HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/18/2016 Mason County Civil Service Commission
Building 1 — Commission Chambers
411 N. 5tb Street , Shelton, WA 98584
February 18 , 2016
5 : 00 p . m .
Call Meeting to Order : 5 : 12 PM
Roll Call : Commissioners Dean Byrd, Chair, Brian Kelly, Vice- Chair, absent, Danielle
Skeeters -Lindsey, Chief Examiner Dawn Twiddy, Chief Jan Shepherd, Chief Theresia
Ehrich, Sgt . Dracobly, Lt . Kasten
Business :
A . Approval of Minutes : Commissioners Skeeters -LindseyByrd moved and
seconded approval of the January 21 , 2016 regular meeting minutes as
presented . Motion carried unanimously.
B . Chief Examiner Update —
a . There was a discussion about how to appoint a Chief Examiner .
b . A review of the current open positions as follows : 1 FTE — Financial
Assistant, 1 FTE — Records Specialist, 1 FTE— Clerk, . 5 FTE
Community Service Officer, 5 FTE Corrections Deputy (3 female/2
either) , 3 Deputies
c . Chief Examiner Twiddy asked if the Civil Service Commissioners
wish to use a Promotional Eligibility List for commissioned officer
positions .
There was a discussion about promotional lists .
Commissioners Skeeters-LindseyByrd moved and seconded to have the
Chief Examiner research options for the promotional lists . Motion
carried unanimously.
Chief Shepherd asked if the Chief Examiner could also get copies of other
County ' s Civil Service Policy ' s .
There was a discussion about the time required for civil service chief
examiner duties . The Commission and Sheriff' s office commended
Chief Examiner Twiddy and her staff for the outstanding services they
provide .
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The Commission and the Sheriff' s Office both would like to see what
our comparable counties have for a civil service budget and staffing.
They feel as though the requirements are only going to continue to
grow as the staff and issues continue to increase .
d. There was a discussion regarding the need to create Sergeant and
Corporal Eligibility Lists for both Deputies and Corrections and the
cost to use Public Safety Testing to assist with the promotional testing
elements of the test.
C . Sheriff' s Office Update
a. Sgt. Dracobly asked if we had to use Public Safety Testing exclusively
or could we use them in conjunction with doing our own testing. This
needs to be researched to see if there is anything in our contract. Lewis
County and Grays Harbor County both do their own testing and help
each other out. They both feel that out of the 45 candidates they test,
20-25 are good quality candidates, and most are local people from
their communities .
Cmmr. Byrd commented that if it was possible, to do our own local
testing in conjunction with Public Safety Testing, it would require
Human Resources to budget for a full time staff person in 2017 .
Meeting adjourned at 6 : 04 PM
Approved May19, 2016
can Byrd y Danielle keeters-Lindsey
Chair Commissioner Commissioner
Dawn Twiddy, Chief Examine
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