HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Civil Services Commission - 10/20/1994CITY OF KENT
• CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING
MINUTES
Thursday, October 20, 1994
Members Present: Mike Pattison
Ron Banister
Callius Zaratkiewicz
Others Present: Sgt. Weissich, Lt. Shepard, Chief Crawford, Cpt Jim Miller, Lt. Cline,
Maryanne Kern, Chief Angelo, others present.
Chair Pattison called the meeting to order at 8:03 a.m.
COMMISSION BUSINESS:
II. REPORTS
City Attorney, Roger Lubovich- No report
Fire Chief, Norm Angelo- No report
Police Chief, Ed Crawford- No report
Human Resource Manager, Sue Viseth- Scheduling Conflict
III. HEARINGS
AS None
IV. OLD BUSINESS
Chair Pattison motioned to approve and Accept into Record the minutes from the September
15, 1994 Civil Service Commission Meeting. Seconded and carried.
Chair Pattison opened for discussion the Resolution for a Revision to Rule VII to incorporate a
new section 4a to reflect the promotional requirements for Corrections Lieutenant.
The Examiner stated that copies had been sent out to the Police Guild and Fire Union
Presidents, Police Chief and Fire Chief and Corrections Facility for input and changes if
necessary. Nothing was received back from any of the parties.
Police Guild President Weissich stated that the Guild has no objection to the proposed
Revision.
Chair Pattison motioned to adopt the Resolution, Commissioner Zaratkiewicz seconded the
motion. Seconded and carried.
Chair Pattison opened for discussion the proposed Corrections Lieutenant position description.
The Examiner stated that copies had been sent out to all the parties and nothing had been
recieved back.
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Police Guild President Weissich stated for the record that the Guild does not oppose the
Corrections Lieutenant position description.
Commissioner Zaratkiewicz motioned to adopt the Corrections Lieutenant position description.
Chair Pattison seconded the motion. Carried.
V. NEW BUSINESS
Chair Pattison motioned to accept into record the memo dated September 23, 1994 from Chief
Angelo notifying the Commission that Lieutenant Mike DeHart has successfully completed his
probation effective September 23, 1994. Seconded and carried.
Chair Pattison motioned to accept into record the certification letter dated October 3, 1994 from
the Civil Service Chief Examiner establishing the Eligibility List for the Police Word Processing
Technician/Transcriptionist. Seconded and carried.
Chair Pattison motioned to accept into record the memo from Lieutenant Cline requesting that
Claudine Gupton's name be removed from the Word Processing Technician Eligibility List as
she has decided to stay at her current job. Seconded and carried.
Chair Pattison motioned to accept into record the memo from Acting Police Chief, Jim Miller
notifying the Commission of the transfer of the supervision of the Word Processing Unit to
40 Lieutenant Bill Mitchell effective October 3, 1994. Seconded and carried.
Chair Pattison opened for discussion the memo dated October 4, 1994 from Chief Angelo
notifying the Commission of a provisional appointment of Lieutenant Tom Shepard to the rank of
Battalion Chief effective October 5, 1994 to fill in for Battalion Chief Scott who is off on Disability
Leave for approximately 6 to 8 weeks.
Chief Angelo stated that Chief Scott's disability leave was to have been longer. But he has
been released back to duty. The actual date that Chief Shepard will become,Lt. Shepard will be
on October 24th.
Chief Angelo further stated that the memo dated October 14, 1994 from himself to the
commission notifying them that the provisional appointment of Lieutenant Tom Shepard to
Acting Battalion Chief would conclude at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 15, 1994 should have
read October 24, 1994.
Chair Pattison motioned to approve the two memos with the change. Seconded and carried.
Chair Pattison asked if there was any additional business to be discussed.
Lt. Cline from the Police Department asked to add to the Agenda the removal of Mr. Timothy
Stockleys' name from the Entry Level Police Officers Eligibility List. He asked that it be
entertained to allow the Police Department to process the next candidate on the list for hiring
purposes. Mr. Stockleys name would be removed due to his failure of the background
investigation
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City Attorney Lubovich advised the Commission that they could act on the request but that a
letter regarding the item be submitted to the Commission by the Department.
Lt. Cline stated he would do so.
Chair Pattison moved to approve the removal of Mr. Timothy Stockley s name from the Entry
Level Police Officers Eligibility List and, upon receipt of the memo from the Police Department,
a certified letter go out to the candidate informing him of the decision. Seconded and carried.
There being no other business to come before the Commission it was adjourned at 8:12 a.m.
The next Civil Service Meeting will be held on Thursday, November 17, 1994 at 8:00 a.m. in
Council Chambers West.
Respectfully submitted,
Catherine M. Guiguet
Secretary and Chief Examiner
Approved
Mike Pattison, Chair