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Mason County Civil Service Commission
423 N. 5t" Street, Shelton, WA
Thursday, August 15, 2024
5:00 p.m.
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Call Meeting to Order: 5:00 PM
Roll Call: Susan Ickes, Mark Nault, and Mel Ferrier
Business:
1. Approval of Minutes: July 18, 2024, regular meeting minutes and August
2, 2024, special meeting minutes. Action
2. Open Forum for Citizen Input
3. HR Update - Recruitment - Mary Ransier, HR Director
4. Chief Examiner Update
4.1. Position Tracking - 13 vacant funded positions: Community Service
Officer-3, Corrections Deputy-5, Deputy Sheriff-3, and Support
Specialist-2
4.2. Approval to establish an unranked eligibility list for the Promotional
Corrections Corporal position. Action
5. Patrol Promotional Testing Process -
6. Sheriff's Office Update
6.1. Corrections
6.2. Patrol
6.3. Support Staff
7. Adjourn
Next regular meeting is Thursday, September 19, 2024
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meeting.
Mason County Civil Service Commission
Meeting Minutes
July 18, 2024
The regular meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Chairperson Sue Ickes.
Attendance: Sue Ickes, Chair; Mark Nault, Vice-Chair; and Mel Ferrier, Commissioner
Others: Mary Ransier, Trevor Clark, Danielle Drogmund, and Becky Rogers
Business:
1. Public Hearing - Consider revisions to Civil Service Rule 5.4A Recruitment and
Eligibility Qualifications relating to citizenship.
Chair Ickes opened the public hearing and called for public comments. No comments
were received.
Cmmrs. Nault/Ferrier moved and seconded to close the public hearing. Motion carried unanimously.
Cmmrs. Nault/Ferrier moved and seconded to approve the revisions to Civil Service Rule 5.4A
Recruitment and Eligibility Qualifications relating to citizenship. Motion carried unanimously.
2. Approval of Minutes: June 20,2024, regular meeting minutes.
Cmmrs. Nault/Ferrier moved and seconded to approve the June 20, 2024, regular meeting minutes as
submitted. Motion carried unanimously.
3. Open Forum for Citizen Input - No public comment.
4. Human Resources Recruitment Update - Mary Ransier, HR Director, touched on
recruitment events and application workshops attended the last month. HR is
starting a communications plan with a weekly rotation within the month. Law
enforcement and corrections are scheduled for week two. Announcements will be
pushed out on social medial during this time. The $10K hiring bonus for corrections
deputies is good until December 2024. HR is working to get into the transition
assistance program through the local Veterans Advisory Board. A recruiter is
working to secure an enhanced driver license to get access on Joint Base Lewis-
McChord (JBLM) and Bangor Base to attend recruitment events.
Cmmr. Nault asked if HR will attend the Chamber of Commerce event in Shelton on
July 19, 2024. Ms. Ransier stated that if HR is unable to attend, typically
recruitment materials and swag will be sent with another agency that is attending.
Cmmr. Ickes questioned what type of responses are received from recruitment
events. Ms. Ransier replied that they are getting positive responses. For law
enforcement and corrections, there is an opportunity to tap into veterans. HR is
working on developing partnerships to get invitations to attend recruitment events.
5. Chief Examiner Update
Mason County Civil Service Commission Meeting Minutes
July 18,2024
Page 2
5.1. Position Tracking - 14 vacant funded positions: Community Service Officer-3,
Corrections Deputy-5, Deputy Sheriff-3, Financial Assistant-1, and Support
Specialist-2
5.2. Corrections Corporal - Promotional Announcement - Informational
5.3. Approval of revised position descriptions: Animal Control Officer, Corrections
Corporal, Corrections Deputy, Corrections Sergeant, Evidence Technician,
Financial Assistant, Support Specialist I, Support Specialist II, and Support
Specialist III.
Mary Ransier explained that the nine revised position descriptions are related
to negotiations with the corrections group. As part of the standard
negotiations process, they update all the position descriptions as necessary
before they comp them in the market. Changes are mostly formatting as they
standardize the format to upload to the website easier. The command staff
and union have approved these and they are being presented to the Civil
Service for approval.
