HomeMy WebLinkAboutCivilService 2016-06-06 MinutesJune 6, 2016
gAllan Ekberg, Mayor
It of Tukwila Immoffamm
Mayor's Office - David Cline, City Administrator
The following commissioners attended the regularly scheduled meeting of the Tukwila Civil Service
Commission: Steve Wheeler and Bruce Paquette. Others in attendance were Acting Deputy Chief Rick
Mitchell, Interim Fire Chief Chris Flores, Captain Dawn Judkins JAFF Local #2088) and Kim Gilman,
Civil Service Examiner.
CALL TO ORDER
5:02 p.m. Chair Steve Wheeler called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Chair asked if there were any corrections needed for the May
2nd Commission Meeting minutes. No corrections were noted.
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
Staffing Update Acting Deputy Chief Rick Mitchell reported that the Department is
fully staffed except for 5 personnel out on light duty due to injury.
He noted that 1 entry -level officer will be headed to the Academy
July Is' and that there is 1 vacancy in the Police Records division.
Deputy Chief Mitchell then informed the Commission that the
Department is preparing for a Police Sergeant Promotional test to
be held. Commissioner Paquette thanked the Police Department
for offering the Citizen's Academy and he shared with those in
attendance his positive experience with the program.
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
Staffing Update Chief Flores reported that the Fire Department is fully staffed and
that they have 2 pipeline positions open. He reported that the
Department plans to conduct Chief's interviews to hire 3 entry -
level firefighter candidates soon so that they can start the Academy
in the fall. He explained to the Commission that he has been very
pleased with the caliber of instruction and results seen from recent
firefighters that were trained by the Academy run by the Training
Consortium. Chief Flores extended his thanks to the Civil Service
Examiner for her work on the multiple testing and recruitment
processes that the Fire Department had over the last few months.
Certification of Entry Firefighter The Civil Service Examiner presented a ranked list of 17 names for
the position of Entry -Level Firefighter. She explained the process
for sorting 15 months worth of written test scores from PST from
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highest to lowest, and then inviting the top scorers to apply. The
Examiner noted that a career in the fire service remains popular
and that 20 applications had been received within 24 hours of the
position being posted. Captain Judkins, President of IAFF Local
#2088, asked if future recruitments could allow more time to
apply. The Examiner replied that the City has utilized a "first
come, first served" process to schedule oral boards in the past, but
that if the Department was willing to extend the number of oral
board days more candidates could be seen.
MOVED BY PAQUETTE, SECONDED BY WHEELER
THAT THE ENTRY -LEVEL FIREFIGHTER ELIGIBILITY
LIST BE CERTIFIED. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
GENERAL BUSINESS
Rules Revisions The Civil Service Examiner presented two current Civil Service
Rules along with proposed revisions.
She explained that Rule VIII. Examinations, Section 3 Identify of
Examinees sought to conceal the identity of those taking
competitive written exams from their examiners but noted in
practice candidates offer provide their name to Assessors directly
in person and in writing despite the best efforts of the Examiner to
provide candidate numbers, cover name badges, or in other ways
try to conceal the identity of test - takers. Commissioners discussed
the need to conceal the identity of test takers in the spirit of Civil
Service and merit based hiring practices. They asked the Chief
Examiner to present samples of Rules from other jurisdictions on
this topic at the next meeting.
The Chief Examiner proposed adding the word "e- mail" to Rule
VIII. Examinations, Section 5 Notification of Results to recognize
the use of e-mail as a tool to distribute test scores and rankings.
MOVED BY PAQUETTE, SECONDED BY WHEELER
THAT RULE VIII. SECTION 5 INCLUDE THE WORD "E-
MAIL" TO RECOGNIZE THE USE OF E -MAIL TO SEND
SCORES AND RANKINGS TO CANDIDATES. MOTION
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
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ADJOURNMENT
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