda item. Chair Campbell advised that pursuit of the final draft for approval would be forthcoming, with an information copy made available in the near fu- ture, at which time it would then be communicated to the Police Department and posted as required by State Statute and made available to the public through the City Office. Chair Campbell thanked recently-retired Commissioner Mary Jean Anderson for her involvement in this revision and for her service on the Commission. Vice Chair Bailey noted the need to clarify the previous documents with Statute; defining who the rules cover, with only sworn employees of the Department with the exception of the Chief and Deputy Chief positions, but not all non-sworn mu- nicipal employees on assignment to the Department who are governed by separate and distinct hiring and promotion regulations issued by the City of Roseville. Commissioner Drackert expressed the Commission's confidence in the revised Rules and Regulations that will be of benefit to the Police Department. Discussion among Commissioners and Councilmembers included how these Rules and Regulations tracked with the personnel regulations developed by the City's Human Resources Department and regulations for other employees, with clarification by Commissioners that the former City Attorney and the City's Hu- man Resources Director were involved in reviewing the revised documents and how they fit together; with Commissioners noting that collective bargaining agreements may override some things in the revised document, creating the need to revise language of that document. Commissioners advised that the City's Hu- man Resources Director would be invited to participate in any future hiring for the Police Department.