HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/15/2017 Mason County Civil Service Commission
Building 1— Commission Chambers
43.1 N. 5th Street, Shelton, WA 98584
June 15, 2017
5:00 p.m.
Call Meeting to Order 5:11 PM
Roll Call: Commissioners Brian Kelly, Chair,B. Dean Byrd, Vice Chair, Chief Examiner Meghan Andrews, Chief
Ryan Spurling Jack Miles, Steve VanDenover, Dawn Twiddy Absent: Danielle Skeeters-Lindsey
Business:
A. Dean Byrd moved to approve the meeting minutes from April 20, 2017 and Brian Kelly
seconded that motion.
B. Chief Examiner Update
a. Brief update of the nine vacant positions and clarification that the CSO was in fact
reclassed to Evidence Technician.
b. Chief Examiner went over the status of Evidence Technician position and the approximate
date of posting the position and that a typing test will be incorporated into the written.
c. Update on promotional Corporal position,that there are 6 applicants and the Examiner is
waiting to get the written test booklets in the mail.
C. Sheriff's Office Update
a. There were no updates for the Sheriff's Office at this time.
D. Concerned Citizen, Steve Van Denover from Grapeview attended the meeting to address his high
concern regarding the Sheriff's Office budget cuts. He talked about the incident on April 26, 2017
"active shooter" and that there is an emergency support function 13 that has funding available to
help cover costs in those situations. This discussion finished with the main concern being the
safety of the community and that patrol Deputies should not be taken from the roads and that the
nine (9)vacant positions that were budgeted and funded for 2017 should be filled and should not
still be vacant after 61/2 months. It was suggested to Van Denover to talk with Sheriff about his
budget and position concerns.There was some discussion about the backgrounding process
regarding it can take some time to complete those steps, as well as the number of applicants we
have on the eligibility lists.
E. Adjourned:
Meeting adjourned at 5:36 PM
Approved August 17, 2017
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