The Minot Mafia strikes again!
This particular management style seems to stretch across the board in Minot, as not only the city government, but the college and the public school system and the local hospital all seem to play this same game: no matter how good you do your job, no matter how loyal of an employee you prove yourself to be, when it is time for a promotion, we will hire an outsider over your head.
They do not reward loyalty. The worst part of this specific case is that according to the scoring metrics they were using for the interviews, the local cop that was the “acting” police chief scored equal to the outsider they decided to hire. So the city council demoted the acting chief to be the assistant. If he has half the sense God gave a goat and any pride at all, he will get his resume in circulation immediately, as you know that the new police chief coming in will not be his best friend.
This same scenario plays out over and over in this town. You cannot move up….and they wonder why you move on.