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Mason County Civil Service Commission
Meeting Minutes
December 17 , 2020
The regular meeting was called to order at 5 : 00 p . m . virtually via the Zoom platform
by Chairperson Ickes .
Attendance : Susan Ickes , Chair ; William Kendrick , Vice - Chair ; Mark Nault ,
Commissioner
Others : Tami Beyer, Sheryl Hilt , Shane Schoeneberg , and Becky Rogers .
Business :
1 . Approval of Minutes : November 19 , 2020 regular meeting minutes .
Cmmr. Kendrick/Nault moved and seconded to approve the regular meeting minutes dated November
19, 2020. Motion carried unanimously.
2 . Chief Examiner Update
2 . 1 . Position Tracking - 5 vacant funded and unfunded FTE positions . Funded - - 1
Financial Assistant , 1 Corrections Deputy ; and 1 Records Specialist . Unfunded -
- 2 Corrections Deputies .
2 . 2 . Approval of Establishment of Eligibility List for Financial Assistant to fill the
position recently vacated .
Cnimr. Nault/Kendrick moved and seconded to approve the establishment of an eligibility list for
the Financial position. Motion carried unanimously.
2 . 3 . Approval of Establishment of Eligibility List for Support Specialist II . This item
is being removed at this time .
3 . Sheriff's Office Update
3 . 1 . 2021 Adopted County Budget - Sheryl Hilt , Finance Manager, stated that one
of two additional Corrections Deputy positions was approved in the 2021
budget . The County Commissioners held off approval of the second
Corrections Deputy position until it is closer to the Building 10 remodel
opening date , now anticipated later in 2021 .
3 . 2 . Corrections Deputy Positions - Shane Schoeneberg , Jail Lt . , stated he spoke
with Chief Hanson and there is no issue at this time concerning the unfunded
Corrections Deputy positions as they were intended to be Transport Deputies
for Building 10 . They hope to have adequate notice to fill any additional
position ( s ) that are funded for the opening of Building 10 remodel .
3 . 3 . Deputy Sheriff Division - Chief Beyer reported the Patrol Division is fully
staffed with two recent new hires that were added - - one male and one
female . Both deputies will attend training at the Criminal Justice Training
Commission academy , when a position is open . A new K9 Officer position has
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been created and Deputy Charles Taylor will be the new K9 handier . The K9
handler and pup will start their 400 hours of training . In anticipation of the
retirement of an additional K9 dog there is another puppy in the wing .
3 . 4 . Public Safety Testing ( PST) Virtual Career Fair - Sgt Decker will be
participating in a virtual career fair conducted by PST on Friday , December 18 .
2020 . MCSO will be given ten minutes to discuss the agency and then answer
any questions the candidates may have concerning Mason County Corrections .
3 . 5 . Corrections Division - Lt . Schoeneberg stated one candidate in backgrounding
did not pass the requirements and the name will be removed from the
eligibility list . There is a possibility in 2021 of a Corrections Deputy retiring .
Changes have been made to the housing units in the jail to allow more cells
for isolation for when new inmates come in . The inmate count has been in the
low to mid 40 's .
3 . 6 . Cmmr . Nault mentioned the recent newspaper article about Corporal Ripp and
the staff in doing their job and the camaraderie . The commission expressed
gratification to Corporal Ripp and all the staff for the great job on the front
lines .
4 . Adjourn - The meeting adjourned at 5@23 p . m .
Approved / 121 ZU f
Susan Ickes William Kendrick Mark Nault
Chair Vice- Chair Commissioner
Becky Rofgers
Secretary/Chief Examiner
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