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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/24/2023 - Minutes * Requires Commission Action ** Informational Only CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION RENTON POLICE CIVIL SERVICE Meeting Minutes – January 24, 2023 A T T E N D A N C E COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Camila Lagow, Kathleen Booher, Louis Trujillo, Cynthia Yalcinkaya, Gary Googins COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None POLICE STAFF: Deputy Chief Jeff Hardin, Commander Ryan Rutledge HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF: Ellen Bradley-Mak, HRRM Administrator Kim Gilman, HR Manager Karen Ritter, Civil Service Examiner/Secretary GUESTS: Naomi Kauweloa 1. Call To Order: Kathleen Booher called the meeting to order at 4:20 p.m. During the roll call, new Commissioners Gary Googins and Cynthia Yalcinkaya introduced themselves. 2. Announcements: None. 3. Approval Of Minutes: Moved by Louis Trujillo and Seconded by Camila Lagow to approve the December 20, 2022, Regular meeting minutes. Motion Carried. 4. Public Comment: None 5. Unfinished Business: None 6. New Business: A. Request from candidate Naomi Kauweloa to be reinstated on the Police Services Specialist Eligibility List.* Civil Service Examiner/Secretary, Karen Ritter, introduced Naomi Kauweloa who was removed from the Police Services Specialist eligibility list by Chief Schuldt on December 30, 2022. The Civil Service Examiner/Secretary stated that Naomi would provide a statement as to why she should be reinstated on the eligibility list, then Deputy Chief Jeff Hardin would state why she was removed, then the Commissioners would do a roll-call vote to either uphold her removal from the eligibility list or reinstate her on the eligibility list. After the statements were provided by both the candidate and the Police Department, Commissioners asked clarifying questions. Each Commissioner voted to uphold Naomi Kauweloa’s removal from the Police Services Specialist eligibility list. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES B. Entry Police Officer Eligibility List* and Examination Report** Moved by Camila Lagow and seconded by Kathleen Booher to approve the Entry Police Officer Eligibility List. Motion Carried. C. Lateral Police Officer Eligibility List* and Examination Report** Moved by Camila Lagow and seconded by Kathleen Booher to approve the Lateral Police Officer Eligibility List. Motion Carried. D. Police Services Specialist Eligibility List* and Examination Report** Moved by Camila Lagow and seconded by Kathleen Booher to approve the Police Services Specialist Eligibility List. Motion Carried. E. Entry and Lateral Police Officer Job Bulletins* Moved by Camila Lagow, seconded by Kathleen Booher to approve the Entry Level and Lateral job bulletins Motion Carried. 7. Other Business/Comments A. Several Commissioners stated they would have liked more information regarding Naomi’s appeal. Kim Gilman, HR Manager, responded that Naomi chose the option of presenting in-person at the Civil Service Commission meeting. Candidates do have the choice of providing materials to be published on the Civil Service agenda, and this candidate declined this option. Agenda materials published as part of Civil Ser- vice agenda become part of the public record and are widely accessible. Commissioners discussed what privacy measures could be provided in the future for candidates that elect to appeal their removal from eligibility lists. B. Commissioners also expressed interest in knowing more about the Police Department’s disqualifiers during the backgrounding process. Deputy Chief Jeff Hardin said he will provide Civil Service Commis- sioners some training in the near future. C. Next Civil Service Commission Meeting will be February 28, 2023 at 4:15pm. 8. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 5:01 PM.