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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-13-2005 * CITY OF '" '" AUBURN * . . .' WASHINGTON Peter B. Lewis, Mayor 25 West Main Street * Auburn WA 98001-4998 * www.auburnwa.gov * 253-931-3000 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING Meeting Minutes of September 13, 2005 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Civil Service Commission was held September 13, 2005, in Resource Room #2 located on the second floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn, WA. The following members were in attendance. MEMBERS PRESENT: Dick Kammeyer, Chairman; Charles Booth, Member; Cyril Van Selus, Member; Gail Solberg, Secretary/Chief Examiner STAFF PRESENT: Police Chief Jim Kelly; Fire Chief Russ Vandver; Assistant City Attorney Joe Beck GUESTS: none ACTION: Chairman Kammeyer called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. Approval of August 9, 2005 Civil Service meeting minutes. Minutes were accepted as written. COMMISSION POLICE DEPARTMENT Solberg stated that the Sergeants test is scheduled for October 25 and 26, 2005. We are in the initial stages of planning and will be posting the official announcement within the next few weeks. Letters have been sent to surrounding agencies requesting assessors. Chief Kelly stated that the test will be similar to past tests. FIRE DEPARTMENT Chairman Kammeyer presented a letter from HR Director Heineman recommending continuing with our current entry-level fire testing process while researching the Bates Fire Testing as an option in the future. Booth motioned to extend the current entry-level fire list until a new list is established; Van Selus seconded; motion was carried. The Civil Service Examiner will begin preparing testing for a new entry-level fire test immediately. There was discussion to limit the maximum number of applications to 150 (vs. the 500 distributed in previous years). Solberg stated that the school will hold up to 250 per testing session and for the last test we held 2 sessions between 8:00 and 12:00 with a total of 333 participants. The decision was to follow the same process as the last test and make 500 applications available to candidates. Solberg stated once we advertise for the test we will accept applications for two weeks. AUBURN * MORE THAN YOU IMAGINED . The A1C Fire list will expire October 8. Chief Vandver stated that other than entry level we typically extend the list for 2 years, as we have with Battalion Chief and Captain. Booth motioned to extend the current A1C Fire list for another year; Van Selus seconded; motion was carried. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m. cc: Commission Members Mayor Peter B. Lewis Police Chief Jim Kelly Asst Police Chief Bob Lee Fire Chief R Vandver Asst Fire Chief Gerber Brenda Heineman, Director of Human Resources/Risk Mgmt Dan Heid, City Attorney Dani Daskam, City Clerk Joe Beck, Assist. City Attorney Police Guild/Mark Callier FF Union Local #1352/Doug Darmody Rudy Peden, FD Training CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Dick Kammeyer, Chairman Cyril Van Selus, Member Charles A. Booth, Member Gail Solberg, Secretary/Chief Examiner