HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Civil Services Commission - 03/07/1948 February 7, 1948
A Special meeting of the Civil. Service Commission of the City of
Kent was called to order by Chairman Jim Kelleher, at 10:30 A. m.
in the Firemans Dormitory, in the City Hall.
Commissioners present were: Jim Kelleher, Norm Anderson, Gertrude
Bovell.
IT was, the intent of the Commission to interview applicants for
the position of Secretary and Chief Examiner, however, no applicants
appeared, so regular business was taken up immediately.
MEMBERS of the Commie,ion each reported a thorough review and
investigation of the examination papers had been made and each
agreed that several irregularities appeared in the grading of the
examinations for patrolman conducted on the 22nd day of Jan. 1948.
The results of these investigations were concurred in by Rev.
Harold T. Shay, the former Secretary-Chief Examiner. That the list
of applicants and their respective grades , heretofore, submitted
to Mayor Dave Mooney was erroneous . Mayor Dave Tvlooney was notified
of this fact.
UPO^T motion duly made, seconded, and carried, it was ordered that
Regulation IV, Section 23, of the General Rules and Regulations of
the Civil Service Commission of the City of Kent, be suspended and
a new Examination be given, open to all qualified and eligible
persons. Thpt applicants tarring any former examination would be
allowed to have their respective grades as corrected, placed upon
the Commissions eligible list or take the contemplated examinations,
urovided that, any applicant taking the new examination, would by
such action, wave his right to the corrected grade on the prior
examination.and the grade received upon contemplated examination
will be the grade of such applicant to be placed upon the eligible
list of the commission. Not with standing the provisions of said
Regulation IV, Section 23, hereby suspended.
THE COMMISSION considered Rule I, Section 2, of the General Rules
and Regulations of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Kent,
upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, it was ordered that
said rule be amended to read, Quote: Unless othe»wise provided in'
these rules, no person w&ll be admitted to examination for the
position of patrolman in the Police Department who is less than
twenty-one (21) or more than forty-five (45 ) years of age at the time
of examination, and no person will be admitted to examination for
position of Cheif of the Police Department who is less than thirty ( 30 )
or more than fifty (50 ) vears of age at the time of the examination.
Provided however, that, the age limitation herein placed upon applicants
for the tositions-offered iti the Police Department shall not apply
to applicants heretofore duly examined and graded or having an
existing Civil Service Commission of City Kent, eligiblity grading
and further, provided that, under age applicants heretofore
admitted to examinations at prior examinations shall be allowed to
have their grade placed upon the eligible list and/or to be eligible
for cebtification in order of preference , by the Civil Service
Commission.
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