NEW WHITELAND TOWN COUNCIL
APRIL 7, 2006
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Town Council President
NEW BUSINESS
Town Marshal
Appointment
Council President
Perrin states that we received 9 applications and interviewed 4 candidates on
April 6, 2006. All 4 of the candidates
interviewed extremely well and any of them would have made an excellent Town
Marshal. Perrin explains that in the
last 15 to 16 years they have used an interview format where all of the
candidates are asked the exact same questions.
Each member of the interview board scores each question
individually. At the end of the process
the scores are tallied and the candidate with the highest score is offered the
position. In this instance we had four highly qualified candidates but can only
select one. Councilman Alspach states
that this was the hardest decision they have ever been asked to make – he
wishes they could chose all 4 and have them rotate quarters. There were many good ideas and suggestions
made during the interviews. President Perrin states that the scores were close
but the highest score was received by Ed Stephenson. Perrin notes that the results were extremely
close which is why they used only the accumulated scores as the basis of their
decision.
Councilman Spencer
moves to appoint Ed Stephenson as Town Marshal based on the interview scores
and is seconded by Councilman Noonan. Vote
4 affirmative.
Councilman Alspach
states that there were so many great ideas presented during the interview
process. He encourages the four
finalists to put their heads together and share those ideas for the betterment
of the department. The council
congratulates Marshal Stephenson and thanks the other finalists for their
interest in the position and their dedication to the citizens of New Whiteland.
Being no other
business the meeting was adjourned at 7:08 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
____________________________
Maribeth Alspach, Clerk- Treasurer
Approved: _____________________________