HomeMy WebLinkAboutCivilService 2013-01-07 MinutesCity of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Boulevard • Tukwila, Washington 98188 Jim Haggerton, Mayor
January 7, 2013
The following commissioners attended the regularly scheduled meeting of the Tukwila Civil
Service Commission: Dennis Sivak and Carol Zuvela. Others in attendance were Police Chief
Mike Villa and Kim Gilman, Civil Service Examiner.
CALL TO ORDER
5:07 p.m. Chair Sivak called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
GENERAL BUSINESS
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
MOVED BY SIVAK, SECONDED BY ZUVELA
THAT THE MINUTES OF THE TUKWILA CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON
DECEMBER 3, 2012, BE APPROVED. MOTION
CARRIED.
The Civil Service Examiner distributed the schedule for
Commission meetings in 2013. Unless otherwise noted,
meetings will be held on the first Monday of the month at
5:OOpm in Conference Room #3, Tukwila City Hall. Due
to the Labor Day Holiday the September meeting will need
to be rescheduled. Commissioners discussed postponing
the February meeting by one week, due to scheduling
conflicts.
MOVED BY SIVAK, SECONDED BY ZUVELA
THAT THE FEBRUARY COMMISSION MEETING
BE POSTPONED TO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11T1
.
MOTION CARRIED.
Per civil service rules, Ron Johnston will serve as
Chairperson during 2013 and Carol Zuvela will fill the
position of Vice Chair.
Staffing Update There were no representatives from the Fire Department to
provide an update.
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City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Boulevard • Tukwila, Washington 98188 Jim Haggerton, Mayor
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
Staffing Update
70% Passing Threshold for
Promotional Tests Discussion
Chief Villa reported that with the start of the 2013 -2014
biennial budget, authorized staffing increased to 74
commissioned officers and 2 non - commissioned positions
were added to the Department. Staff is currently in the
process of conducting a background investigation on a
lateral -entry police candidate. There are 6 entry -level
officers currently enrolled in the Police Academy, with
another scheduled to join the February Academy. There is
currently 1 lateral officer in Field Training. Chief Villa
announced that in June the City will assign a Sergeant to
the regional Auto Theft Task Force as a result of grant
funding received. He noted that the Task Force has made a
substantial impact on reducing auto theft incidents.
Chief Villa requested feedback from the Commissioners in
attendance regarding the current passing threshold. The
passing threshold of 70% is not currently stated in the Civil
Service Rules for promotional tests, but has been the
practice of the City. He provided an overview of the
promotional testing process and explained that outside
assessors that served in the Police Sergeant promotional
exam in 2012 utilized a 5 point scale for their ratings. Any
candidate that rated below a 3.5 (70 %) on any dimension
was deemed to be not ready for promotion. 2 candidates
had overall scores lower than 70 %, and therefore were not
added to the eligibility list for promotion. Chief Villa
noted that he did not call into question the content or
methods of testing for that test, but was interested in being
able to consider candidates that received scores higher than
60 %. He is considering whether to eliminate the 70%
passing threshold altogether, reducing the passing threshold
to 60 %, or adding a pass /fail scored oral board component
to the promotional testing process. Commissioners
discussed the options and asked clarifying questions. At
the end of the discussion, the Chief thanked the
Commissioners for their feedback and stated that he will
bring a proposal forward regarding this issue at the
February meeting.
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City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Boulevard • Tukwila, Washington 98188 Jim Haggerton, Mayor
ADJOURNMENT
5:43pm
MOVED BY SIVAK, SECONDED BY ZUVELA
THAT THE REGULAR MEETING BE ADJOURNED.
MOTION CARRIED.
Chairperson Ron Johnston
Commissioner Dennis Sivak
Vice - Chairperso ",s of Zuvela