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6200 Southcenter Boulevard • Tukwila, Washington 98188 ,Jim Haggerton, Mayor
March 4, 2013
The following commissioners attended the regularly scheduled meeting of the Tukwila Civil
Service Commission: Ron Johnston and Carol Zuvela. Others in attendance were Police Chief
Mike Villa, Acting Fire Chief Chris Flores, Dawn Judkins, President IAFF Local #2088 and Kim
Gilman, Civil Service Examiner.
CALL TO ORDER
5:02 p.m. Chair Johnston called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
GENERAL BUSINESS
April Meeting
Change to Rule V, Section 1
MOVED BY ZUVELA, SECONDED BY JOHNSTON
THAT THE MINUTES OF THE TUKWILA CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON
FEBRUARY 11, 2013, BE APPROVED. MOTION
CARRIED.
Commissioners discussed postponing the April meeting due
to lack of quorum in early April. It is anticipated that at
least 2 commissioners will be able to attend an April 22nd
Civil Service meeting. The next meeting therefore was
tentatively rescheduled to occur on April 22nd, at 5:OOpm
in the PD Administration's Conference Room. The Civil
Service Examiner will post notice of the date and location
change.
MOVED BY ZUVELA, SECONDED BY JOHNSTON
THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES BE REVISED
TO DELETE THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF
RULE 5, SECTION 1 WHICH READ "JOB
DESCRIPTIONS FOR POSITIONS WITHIN THE
CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE MUST BE FILED
WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SIX (6)
MONTHS PRIOR TO TESTING FOR PROMOTION
OR ENTRY LEVEL APPLICANTS. MOTION
CARRIED.
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6200 Southcenter Boulevard • Tukwila, Washington 98188
Change to Rule IX, Section 1
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
Staffing Update
Jirn Haggerton, Mayor
MOVED BY ZUVELA, SECONDED BY JOHNSTON
THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE RULE IX, SECTION 1
BE REVISED TO DELETE THE FOLLOWING
LANGUAGE "WHENEVER TWO OR MORE
PERSONS HAVE EQUAL CLAIM TO A POSITION
ON A LIST, THEIR NAMES SHALL BE ARRANGED
ACCORDING TO THE DATE OF APPLICATION
AND, IF THE SAME, ALPHABETICALLY ".
REPLACE THIS LANGUAGE WITH "THE
PREFERENCE IN RANK OF ELIGIBLES HAVING
EQUAL FINAL GENERAL FINAL AVERAGES
SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS, IN THE
ORDER STATED: WHEN THE EXAMINATION IS
COMPOSED OF TWO OR MORE PARTS WITH
SEPARATE GRADES, THE ONE WHO HAS THE
HIGHEST GRADE ON THE MOST HEAVILY
WEIGHTED PART OF THE EXAMINATION SHALL
MAINTAIN THE HIGHER POSITION ON THE
LIST; IF A TIE STILL EXISTS, THEN THE
HIGHEST GRADE ON THE NEXT MOST HEAVILY
WEIGHTED PART SHALL BE UTILIZED FOR
DETERMINING THIS RANKING, AND SO FOR AS
MANY PARTS AS THE EXAMINATION
CONTAINS." MOTION CARRIED.
Acting Chief Flores reported that there are 2 members out
on extended sick leave. He noted that the provisional and
temporary assignments mentioned at the February meeting
were still in effect. There are 2 entry -level firefighters
currently enrolled in the Academy. It is anticipated that
these 2 will be available for service at the end of April.
Acting Chief Flores reported that there are 2 retirements
scheduled for the end of March. Both are from long -term
employees, having served 38 and 39 years respectively.
There are plans to hire 2 entry -level candidates and enroll
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them in the upcoming April Academy in order to fill these
vacancies.
Acting Chief Flores announced that the Department plans
to participate in the Battalion Chief Tactical Testing
performed by the South King County Training Consortium.
Six valley cities currently participate in this Consortium.
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The Tactical is scheduled to occur on May 8 and 9. The
Department will also utilize Public Safety Testing to
perform an Assessment Center for Battalion Chief
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candidates on June 4. The Tactical and the Assessment
Center together will comprise the Battalion Chief
promotional testing process.
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
Staffing Update
Chief Villa reported that there are 2 members out on work-
related injuries. There are 4 candidates currently in the
backgrounding process. Chief’s interviews for entry-level
officers will be conducted this week to fill existing pipeline
vacancies. Chief Villa reported that 8 candidates have
applied for the Police Sergeant promotional test scheduled
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for March 12. The recent recruitment for the new
Professional Standards Administrative Specialist position
yielded 18 applications.
NEW BUSINESS
Chair Johnston reported that a letter was addressed to all 3
Commissioners from an entry-level firefighter named Joey
White. Mr. White’s name had expired from the current
Entry-level firefighter list due to the expiration of his test
score on September 30, 2012 and his letter expressed his
concern that this was an unfair practice. Chair Johnston
noted that the practice of expiring candidates from the list
either by expiration of test date, or from a one-year period
from the certification of the list (whichever date was
sooner) was consistently applied to entry-level candidates
over the past 10 years. On behalf of the Commission, he
will respond to Mr. White’s letter informing him of this
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ADJOURNMENT
5:45pm
practice and encouraging him to retest and have his scores
sent to Tukwila for future consideration. The letter will be
sent via registered mail.
In light of the recent rule revisions at the top of the
meeting, Commissioners discussed the need to have a
comprehensive review of the Civil Service Rules later this
year. Chair Johnston noted that he has been reviewing the
City of Renton's Rules for comparison purposes.
MOVED BY ZUVELA, SECONDED BY JOHNSTON
THAT THE REGULAR MEETING BE ADJOURNED.
MOTION CARRIED.
Chairpers Ron Johnston
Commissioner Dennis Sivak
Vice - Chairperson 1 Zuvela
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