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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/05/2020 MASON COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Notice of Hearing NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mason County Civil Service Commission will hold a virtual public hearing on Thursday,November 5, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. SAID HEARING will be to consider the following revisions to the Civil Service Rules (CSR)— See attached: Revise CSR Section 6.1 - Examinations New CSR 6.14 - Clerical Promotions New CSR 7.4 I—Removals of Names by Chief Examiner If questions prior to the hearing, please contact the Chief Examiner at (360) 427- 9670, ext. 268. All interested citizens are invited to attend to speak for or against the proposal. DATED this 15th day of October 2020. MASON COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Becky Rogers, Chief Examiner c: Mason County Sheriff Post: Building 9 (Human Resources) Bulletin Board Mason County Civil Service Website If special accommodations are needed,please contact the Human Resources office,427-9670, Ext. 268. New Language 6.1 Examinations: All examinations shall be impartial and shall relate to those matters that will fairly test the capacity and fitness of candidates to efficiently perform the duties of the position to be filled. Examinations may include written, oral, physical fitness, and performance tests, or any combination of these. Tests may take into consideration such factors as education, experience, aptitude, knowledge, physical fitness, or any other qualifications or attributes that, in the judgment of the commission or chief examiner, enter into the determination of the relative fitness of applicants. The results of personality tests, if given, may be considered as part of the scoring of any oral examination. Support Specialist Examination Process. Written application and examination by Civil Service in the presence of the chief examiner. Any of the examination modes outlined in Civil Service Rules 6.14 may be altered for good cause in the discretion of the Civil Service Commission 6.10 Promotional Examinations: Vacancies may be filled through promotional examination. When the commission determines that there will be a promotional examination, the commission shall: A. Establish, in addition to other eligibility requirements, the required minimum period of service in the lower classification or classifications, which shall not be less than one year; B. Approve the examination plan for each promotional examination process, which shall include the date of a single examination, or each date of a multiphase examination process; C. Set the minimum score required to advance in each phase of a multi- phased examination process if a minimum score will be required; D. Set the maximum number of applicants that may advance at the completion of each phase of a multiphase examination process. 1. When two or more applicants achieve the same minimum score and occupy the lowest rank of applicants approved to advance from the preliminary ranking examination, then all applicants with that minimum score advance to the next phase of the examination process even if the resulting number of applicants to advance will exceed the maximum set in accordance with Section 6.10. 2. A preliminary ranking examination may be waived by the chief examiner when the number of applications received at the deadline for filing applications is equal to or less than the number approved to advance from a preliminary ranking examination. E. Veteran's Scoring Criteria: Veteran's as defined by RCW 41.04.005 who were called to active military service from employment with Mason County shall be awarded 5 (five) percent added to promotional examinations until the first promotion only (RCW 41.04.10(3)). 6.14 Clerical Promotions: When vacancies occur in any grade they shall, whenever practicable, be filled by promotion from the next lower grade. Such promotions shall be upon merit and examination open to members from the next lower grade or grades of the division in which the vacancies exist, as may be determined by the Commission. Promotion shall be made upon positive merit of the person promoted as shown by previous service, as well as upon merit shown by the examination. 1. Examinations for promotions shall be practical in character and shall test the general intelligence, accuracy, and qualifications of the applicants for the position involved. 2. No person who fails to attain a 70/100 score or 70% average overall complete proficiency shall be deemed eligible for promotion. 3. Qualifications for admission for promotional examinations are as set forth in CSR Section 6.10 7.4 Removals of Names by Chief Examiner: The chief examiner may at any time remove the name of an eligible person from an eligibility list for any one or more of the following causes: A. A request from the eligible person that his or her name be temporarily or permanently removed. B. Failure to respond to an inquiry by the commission or sheriff's office regarding the eligible person's availability. C. Failure to respond to any documented request for any form of contact within the established and published period of time, or failure to provide requested information in connection with any one of the following: medical examination, background investigation, employment interview, polygraph examination, or psychological examination. D. Declining an offer of regular employment. E. For attempted deception, fraud, or other impropriety in connection with any application or test or the securing of an appointment; failure to pass a required test; or if evidence disclosed in the pre-hire interview, polygraph test, psychological examination, and/or background investigation establishes that the person is unfit for service. F. In any case where the chief examiner finds that an eligible person is or has in any manner become disqualified for the position for which they are listed in accordance with Rule 8.5. G. Failure to notify the chief examiner of changes in address. H. In the case of promotional lists only, upon separation, other than layoff, from the classified service. I. Failure to attain a score of 70% on the employment interview.