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Peter B. Lewis, Mayor
25 West Main Street * Auburn WA 98001-4998 * www.ci.auburn.wa.us * 253-931-3000
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING
Meeting Minutes of July 13, 2004
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Civil Service Commission was held July 13,
2004, in the Resource 2 conference room 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; Chuck Booth , Member; Gail
Solberg, Secretary/Chief Examiner
STAFF PRESENT: Police Chief Jim Kelly; Fire Chief Russ Vandver; Associate City
Attorney, Joe Beck
GUESTS: none
Chairman Kammeyer called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
ACTION:
Approval of June 8, 2004 Civil Service meeting minutes.
Minutes were accepted as written.
COMMISSION
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Five lateral Police candidates are in the testing process; 2 are in the final testing
process, 3 are in the background investigation process. Three entry-level Police
candidates are also in the background investigation process.
The eligibility list for Sergeant, Commander, and Assistant Chief all expire in August.
The Commission has already extended the lists for an additional year.
We have started the initial planning process for the Sergeants test; each 3 testing
elements are currently in the development stage. We're targeting September 16th and
1 ih for conducting the exam.
The Commander exam will be held some time the month following the Sergeant exam.
The Sergeants test will expire August 1 S\ Commander will expire August 15th; Assistant
Chief will expire August 23fd. Chairman Kammeyer motioned to extend the lists until
the exams are complete. There were no objections; Chuck Booth seconded the
motion. Motion was approved.
AUBURN * MORE THAN YOU IMAGINED
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Congratulations Russ Vandver on his promotion to Fire Chief.
An updated Fire Fighter / EMT job description was presented to the Commission. Chief
Vandver stated that the job description has been sent to the Executive Board for review.
No objections to the new job description. Position description accepted as outlined.
Chief Vandver, Interim Assistant Chief Gerber, a union representative, and a safety
training representative interviewed the top 5 candidates on the entry-level Firefighter
list. All 5 candidates were very impressive. They are currently being scheduled for the
background testing process.
Chief Vandver stated that Captain Kevin O'Brian is in the final testing process for the
Orcas Island Fire Chief position.
We are currently looking at coordinating an Assistant Fire Chiefs test in September.
We are looking at the job description and will be working on updates for the August Civil
Service Commission meeting.
APPEALS:
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting
adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
cc: Commission Members
Mayor Peter B. Lewis
Police Chief Jim Kelly
Asst Police Chief Bob Lee
Fire Chief R Vandver
Interim Asst Fire Chief Gerber
Brenda Heineman, Director of Human
Resources/Risk Mgmt
Dan Heid, City Attorney
Dani Daskam, City Clerk
Police Guild/Mark Callier
FF Union Local #1352/Doug
Darmody
RudyPeden
mailto:firesta33@vahoo.com
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Dick Kammeyer, Chairman
Cyril Van Selus, Member
Charles A. Booth, Member
Gail Solberg, Secretary/Chief Examiner