City of Bismarck v. Santineau

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

Eugene Santineau appealed from a judgment of the district court vacating an administrative hearing officer’s order that the City of Bismarck employ Santineau under the state’s “veterans’ preference” statute, section 37-19.1-02, NDCC. We affirm.

Santineau, a veteran, was one of six applicants Bismarck examined, in an interview format, in October of 1992 for the position of Water Plant Operator I. The six applicants had been referred to Bismarck by Job Service of North Dakota, which had given the individuals an aptitude test and found each to possess the minimum…