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WASHINGTON
Peter B. Lewis, Mayor
25 West Main Street * Aubum WA 98001-4998 * www.ci.aubum.wa.us * 253-931-3000
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING
Meeting Minutes of November 9, 2004
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Civil Service Commission was held November
9, 2004, in the Council Conference Room located on the first 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; Joe Beck,
Assistant City Attorney
GUESTS: none
ACTION:
Chairman Kammeyer called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
Approval of October 12, 2004 Civil Service meeting minutes.
Minutes were accepted as written.
COMMISSION
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Gail reported that the entry-level Police exam was held on Saturday, October 23rd. We
had 126 candidates take the test and the top 40 (plus ties) are being scheduled for oral
boards (for a total of 48 interviews). Oral boards are scheduled for November 30,
December 1, and December 2. Oral boards will include Commander Will Lathrop and
two additional Officers.
The Commander test scheduled for December 9th and 10th has been cancelled. If there
is a need for a Commander prior to an eligibility list being established, the provisional
rule in the Civil Service rules will be utilized. Chief Kelly recommended that for both the
Commander and Assistant Police Chief positions we do not establish a list until there is
an actual need for the position. Booth made a motion to cancel both the Commander
and Assistant Police Chief exams. Kammeyer seconded.
Chief Kelly stated we currently have three Commissioned Officer positions open. Kyle
Bear will take one position; he is being reassigned from the Court to a patrol position.
Police Specialist Jamie Heslin has accepted an entry-level position with a tentative
Police Academy date of January 12th, 2005. We are still testing for the third open
position with two laterals in the background stage. One lateral is from California and
one has been out of a Commissioned Officer position for over two years, therefore both
would need to attend the equivalency Academy (equivalency Academy is less than two
weeks).
AUBURN * MORE THAN YOU IMAGINED
Other reassignments include Officer McClane, King County/Family Housing Officer
(grant funded position) will be reassigned to Patrol; and the two downtown bike Officers
will be reassigned to Patrol.
Police and Court will be moving the weekend of the 10th to the new Justice Center.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief Vandver reported that Special Projects Officer Randy Sheldon resigned and has
taken a position with the Pierce County Fire Department. The Special Projects Officer
position will go back to a suppression position. Currently we have two openings for
Firefighter positions with offers extended to entry-level candidates. One candidate is
with the public education division of the Kent Fire Department and the other candidate
has no fire experience. We have two spots reserved in the January 5th Fire Academy.
The two recruits currentl~ in the Fire Academy, Reed Astley and Troy Kilcup, will be
graduating November 19t. Reed is #2 academically and Troy is #3 academically; Troy
has also been chosen as the class president. We expect both candidates to be fully
trained by April 2005.
APPEALS:
None
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
Interim 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
RudyPeden
mailto:firesta33@yahoo.com
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Dick Kammeyer, Chairman
Cyril Van Selus, Member
Charles A. Booth, Member
Gail Solberg, Secretary/Chief Examiner