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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Civil Services Commission - 07/20/1989 CITY OF KENT AUG 2 4 1989 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES CITY OF KENT July 20, 1989 CITY CLERK Members present: Bob Jarvis, Chairman Robb Dreblow Alex Thornton Others present: Rod Frederiksen, Police Chief Norm Angelo, Fire Chief Mike Webby, Personnel Director Jed Aldridge, Assistant Fire Chief Bill Williamson, Assistant City Attorney Don Fronsdahl, Battalion Chief Candi Faupell, Commission Secretary Tom Shepard, Fire Union Kathy Holt, Police Union Steve DiJulio, Attorney 3-5 Kent Firefighters The meeting was called to order at 8:01 a.m. by Chairman Jarvis. REPORTS City Attorney, Sandra Driscoll - no report Fire Chief, Norm Angelo - commented on the recent Lieutenant testing as to its success and appreciation for the time and work done by the various individuals. Police Chief, Rod Frederiksen - absent at the time reports were given. _1 Personnel Director, Mike Webby - no report OLD BUSINESS Chairman Jarvis entertained a motion to approve the Minutes of the June 15, 1989 meeting. Motion Was made by Mr. - Dreblow, seconded by Chairman Jarvis. Motion carried. Chairman Jarvis entertained a motion to approve the Minutes of the special meeting on June 28, 1089. After noting a correction to be made in "Others present", that being to add Cptn. Byerly, motion was made by Mr. Dreblow, seconded by Chairman Jarvis. Motion with correction carried. Page 2 Minutes (continued) July 20, 1989 Revision of Civil Service Rules and Regulations. Steve DiJulio reviewed the background and intent ,of the proposed order. He presented a final draft that deleted the emergency provision, changed the its that refers to "classification specifications maintained by the Personnel Department" to read "classification specifications maintained by the Civil -Service Commission. " The amendment allows the Commission to adopt the current job classifications and Descriptions maintained by the Personnel Department, until further review and change. Mr. DiJulio stated that on the previous day he had spoke with the Personnel Department and Chuck Miller representing the Corrections Officers and Police Specialists, and that the Union had reviewed the proposed form and does not have any objections. Kathy Holt of the Police Department questioned the elimination of the Records Specialist Supervisor from the list of supervisor personnel under 3.1 Rule I of the amendment. Mr. DiJulio explained that in order to prevent continual amendments to the Ruless and Regulations, the Commission could design4te at any time what the supervisory positions were. As, a side note, Mr. DiJulio mentioned that the unions have agreed with implementation of current procedure as part of the bargaining agreement. Mr. DiJulio noted that the Personnel Director had commented on line 5, item 2, page 1. As per, the intent Z of the City Council and other personnel in the Police ' Department had been affected other than Corrections Officers and Police Specialists. He therefore recommended that the item be changed to , read " (corrections officers, police specialist;s and other non-uniformed) ". Chairman Jarvis questioned as to the rwwor; why in "Section 4. Qualifications for Police ({0ierk) ) : Personnel", other law enforcement officers And correction officers were exempted froallthe amendment. Mr. DiJulio stated that the qualificati for law enforcement officer were covered in another part of the Rules and correction officer qualifications, were set forth in Section 5. Page 3 Minutes (continued) July 20, 1989 Sandra Driscoll, City Attorney advised the Commission that once the rules had been adopted, the Commission could designate at any time supervisory positions. "Current job classifications" that are maintained by the Personnel Department were clarifie4 as to being those job descriptions already in place and currently being used. Chairman Jarvis moved to adopt the €inacl draft of the order and amendments presented by Mr. Di4?ulio with the changes indicated in Section 2 be adopted. Mr. Dreblow seconded. Motion carried. Steve DiJulio commented that it would be appropriate at this time to designate the Records Shift Supervisor as a supervisor position under Section 3. ' Amendments "Supervisory Position" . Chairman Jarvis moved that the position of Records Shift Supervisor be designated as a supervisory position. Motion was seconded by Mr. Dreblow. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS The Eligibility List for the position of Fire Lieutenant was presented. Chief Angelo noted that there was a tie for two positions on the list which might cause a problem in apippintment should the Rule of 3 be used. He asked for clarification as to the procedure to be used in this instance. Chief Angelo requested that the list notbe, certified at this time in order to give the City 'l& ' rney time to review the procedure and how it will t, the scoring, and that the list be certifit !the next meeting. He also requested that even "gbh the list not be certified, due to the fact that * number of the Lieutenant candidates were in attendanpw,�th t an informal list be presented. The list was then read by the Secretary. Page 4 Minutes (continued) July 20, 1989 Chairman Jarvis moved that the Fire Lieutenant Eligibility List not be certified at thto time until such time as it was determined the propet way to handle the tie. Motion seconded by Mr. Dreblpxf And carried. Chairman Jarvis asked Police Chief Frederilwon, if he would like to make his report at this time, as he had not been present earlier when reports were made. Fire Chief Angelo excused himself at this time as he had a budget meeting to attend. Chief Frederiksen advised the Commission 'that the Police Department was in the process of establishing a Lateral Entry Eligibility List. The pasi.ti,on will be advertised starting July 24, with testiAq being in September. A report was furnished to the Commissioa ,regarding a change in the employment status of CorFmpti;on Officer Marilyn Stone. Correction Officer Stone',has requested her employment status be changed from permanent full- time to permanent part-time effective July 19, 1989 in order for her to pursue her education. This information was presented in light of ruXe changes without a clear policy and procedure as- to this situation. This is an informational its* only. Commissioner Robb Dreblow excused himself at• this time as he another meeting to attend. Chairman zfttioned to accept into record a z400, dated June 14, 1989 from Jed Aldridge, Assistant 'TLre Chief, stating that John Lytle has passed the ,Virot Class Exam and has been promoted effective 6/16/891. " Seconded by Mr. Thornton. Motion carried. ,r Chairman motioned to accept into record a sty 4ated June : 22, 1989 from Jed Aldridge, Assistant VirelChief, stating that Ron 3weigard has passed =170/09. �4Furst Class Exam and has been promoted effective Seconded by Mr. Thornton. Motion carried. i Page 5 Minutes (continued) July 20, 1989 There being no further business, the meeting wa#, a journed at 8:27. The next regular meeting is scheduled for August ,17, 1989 at 8:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers. Respectively Sa"*1,tted Candi L. Faupell Secretary and Olaf Examiner Approved: Robe J is Chairman