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MEETING MINUTES
October 6, 2014
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Andee Jorgensen, Bill Larson,Jim Matthew, and Jim Phelan
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Richard Fisher
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
� FIRE& EMERGENCY SERVICES Chief Mark Peterson, Deputy Chief Erik Wallgren, Lieutenant Steve Winter,
DEPARTMENT: Firefighters David Arends,James Ochs, Ryan Morgan,Josh Downing,Josh
Brown, Luke Alvarado, Ryan Simonds, Mark dos Remedios, Mike Bain, Steve
Trijullo
STAFF MEMBERS: Brian Sandler, Civil Service Secretary/Chief Examiner) and
Cathryn Laird, Human Resources Manager
GUESTS: None
CALL TO ORDER:
Chair Jim Phelan called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
FIRE& EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT:
Firefighter David Arends participated in the Lieutenant written exam on September 24, 2014. During the
review period of the exam,the Civil Service Chief Examiner received an email from Firefighter Arends stating
his concern that the written test questions were repeated from the previous exam,that a majority of the
candidates had taken the same written test in 2013 and had access to the previous test and answer key with
the ability to write down all of the questions during the review period in 2013. The Civil Service Chief Examiner
compared the written exam that was facilitated in this process with the process in 2013 and realized that 90 of
the questions were repeated. The Chief Examiner wrote a memorandum to the Commission recommending
the test be invalidated and allowing all 18 candidates that participated in the written exam to participate in the
tactical.
There was a significant amount of discussion from the candidates that participated in the written exam and the
Civil Service Commission. Chair Jim Phelan said that there should be safeguards for tests in the future so that
candidates can't write down the entire test during the review period.
Commissioner Bill Larson moved to send the top fourteen candidates that passed the Written Examination on
to the Tactical as was indicated in the promotional exam job announcement.
MOVED BY: Bill Larson SECOND BY: Andee Jorgensen MOTION CARRIED
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
MOVED BY: Bill Larson SECOND BY: Andee Jorgensen MEETINGADJOURNED
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
Brian Sandler, Civil Service Secretary/ Date
Chief Examiner
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