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Home My WebLink About11-14-2006J. CITY OF * 'M1 k T TRT T~~! ~T Peter B. Lewis, Mayor WASHINGTON 25 West Main Street * Auburn WA 98001-4998 * www.auburnwa.gov * 253-931-3000 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING Meeting Minutes of November 14, 2006 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Civil Service Commission was held November 14, 2006, 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; Cyril Van Selus, Member; Chuck Booth, Member STAFF PRESENT: Deputy Police Chief Bob Lee; Deputy Fire Chief Stan Laatsch; and Gail Solberg, Civil Service Examiner ACTION: Chairman Kammeyer called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. Approval of October 10, 2006 Civil Service meeting minutes. Minutes were accepted as written. COMMISSION POLICE DEPARTMENT Gail Solberg reported that we initiated the new entry-level police recruiting process (which was approved through the Commission during the October meeting). Our first monthly test will take place November 15, 2006 and we will be testing on a monthly cycle from that point forward. In addition, we will also have monthly oral boards so our eligibility list will be updated each month. The Civil Service rules were also amended to permit entry-level police candidates to apply once every six months (this was also approved by the Commission in the October meeting). Currently we have 14 candidates taking the test on November 15tH Solberg also gave an update on lateral police recruitment. We currently have two candidates in the background stage and will be establishing a new lateral list based on interviews that were held on November 8, 2006. During the November 8, 2006 oral boards we had six candidates. Solberg reported that the Sergeants test was conducted on October 26, 2006. We had eight candidates participate in the process and seven candidates passed. Those seven candidates establish our new Sergeants eligibility list. AUBUIV V ~ MORE THAN YOU IMAGINED FIRE DEPARTMENT Solberg reported that the Assistant Fire Marshal test was finalized with three candidates passing the exam and establishing the new eligibility list. However, one candidate voluntarily withdrew from the list on October 25, 2006. 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 Chief of Public Safety Chief Jim Kelly Deputy Police Chief Bob Lee Deputy Fire Chief Mike Gerber Brenda Heineman, Director of Human Resources/Risk Mgmt Dan Heid, City Attorney Civil Service Commission Dick Kammeyer, Chairman Charles Booth, Member Cyril Van Selus, Member Dani Daskam, City Clerk Joe Beck, Assist. City Attorney Police Guild/Mark Callier FF Union Local #1352/Doug Darmody Kevin Olson, FD Training