HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Civil Services Commission - 09/09/1981 KENT CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
September 9, 1981
This special meeting was called to order in the City Court Room at 7:30 p.m. by Chair-
man T. Richard Ried. Present were: Commission members Donald Whitener and Terry
Yabn, Chief Angelo and Captain Byerly. Also in attendance: Administrative Assistant
Mike Webby.
The minutes of the meeting of August 20, 1981 were approved as submitted.
At Mr. Webby's request, the meeting went into executive session to discuss the results
of the Law Enforcement Captain's examination.
When the meeting reconvened at 8:30 P.m. , a motion was made and seconded to certify
the Captain's Eligibility List as presented by Mr. Webby as follows:
Kenneth R. LaBelle
Hal A. Rees
Gerald N. Lutz
Knute W. Hammer
Lynn R. Britton
Larry J. Jilbert
Motion carried. Chairman Ried expressed the compliments of the Commission for the
excellent job and effort that Mr. Webby and the assessors put into the assessment center.
Captain Byerly presented the memorandum dated this date from Attorney Mirk in refer-
ence to the changes in the rules and regulations to accommodate continuous testing. The
• changes are as follows:
1. Rule IX, Section 4. "Rating and Preparation Lists". Add "For the purposes
of this Section the term "an examination" shall mean any examination or series
of examinations conducted for the purpose of providing an eligibility list for
entry level positions."
2. Rule IX, Section 6. Eliminate "which list has not been abolished and"
and the section to read: ". . . .and if there is not already a promotion list
for the supervisory position from which the vacancy could be filled. . . ."
3. Rule XI, Section 2. The second sentence beginning "Eligible lists"
to be changed to read "Eligible lists at the entry level shall remain in
effect until cancelled by action of the Commission. Promotional lists
shall remain in effect six (6) months and may be extended by action of the
Commission for up to an additional six (6) months. No promotional list
shall be in effect for more than a total of twelve (12) months."
4. Rule XI, Section 5. (New section) "Not withstanding any of the provi-
sions of Section 4 above, an eligibility list at the entry level may be altered
if as a result of continuous testing the order of earned ratings following
such testing shall change. This provision shall apply, however, only in
the event that all persons on any such eligibility list shall have undergone
identical testing procedures."
It was moved and seconded to approve the changes as submitted by Attorney Mirk. Motion
carried. Secretary was instructed to notify the Police Guild of the proposed changes and
to request an affirmative or negative response.
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September 9, 1981
A motion was made and seconded to approve the revised General Information letter for
�. Applicants contingent upon an affirmative response from the Police Guild. Motion
carried.
Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Amy E. Kato
Secretary and Chief Examiner
Approved:
T. Richard Ried
Chairman
CITY OF CIVIL SERVICE COIVIlVIISSION
,
September 9, 1981
TO: THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
The following names represent the Eligibility List for the position of
Law Enforcement Captain.
Kenneth R. LaBelle
Hal A. Rees
Gerald N. Lutz
Knute W. Hammer
Lynn R. Britton
Larry J. Jilbert
I hereby certify that the list was legally prepared and represents the
relative rati,nrgg off the names appearing thereon.
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Amy E. Kato
Secretary and Chief Examiner
T.Richard Ried Chairman
Donald Whitener
Terry TUn
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