Minutes Civil Service 12 13 07CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
MINUTES
Date: Thursday, December 13, 2007
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Place of Meeting: City Hall -Conference Room B
Present: Chairperson Merle Duehr, Commissioners Loras Kluesner and Paula
Gieseman
Also Present: Fire Chief Dan Brown, Police Chief Kim Wadding, Assistant Police
Chief Terry Tobin, Personnel Manager Randy Peck, Police Officer Nick Schlosser,
Kurt Rosenthal, John Rosenthal.
Approve Minutes of October 31, 2007
Motion by Gieseman to approve the minutes from October 31, 2007, as
submitted. Seconded by Kluesner. Motion carried 3-0.
2. Establish Passing Point and Certify List for Position of Firefighter
Motion by Duehr to establish a passing point on the November 17, 2002,
Firefighter examination at 70 and above correct answers. Seconded by Kluesner.
Motion carried 3-0. Motion by Kluenser to certify the list of candidates as read.
Seconded by Gieseman. Motion carried 3-0.
3. Communication from Kurt W. Rosenthal Appealing his Termination from
the City of Dubuque Police Department
Motion by Gieseman to set a hearing for Wednesday, December 19, at 9 a.m.
(location to be determined). Seconded by Kluesner. Motion carried 3-0.
4. Communication from Mark Murphy Regarding Firefighter Entrance
Examination
Motion by Gieseman that it is appropriate for Mark Murphy to retake the
Firefighter Examination as he was no longer in a Civil Service position at the time
the opening occurred. Seconded by Kluenser. Duehr referenced information
from past Commission minutes where the Commission had concurred in the
case of Terry Dolan that retesting was not necessary. Peck stated that in that
instance the employee was in a position which was covered by Civil Service at
the time the request to move was made. In this case, Mark Murphy's position is
exempt from Civil Service coverage and, therefore, he needed to retest.
Gieseman said that she recalled Police Officers having to retest for Civil Service
if they had taken non-Civil Service positions elsewhere, but asked if there was a
timeline provision for returning. Peck said that there is some ability for that within
the City's union contracts, but not in this case. Motion carried 3-0.
4. Request to Schedule Entrance Examination for the Position of Video
Producer
Motion by Gieseman for the City to administer atake-home test for the position
of Video Producer with dates for requesting and returning applications and
examinations to be determined. Seconded by Kluenser. Peck reiterated the
recommendation from his memo that atake-home test be allowed for this
position. The exam would be sent out with requests for applications. Both
request and return dates will require a postmark. Motion carried 3-0.
There being no further business, upon motion the meeting adjourned at 11:20 a.m.
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