Memo - 2nd reading Police Review
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CITY OF HOPKINS
. MEMORANDUM
To: Hopkins City Council
From: Jim Genellic
Date: April 9, 2002
Subject: Second Reading of Ordinance 2002-867
Staff recommends that the Council approve the following motion: Move that the Hopkins City
Council approve Ordinance 2002-867 for second reading and order published.
This ordinance has not changed since the first reading.
Note: Final approval of an ordinance amending the City Chmiel' requires unanimous approval
of all five Council Members. If all five Council Members are not in attendance this item
should be continued until the next City Council meeting.
. Attachments:
. Ordinance 2002-867
Ordinance 2002-867 amends the City Charter by establishing a Police Review Committee. The
Committee is designed to replace the Police Civil Service Commission. The Committee would take
on the Civil Service Commission's role as an arbiter of disciplinary actions.
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. CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE 2002-867
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING THE HOPKINS CHARTER TO
CREATE A HOPKINS POLICE DEPARTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE TO
PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE APPEAL PROCESS OF DISCHARGE OR
DISCIPLINARY DECISIONS INVOLVING HOPKINS POLICE
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
HOPKINS CITY CHARTER CHAPTER 6 SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
Subdivision 6.a. shall be added and shall read as follows:
"There shall be a Hopkins Police Department Review Committee. The Committec shall be
three (3) Hopkins residents, appointed by the City Council, who shall not at the time oftheir service
be Hopkins employees or elected or appointed officials. The Committee shall, upon the request of a
Hopkins Police Department employee, review, and sustain, overtum or modify a discharge or
. discipline action against the employee. The Committee's review shall be an altemative to any
arbitration or other type of hearing available to the employee, through a collective bargaining
agreement or by state or federal law . The Committee shall have the power to administer oaths and to
compel attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and documentary evidence. The
hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the standards and procedures established by the City Council
by ordinance."
Severability. Every section, provision or part of this Ordinance is declared severable from
every other section, provision or part. If any portion of this Ordinance is held invalid or
unen fore eab I e by a court 0 f co mpetent j urisdi ction it shall not invalidate any other sccti 0 n, prov isi on
or part of this Ordinance.
Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective ninety (90) days aftcr its publication.
First reading: March 19,2002
Sccond reading: April 9, 2002
Datc of Publication: April 17,2002
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. Date Ordinance Takes Effect: July 17, 2002
Mayor
ATTEST:
Terry Obennaier, City Clerk
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