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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Civil Services Commission - 09/21/1989 (4) CITY OF RENT CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES SEPTEMBER 21, 1989 Members present: , Bob Jarvis Alex Thornton Absent: Robb Dreblow Others present: Rod Frederiksen, Police Chief Norm Angelo, Fire Chief Sandra Driscoll, City Attorney Jed Aldridge, Assistant Fire Chief Don Fronsdahl, Battalion Chief Capt. Dennis Byerly, Police Dept. Capt. Jim Miller, Police Dept. Kathy Holt, Police Dept. Jan Banister, Acting Commission Secretary Alana McIalwain, Administration Thomas Dinwidde, Attorney Alex Charoni, Firefighter applicant The meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m. by Chairman Jarvis . Chairman Jarvis announced that Jan Banister has been temporarily appointed to replace Candi Faupell, who resigned. Ms. Banister will serve as Acting Civil Service Examiner/Secretary until a full time replacement is hired. Chairman Jarvis made a motion to approve Ms. Banister's temporary appointment. Mr. Thornton seconded. Motion carried. REPORTS City Attorney, Sandra Driscoll - no report Fire Chief, Norm Angelo - 13 firefighter candidates have been hired. They will start to the Firefighter' s Academy in November. Kent will probably host the graduation. Police Chief Frederiksen - Police have testing coming up for Lateral Entry Police Officers as well as Corrections Officers. He said that Cpt. Byerly and Cpt. Miller were present to give information for Police and Corrections . He also mentioned that August minutes should be changed to reflect the effective dates of resignations of Officer Damitio and Kathleen Groshong to be "September". Lori Brown, Personnel - no report OLD BUSINESS With Damitio and Groshong date changes, Mr. Jarvis moved to accept the minutes of the August 17, 1989 Civil Service meeting. Motion carried. Procedures regarding reclassification requests for non- uniformed personnel. Chairman Jarvis requested a clarification of exactly what reclassification requests entailed. Ms. Driscoll said there is a question of what the legal authority is relating to Civil Service and reclassification. Mr. Jarvis commented that due to the length of the agenda, he would like to delay this item until the next meeting. Firefighter's Charoni and Earle. Chief Angelo clarified that they are not Firefighters. They were candidates. Since they were not present, Chairman Jarvis said he would like to discuss this item in Executive Session at the end of the meeting. NEW BUSINESS Letter of resignation of Secretary/Chief EXaminer, Candi Faupell dated August 15, 1989. Chairman Jarvis made a motion to accept the letter into the record. Mr. Thornton seconded, motion carried. Testing for Corrections Officer. Cpt. Byerly announced there are 3. 5 positions currently open to be filled. Two positions have been filled temporarily. He requested authority to fill the 3 full time positions. The half time position is not covered by the Civil Service Commission. Capt. Byerly explained the process and presented sample copies of the applications. Chairman Jarvis moved to proceed with advertising the positions beginning 9-25- 89 through 10-3-89. Motion seconded and carried. Capt. Byerly also offered to bring information on the Oral Board questions to the next meeting. Mr. Jarvis requested that he mail a copy of the questions to him. Oral Boards will be Oct. 25-26th. Chief Frederiksen offered his services to fill in as Chief Examiner in the event Jan Banister is not available during test times. Asst. Fire Chief Aldridge advised that Tom Shepard, Brian Kruml, Jeff Barsness and Dan Hertlein have been promoted to the position of Probationary Lieutenant effective Sept. 1, 1989. Motion was made and seconded that they be accepted into record. Motion carried. Chairman motioned to accept into record the resignation of Lt. Robert Pessemier effective August 4, 1989 . The motion was seconded and carried. Chairman motioned to accept into record the letter of resignation of Officer Mark Damitio and the memo of resignation from Kathleen Groshong with the corrected dates of September, 1989. The motion was seconded and carried. Chairman motioned to accept into record the letter of resignation dated Aug. 17, 1989 from Diane Lewis. The motion was seconded and carried. Chairman motioned to accept into record the memo from Chief Frederiksen reinstating Steve Hunt as Patrolman 1, effective August 21, 1989. The motion was seconded and carried. Chairman motioned