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DANIA CITY COMMISSION
WORKSHOP MEETING
SEPTEMBER 11 , 1985
ROLL CALL:
Present:
Mayor: John Bertino
Vice-Mayor: Chester A. Byrd
Commissioners: Jean Cook
Howard Hirsch
Charles McElyea
City Attorney: Frank Adler
City Manager: Eugene Jewell
City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin
The Workshop meeting was called to order by Mayor Bertino for the
purpose of discussion concerning procedures to be utilized in the
selection of a Police Chief.
Personnel Director, Michael Smith, presented Administration' s
recommended guidelines, arrived at after researching processes used by
other cities in the hiring of police chiefs.
Regarding the range of recruitment, Administration recommended limiting
recruitment to the State of Florida for the reasons that the Police
Chief should be familiar with the laws of the State of Florida and to
minimize the cost of recruitment. During discussion, the Commissioners
generally agreed that residence in the City of Dania within six months
of hire should be a condition of employment. They also agreed to
advertise and recruit from the State of Florida, but not to preclude
any applications received from out of state , and also added minority
publications to the recommended list of sources of advertising.
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Administration recommended October 31st as the closing date for the
receipt of police chief applicants , based on deadlines for magazine
advertising. After citizen input allowed by Mayor Bertino, the
Commissioners expressed a preference for a cut-off date of October 9th,
eliminating the magazine ads in favor of additional newspaper ads to
announce the opening. John Vollman, President Elect of the Florida
Criminal Justice Educators and Trainers Assn. , suggested also utilizing
the F.O.P. State Lodge Office for announcing the police chief opening.
The recommended ad format was discussed and the consensus of Commission
opinion was to add the residence employment condition, and to list a
starting salary of $38 ,500 .00 .
Administration' s suggestion of a Committee for preliminary review of
applicants was accepted , the Commissioners reserving the right to view
all applications and to place an applicant back on the list if removed
by the committee.
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The recommended process included evaluation of the top five or six
candidates by the S .E. Florida Institute of Criminal Justice Assessment
Center in Miami . The Commissioners disagreed as to the value of such a '
study which would cost approximately $3 ,000 .00 . Mayor Bertino and Vice
Mayor Byrd spoke in defense of using the Assessment Center, but f
Commissioners Cook, Hirsch and McElyea opposed, expressing the view
that the Commission , as a whole , should have the responsibility for the
final evaluation of candidates.
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It was generally agreed that background checks will be conducted by the
Personnel Director and on-site visits will be made by the City Manager
1 and any Commissioner wishing to accompany.
The workshop meeting was then adjourned. j
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