Cmmrs. Nault/Ferrier moved and seconded to approve the revised position descriptions for
Animal Control Officer, Corrections Corporal, Corrections Deputy, Corrections Sergeant,
Evidence Technician, Financial Assistant, Support Specialist I, Support Specialist II, and
Support Specialist III. Motion carried unanimously.
5.4. Patrol Promotional Testing Process - Detective Drogmund was in attendance
representing herself. She stated she sent an email to Civil Service just prior
to the meeting expressing concerns regarding the patrol promotional testing
process and suggestions for a better process.
Mary Ransier stated HR received a previous complaint which will be forwarded
to the Commission. They have attempted to talk with the command staff and
the complainant and have not settled on a date and time to discuss this.
There is a lot of misunderstanding about the how the testing process is
conducted. She felt there is a better way to doing testing and utilizing Public
Safety Testing. She expressed concerns about accusations of anything
improper that has gone on in HR or in the Civil Service process. She wanted
to note that this is not true. After talking with complainants, she would like to
come up with a process that is easier to understand on how the list works.
The Board stated they would like to know what the complaints are, if the
complaints have been reviewed, and what the actual issues are. If it is a
misunderstanding, how can that be cleared up. If it is confusion over the
process, what can be used to clarify.
Mason County Civil Service Commission Meeting Minutes
July 18,2024
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6. Sheriff's Office Update - Corporal Clark was in attendance. A report will be brought
forward at the next meeting regarding corrections, patrol, and support staff.
6.1. Corrections
6.2. Patrol
6.3. Support Staff
7. Adjourn
Susan Ickes Mark Nault Mel Ferrier
Chair Vice-Chair Commissioner
Becky Rogers
Secretary/Chief Examiner
Mason County Civil Service Commission
Meeting Minutes
August 2, 2024
The special meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Chairperson Sue Ickes.
Attendance: Sue Ickes, Chair; and Mel Ferrier, Commissioner
Others: Mary Ransier, Danielle Drogmund, and Becky Rogers.
Business:
1. Patrol Corporal and Patrol Sergeant Promotional testing complaints and clarifications
report from Human Resources and testing process discussion
Chair Ickes called for a five-minute recess to contact the third commissioner, so all
three commissioners are in attendance at the meeting.
The meeting resumed with two commissioners in attendance. Chair Ickes
recommended this item be rescheduled to a time when all interested, and all three
commissioners are available.
Mary Ransier, HR Director, stated that based on the interviews it would be valuable
if Michael Sergeant and Danielle Drogmund attend the Civil Service Commission
meeting when this agenda item is discussed, if they are available.
Cmmrs. Ferrier/Ickes moved and seconded to reschedule this agenda item to a further date when all
three commissioners are available. Motion carried unanimously. Agenda item rescheduled to August
15, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
2. Adjourn — The meeting adjourned at 5: 15 p.m.
Susan Ickes Mark Nault Mel Ferrier
Chair Vice-Chair Commissioner
Becky Rogers
Secretary/Chief Examiner
COU Mason County Support Services Department
411 North 5t'Street
Shelton, WA 98584
360.427.9670
MEMORANDUM
To: Civil Service Commission
From: Becky Rogers, Secretary/Chief Examiner
Date: 8/15/2024
Subject: Civil Service Position Tracking
Listed below are the 2024 Civil Service positions,which are funded and vacant*:
Vacant Positions
1 FTE—Deputy Sheriff(7/3/2024)
1 FTE—Corrections Deputy(Eff 5/30/2024)
1 FTE—Corrections Deputy(Eff 3/31/zoz4)
1 FTE—Community Service Officer(Eff 3/31/zoz4)
1 FTE—Deputy Sheriff(3/20/2024)
1 FTE—Deputy Sheriff(3/10/2024)
1 FTE—Support Specialist(Eff 2/28/2024)
1 FTE—Community Service Officer(Eff 11/15/zoz3)
1 FTE—Community Service Officer(Eff 9/18/zoz3)
1 FTE—Support Specialist(Eff 8/25/2023)
1 FTE—Corrections Deputy(Eff 1/1/2023)
1 FTE—Corrections Deputy(Eff 1/1/2023)
1 FTE—Corrections Deputy(Eff 1/1/2022)
13 FTE Vacant Funded Positions
*Per MUNIS 8/9/2024
Support Services
Budget Commissioner Emergency Human Information Labor Risk
Manager Administration Management Resources Services Relations Management