HomeMy WebLinkAboutCivilService 2017-03-06 MinutesCit of Tukwila
Mayor's Office - David Cline, City Administrator
March 6th , 2017
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Allan Ekberg, Mayor
The following commissioners attended the regularly scheduled meeting of the Tukwila Civil Service
Commission: Steve Wheeler, Ron Johnston and Bruce Paquette. Others in attendance were acting
Deputy Police Chief Rick Mitchell, Fire Chief Jay Wittwer, and Sara Valdez, HR Analyst/Civil Service
Examiner.
CALL TO ORDER
5:00 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
GENERAL BUSINESS
2017 Meetings Location Change
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
Staffing Update
Effective Life of
Promotional Eligibility Lists
Chair Bruce Paquette called the meeting to order.
The Chair asked if there were any corrections needed for the
January 9th , 2017 Commission Meeting minutes. No corrections
were noted. There was no meeting held in February due to weather
and City Hall Closure.
Sara Valdez, Civil Service Examiner, advised the Commission that
the monthly Civil Service meetings location has changed to the HR
Conference Room due to the creation of a new Public Safety
Committee meeting that will be meeting in the Hazelnut
Conference Room(CR#3) the same day each month. There were no
concerns/issues with the new location.
Chief Wittwer shared the current Fire Department staffing updates,
Tukwila Fire department is currently full staffed. Two (2) in the
Academy expected to graduate in April. There are five (5) pipeline
positions they may need to utilize in the future with 23 eligible to
retire at any time.
Chief Wittwer requested the Commission re-visit the Civil Service
rules to change the effective life of promotional eligibility lists
from 1 year to 2 years. Chief shared that historically, the Fire
promotional lists have been extended to 2 years and would save
testing funds as well as improve the process. The Commission
clarified some questions and asked the Civil Service Examiner to
research verbiage from other City Civil Service Rules and
procedures as well as consult with MRSC or City Attorney
regarding any labor issues and the Commission will revisit next
meeting. In the discussion of extensions of promotional lists Chief
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Whittwer requested to extend the current Fire Captain list one year
until May 1S`, 2018.
MOVED BY WHEELER, SECONDED BY JOHNSTON
THAT THE REQUEST TO EXTEND THE FIRE CAPTAIN
ELIGIBILITY LIST BE APPROVED. THE EXTENSION
WILL LAST FOR 1 YEAR (UNTIL MAY 1St, 2018) OR
UNTIL DEPLETED. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
Staffing Update
Certification of Entry Level
Police Officer Eligibility List
Request to extend Provisional
Commander Assignment
Acting Deputy Police Chief Rick Mitchell was present in place of
Chief Villa due to the Public Safety Committee taking place at the
same time. Deputy Chief Mitchell reported that PD currently has a
total of 4 vacancies, with one upcoming retirement in May and one
entry level still in backgrounds, in addition to 4 pipeline positions.
Entry level oral boards took place the last two weeks and the Chief
anticipates making several job offers. There is also one Lateral
candidate scheduled to test end of March.
The Commission certified a list of 21 candidates on the eligibility
list. There was a total of 54 candidates that applied, and after 11
withdrew, 43 candidates were interviewed.
MOVED BY PAQUETTE, SECONDED BY JOHNSTON
THAT THE ELIGIBILITY LIST FOR ENTRY -LEVEL
POLICE OFFICER BE CERTIFIED AND VALID FOR ONE
YEAR UNTIL MARCH 6th, 2018 OR DEPLETED.
Sergeant Todd Rossi was appointed on March 16, 2016 as a
Provisional Commander of the Professional Standards Division.
His initial six -month appointment expired on September 15, 2016.
He was granted a 6 -month extension with a provisional
appointment through March 15, 2017. He's still currently
overseeing the Professional Standards Division.
The appointment is necessary for operational purposes due to one
of our commanders, Rick Mitchell, being selected as an acting
Deputy Chief. Acting Deputy Chief Mitchell has been managing
the police department operations, community outreach, PIO
functions, professional standards and other managerial
responsibilities.
Deputy Chief Mitchell requested the Commission extend Sergeant
Todd Rossi's provisional appointment for 6- months effective
March 16 through September 17, 2017, unless terminated earlier
based on department needs. Currently, there's no Commander's
list and testing is anticipated to take place in Spring.
Request to extend Temporary
Sergeant Assignment
NEW BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
5:40PM
MOVED BY PAQUETTE, SECONDED BY JOHNSTON
THAT THE REQUEST TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONAL
APPOINTMENT OF SGT. ROSSI TO COMMANDER BE
APPROVED. THE EXTENSION WILL LAST FOR 6
MONTHS (UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17th, 2017) OR UNTIL
TERMINATED EARLIER BASED ON DEPARTMENT
NEEDS. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MPO Phil Glover was initially assigned a temporary Sergeant
assignment effective 9/16/2016 not to exceed three months. His
assignment was adjusted to be effective through 3/15/2017 due to
temporary Commander assignments as stated above. Acting
Deputy Chief Mitchell requested the Commission to extend MPO
Glover's temporary assignment 6 months through September 16th,
2017 meanwhile, promotional testing and a current Commander
list will be established.
MOVED BY JOHNSTON, SECONDED BY WHEELER
THAT THE REQUEST TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY
APPOINTMENT OF MPO GLOVER TO SERGEANT BE
APPROVED. THE EXTENSION WILL LAST FOR 6
MONTHS (UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16th, 2017) OR UNTIL
TERMINATED EARLIER BASED ON DEPARTMENT
NEEDS. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVED BY WHEELER, SECONDED BY JOHNSTON
THAT THE REGULAR MEETING BE ADJOURNED.
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
Chairperson Bruce Pa uette
Commissioner Steve Wheeler
Vice - Chairperson Ron Johnston
Phone: 206 - 433 -1800 • Email: Mayor @TukwilaWA.gov * Website: TukwilaWA.gov