Minutes Civil Service 6 2 06
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Date: Friday, June 2,2006
Time: 11 :00 a.m.
Place of Meeting: City Hall - Conference Room A
Present: Chairperson Merle Duehr, Commissioner Kluesner; Commissioner Wertzberger
Also Pressnt: Personnel Manager Randy Peck, Police Chief Kim Wadding, Fire Chief Dan
Brown, City Engineer Gus Psihoyos
1. Approval of Minutes of May 9, 2006
Kluesner moved to approve the minutes of May 9,2006 as distributed. Seconded by
Duehr, passed unanimously.
2. Establish Passing Point for Positions of Police Captain and Police Corporal
Kluesner moved to receive and file the communication from Police Chief Wadding and
to establish the passing point for the position of Police Captain at 65 percent and Police
Corporal at 70 percent. Wertzberger moved to accept the list of twelve candidates as
read for Police Captain. Seconded by Kluesner, passed unanimously. Wertzberger
moved to accept the list of seventeen candidates for the position of Police Corporal as
read. Seconded by Kluesner, passed unanimously. The list for the two positions will be
certified upon completion of the oral interviews.
3. Establish Passing Point and Certify List for Position of Cashier
This item was withdrawn from the agenda.
4. Request to Schedule Entrance Examination for Position of Engineering
Technician
Wertzberger moved to receive and file the communications from Personnel Manager
Randy Peck and City Engineer Gus Psihoyos. Seconded by Kluesner, passed
unanimously. Peck explained that the current list was not two years old; however, all
the candidates on the list had been interviewed and the list was considered exhausted.
He requested that staff be authorized to determine what type of test would be given
and to set the necessary deadlines.
Wertzberger moved to approve an entrance examination for the position of Engineering
Technician, that the Commission be kept informed of the type of test to be given and
the deadlines established by staff and that a two-year Civil Engineering Technician
degree, or the equivalent, be a part of the requirements for the position. Seconded by
Kluesner, passed unanimously.
5. Request to Schedule Entrance Examination for Position of Firefighter
Fire Chief Dan Brown stated that the current list for Firefighter would expire on July 8,
2006. He stated there would be minimal changes from the last entrance examination.
Wertzberger moved to establish the application deadline for the position of FireflQhter
as 5:00 p.m., August 4, 2006, that the written test be administered on August 17, 2006
at the Five Flags Center Ballroom and that the testing instrument be from Vantage
McCann Associates. Seconded by Kluesner, passed unanimously. Personnel
Manager Randy Peck stated that he would come back to the Commission with the
specific rules for the examination at a later date.
6. Discussion of Concerns Regarding Civil Service examinations Raised by Luke
Duve
Chairperson Duehr stated he had been contacted by City employee Luke Duve
regarding Civil Service testing procedures and he had questioned why the employee
could not receive a copy of hislher exam. The Commission directed the City Clerk to
invite Mr. Duve to the next meeting to voice his concems.
There being no further business upon motion the meeting adjourned at 11 :45 a.m.
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