to accept into record the memo from Chief Frederiksen terminating Corrections Officer Arthur Rogers, effective September 13, 1989. The motion was seconded and carried. Chairman motioned to accept into record the letter from Police Officer Harry R. Bigalke resigning his position effective August 21, 1989. The motion was seconded and carried. The Commission discussed the notice from Washington Local Government Personnel Institute regarding the Annual Civil Service Conference on Thursday, Nov. 2, 1989 . Neither Chairman Jarvis nor Commissioner Thornton will attend. The Commissioner moved into executive session to discuss Entry Level Fire Testing and the appeals of Firefighter candidates Earle and Charoni. Attorney Driscoll mentioned for the record that she had informed Mr. Dinwidde, Mr. Charoni 's Attorney, of the date and time of the hearing, both verbally and in writing. During an executive session, Mr. Dinwidde appeared and asked to present testimony. The Commission reconvened regular session to hear additional evidence on the appeal. Mr. Dinwidde spoke briefly regarding Mr. Alex Charoni. He had received a copy of Dr. Shaw's written report but no test data. He feels that Mr. Charoni's personality is more consistent with the report from Dr. Smith rather than that of Dr. Shaw. He feels Dr. Shaw's report does not mirror real life and requests that Mr. Charoni be reconsidered as an applicant. Chief Angelo responded that he can't hire more firefighters because of his budget. Testing for new hires will begin next week and they will not be accepting any more applications. He also said that the psychological test is not the only test considered. It is used in correlation with other information. The background is considered plus the psychological exam. Chief Fronsdahl was sworn in. He said that when candidates are evaluated many things are taken into consideration. The psychological is looked at as well as the work history. Looking at Mr. Charoni's personal history he has moved from job to job. He listed several jobs, their duration and some reasons for leaving. when his references were contacted he was reported to be immature. While serving as a volunteer at District 25, when presented with a problem, he punched a hole in a wall. Chief Fronsdahl stated that the bottom line is that Mr. Charoni has changed jobs too many times. Kent is looking for career firefighters; not someone who is always looking and that Kent cannot have people who react in an agitated fashion. Commissioner Thornton commented that he would like to hear from other people and would like a copy of the facts. Mr. Dinwidde spoke again and reminded everyone that Mr. Charoni was young, only 20, when much of the job changing occurred. Chief Angelo responded that they don't expect people to stay in a dead-end job but they do look for stability. Training a firefighter is an expensive process and he wants the community to get a reasonable return for their money. The Department cannot afford to be a "trying ground" Alex Charoni was sworn in and proceeded to address a few items. He explained why he had volunteered at 4 different fire departments. one explanation was that when he returned from Marine boot camp, his parents had moved. Since it was required to be a resident of the district, he was compelled to go to another district. Another district deleted its resident program. At one district he left because of a personality conflict. He said that even though he has changed jobs, his first choice is firefighting. He stated that he was also interested in the police field. He has taken 18 fire exams and 6 police exams. He has since decided not to pursue police work. He prefers fire work. He attended college in pursuit of a degree in fire. He went on to explain the reasons for moving from job to job. He stated that some supervisors have not had the opportunity to view his work on a regular basis so are not as familiar with him as the witness presented at the last hearing. Chief Fronsdahl observed that Mr. Charoni had volunteered at 4 districts. He "had a chance to shine" but did not. Chairman Jarvis requested an executive session. Following the executive session, Chairman Jarvis announced that a written decision on the appeal of Mr. Earle and Mr. Charoni would be available in 10 working days. Chairman Jarvis brought up the case of Steven Earle. A written decision will be available in 10 working days. Meeting was adjourned at 9:15 a.m. espectfully bmitted, an Bani ter Acting Secretary/ Chief Examiner Approved: Rob Jary s Ch rman