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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Civil Services Commission - 01/19/1995 CITY OF KENT • CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Thursday, January 19, 1995 Members Present: Mike Pattison Ron Banister Scheduling Conflict: Callius Zaratkiewicz Others Present: Sue Viseth, A/C Aldridge, Chief Angelo, B/C Scott, Chief Crawford, B/C Scott, Officer Kathy Holt, Dave Santos, Lt. Cline, others present. I. COMMISSION BUSINESS: None II. REPORTS City Attorney, Roger Lubovich: No report Fire Chief, Norm Angelo: No report Police Chief, Ed Crawford: No report Human Resource Director, Sue Viseth: No report III. HEARINGS None IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Accept into Record Chair Pattison moved to approve the minutes from the December 15, 1994 Civil Service Commission Meeting. Seconded and carried. V. NEW BUSINESS A. Approval and Accept into Record 1. Chair Pattison moved to accept into record the letter dated November 28, 1994 from Chief Crawford to Eric C. Hemmen confirming his provisional appointment to probationary Police Officer effective December 16, 1994. Seconded and carried. Chief Angelo asked for clarification on the terminology provisional. "Trying to follow where that follows the Civil Service Rules. Its not a bad thing to be able to do but I'm not sure, if I were to apply it, what would I refer to? I understand whats happening, we can then fill a slot at the Academy. We've done that with our Volunteers that we've sponsored. We've done provisional before with existing people, but I'm not sure if we could pursue if with entry level." Civil Service Minutes January 19, 1995 Page 2 Chief Examiner Guiguet: "From looking over the Rules there is nothing to refer to." Chief Crawford: "I don't know that this falls under Civil Service because they're on probation. We're offering the person a position for a period of time because of the list expiring if there isn't an opening so that they can become a regular employee, then they go away." Chief Angelo: "I am in support of that. What we've done in the past when we've had a situation like that when we've had a volunteer on that list, we would sponsor them through the Academy with the anticipation that they would come up on the list before the list expired." CIA Lubovich : Is this like a temporary position?" Chief Angelo: "Yes." CIA Lubovich: "Are they on the list now?" Chief Crawford: "Yes, they were on the list, but over the quota of authorized positions that we have authorized to have as employees within the department. So we decided to contract with them that if we don't lose the person leaving by a certain date they will go away." C/A Lubovich: "Its still a temporary appointment." • Chief Angelo: "That clarifies it for me, they were on the list." Chief Examiner Guiguet: "I think that probably the term Provisional is what threw people because provisional appointments are normally used for Promotionals." Chief Angelo: "Provisional usually refers in the rules to a person already existing in the organization. Whereas a temporary is more of a temporary relationship. The fact that they are on the list helps us to clarify how we might approach this." Chief Crawford: "Then we need to term it a Temporary rather than a Provisional appointment." Chair Pattison asked if the letter needed to be rewritten. City Attorney Lubovich stated no, but that in future it would be best to refer to these types of appointments as temporary. 2. Chair Pattison moved to accept into record the letter dated December 20, 1994 from Chief Crawford to Patrol Officer Trent Bunch notifying him that he has successfully passed his probationary period effective December 20, 1994. Seconded and carried. 3. Chair Pattison moved to accept into record the letter dated December 20, 1994 Chief Crawford to Patrol Officer Jeffrey A. Cobb notifying him that he has successfully passed his probationary period effective December 20, 1994. Seconded and carried. 4. Chair Pattison moved to accept into record the letter dated December 20, 1994 Chief Crawford to Patrol Officer Dennis R. McCrillis notifying him that he has successfully passed his • probationary period effective December 20, 1994. Seconded and carried. • Civil Service Minutes January 19, 1995 Page 3 5. Chair Pattison moved to accept into record the letter dated December 21, 1994 from Officer Steve Dennis to Chief Crawford resigning from Kent Police Department effective January 20, 1995. Seconded and carried. 6. Chair Pattison moved to accept into record the Certification letter dated January 13, 1995 from the Civil Service Examiner establishing the Eligibility List for Corrections Lieutenant. Seconded and carried. 7. Chair Pattison moved to accept into record the Certification letter dated January 18, 1995 from the Civil Service Examiner establishing the Eligibility List for Corrections Sergeant. Seconded and carried. 8. Chair Pattison moved to accept into record the certified Letter dated January 13, 1995 to Corrections Officer Candidate Nicole-Klegman from the Civil Service Chief Examiner acknowledging M. Klegmans withdrawal from the Corrections Officer Eligibility List due to accepting employment with the Attorney Generals office. Seconded and carried. B. Action Items for Discussion 1. Chair Pattison opened for discussion the memo dated January 6, 1995 from Lieutenant Cline • requesting permission to conduct a Civil Service exam for Corrections Officer. Lt. Cline stated that there is not a current Corrections Officer List at this time and that they wish approval now so that the selection process may be started at a future date not yet determined. Commissioner Banister moved to approve the request. Seconded and carried. 2. Chair Pattison opened for discussion removal of Corrections Officer Candidate Mr. Leslie E. King from the Corrections Officer Eligibility List. Examiner Guiguet stated that Mr. King had left a phone message with Lt. Cline stating that he wished to be removed from the list due to the fact that he had moved to Phoenix and accepted employment there. She had telephoned Mr. King and left four messages at Mr. Kings home number requesting his current address so that a certified letter could be sent to him acknowledging his removal from the list, but had not received any response from Mr. King. She then requested that the Commission remove Mr. King from the list. • Civil Service Minutes January 19, 1995 Page 4 Commissioner Banister moved to approve Mr. Kings removal from the list. Seconded and carried. There being no other business to come before the Commission the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 a.m. The next Civil Service Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 16. 1995 at 8:00 a.m. in Council Chambers West. Respectfully submitted, Catherine M. Guiguet Secretary & Chief Examiner Approxd: . • Mike/P(/(attison Chair •