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CITY OF CHULA VISTA
MINUTES
August 13, 1998 Mayor's Conference Room
Thursday, 5:15 p.m. City Hall Building
1. MEETING CALL TO ORDER 5:15 p.m.
2. MEMBERS PRESENT Commissioners Turner _P_, David _P_, Monaghan _P_ Noble_P_
Chidester P
MSC (DAVID/MONAGHAN) 5-0 to approve roll call.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Hearing no objections, the Minutes of July 8, 1998 were approved.
MSC (DAVID/NOBLE) 5-0 to approve the Minutes of July 8, 1998.
4. APPROVAL OF EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
10198
Open
Administrative Office Assistant 1
10298
Open
Police Data Entry Specialist
10798
Open
Curator of Aquaria: "Aquarist"
11198
Open
Assistant Planner
11298
Open
Kennel Attendant
11398
11498
Open
Open
Micro -Computer Specialist
Secretary
12298
Open
Literacy Coordinator
12998
Open
Sports Coordinator
13198
Prom
Police Agent
13798
Open
Benefits Technician
14098
Prom
Fire Captain
14298
Open
Administrative Office Assistant III
MSC (DAVID/NOBLE) 5-0 To approve the Examination Announcements.
5. APPROVAL OF ELIGIBLE LIST
1685 Building Services Superintendent
4398 Evidence Technician
7798 Recreation Supervisor II
MSC (CHIDESTER/DAVID) 5-0 To approve the Eligible List.
6. NEW BUSINESS -
A. Request to Waive Maximum Vacation Accrual from Michael Hartman, Fire Captain.
MSC (DAVID/MONAGHAN) 5-0 To approve the request to waive the maximum vacation accrual from
Michael Hartman, Fire Captain.
B. Request from Robert Powell, Finance Director for an Exceptional Merit Increase for Maria
Kachadoorian, Principal Revenue Analyst from Step "B" to Step "C" effective July 31,
1998.
MSC (DAVID/NOBLE) 5-0 To approve the request from Robert Powell, Finance Director for an
Exceptional Merit Increase for Maria Kachadoorian from Step "B" to Step "C" effective 7/31/98.
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C. Appeal of Termination. (CSC.018) - Open
The Commissioners and staff coordinated calendars to hear the appeal. Vicki Ledford, representative
for the appellant was present to concur with the selected dates. The appeal hearing is scheduled for
September 10, September 23, and September 24, 1998.
7. OTHER BUSINESS -
A. Authorization to Act Prior to Commission Approval.
This document authorizes the Human Resources department to add or delete names from the City's
physicians list prior to approval from the Commission.
B. Appeal of Examination Process of Senior Gardener
Melody Kessler reported that an investigation was conducted into the process of Senior Gardener
exam. Ms. Kessler stated that the Commission has two options: 1). make a ruling to promulgate the
Eligibility List or 2). to remand the examination process back to the Human Resources. After reviewing
the document, the Commissioners directed questions to SEIU Representative, Vicki Ledford and to
employees that participated in the examination process.
Ms. Ledford stated that one concern of the employees was that the questions for the interviews were
not relevant to the job. The interview process contained policy questions and several employees did
not feel they were adequately prepared.
Chair Turner opened the discussion to allow employees to voice their concerns.
City employees presented their concerns regarding the process to the Commission. A second concern
was brought forward that some employees did not attend necessary training that would allow them
to be familiar with the questions on the exam. Other employees felt that the process was handled
appropriately.
It was requested by an employee that the report be kept confidential due to the sensitive nature of
some of the discussions brought forth during the investigation. The Commissioners agreed that the
report will be kept confidential and all copies collected.
Commissioners agreed that miscommunication and other issues warrant a retest.
Monaghan motioned to reopen the examination process for the position of Senior Gardener.
MSC (MONAGHAN/CHIDESTER) 5-0 to reopen the examination process for the position of Senior
Gardener.
This meeting was recorded.
C. Request to postpone Appeal (CSC.017) (*Taken out of sequence.) This item was addressed
under Item 6.c and request to postpone was approved.
8. COMMUNICATIONS
A.
Chair's Comments
B.
Commissioners' Comments
C.
Staff Comments
D.
Public Comments
,. 9. ADJOURNMENT -To the next regular meeting of the Commission scheduled for September 10,
1998. This meeting will be held in the Mayor's Conference Room, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista.
ANNA KEMERY, SECRETARY
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