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MINUT ES
BOARD OF CAREER SERVI CE COMMISSIO NERS
Au gust 21, 1975
H.R. Hosanna, Charle s Zartman , William Hanson
Jo Ellen Turne r
None
Richard Lori g, Jer ald Vaughn, Richard Welbourn e,
Robert Hall, Larry Leydon, Stan Johns8n, Warren
Rahn, William James , Karl Nollenberger, Albert
Medina, Petra Med ina, Allan Stanley
Rev. Hosanna called the meeti ng to o rder at 7:00 p.m.
The Board immediately went into executive session to discuss the ir
decision on the Police Impasse hearing . All those present were
asked to leave the room. Aft er re-ope ning the meeting, Rev.
Hosanna rendered the followin g dec ision:
1. The 5% salary increas e reque sted by the EP BA for January 1 , 1976
is denied, and we recommend that the nego tiations be re-opened
February 1, 1976, with salary and bene fit increases to be imp-
lemented April 1, 197 6 . It is understo od that the amou nt of
tot,al compensation will be dependent up on a survey of four
metropolitan area citi es and the analysis of the financ ial
condition of the City as des cribed in the City's contract pro-
posal dated June 17, 1 975 .
2. Re tirement Benefits: Any pol ice officer who has both attained
the age of 55 years and comp leted 20 years of active ser vice
in any police department in the State of Colorado, or who
has completed 25 years in any such department regardles s of
age, shall be eligible for a monthly pension based on th e average
mo nthly salary in the year next preceding retirement. The
monthly pension shall be equal to 2~% of the officers aver age
monthly salary for eac h of the first 20 years of service plus
1% of such salary for each year in excess of 20 years, up to
a maximum of 35 years of service or 65% of salary pens ion
benefit.
Severence Benefits: If a po lice officer terminates emplo ym ent
prior to being eligibl e for retirement ben~fits, the offi cer
will be entitled to the fol lowing :
a.) With less than 5 years of service -Refund of all mem ber's
contributions to the Police Pensio n Fund after th e
effective date of the agreement.
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b.) With 5 or more years of service -Member may .elect either
(i) or (11) as follows:
(i) To receive a refund of his contributions to the
Police Pension Fund after the effective date of
this agreement, or
(ii) To retain his accrued pension benefits based on
his service and salary prior to termination and
payable beginning at age 55.
City Contributions: The City's contribution rate will increase
from 5% to 8.05% of police officer's pay.
3. 1% additional fringe benefits will be implemented as follows:
A. Sick leave will be extended .in usage to include not only
personal sickness, and doctors and dentist appointments, but
sickness in the immediate family (defined as spouse and
employee's children) when the employee's absence from work is
necessary. Regulations governing personal sick leave are
applicable to this extension.
B. Funeral leave will be extended to cover employee's and spouse's
grandparents and grandchildren in addition to those already
specifically delineated.
C. New Years Eve would be added for the year 1976 and thereafter
as an additional paid holiday.
D. The current maternity leave provision will be deleted and
substituted with one which allows the employee to return
to their position within four weeks from the date on which
their leave commences. The maternity leave will be considered
a leave of absence without pay with the employee having the
option of using their accrued annual leave. Normal leave
provisions will pertain.
E. Insurance Benefits
1. Life insurance will be increased from the present $11,08 0
for every employee to $20,000for every employee. Th e same
conversion priveleges upon retirement of 50% coverage
payable by the employee will continue. The AD&D provision
will also be increased from $11,000 to ~20,000 for every
employee.
2. Dental Health. a.) Dental health insurance will be altered
to add orthodontia on children 5 to 19 years on a 50%
coverage $100 deductable per case (this is a one-time
benefit per child wi~h a $1,000 maximum). b.) The maximum
per year per person will be increased to $1,000 from
the current $750.
3. Basic Health insurance will be altered to c o ve r p regnan cy
on single females and also males who will be limi ted to
receive payment for one pregnancy per year ordered by a court
of law.
4. Major medical insurance will be increased to include
pregnancy which presently is an exclusion.
·5. Those retirees under the City of Englewood heal th insuranc e
plan on a direct pay basis and future reti rees of the City
will be covered at City cost for their indivi dua l health
insurance coverage. The City will not contribu t e toward s
the dependency coverage but the retiree rema i ns e ligible
to carry that coverage on a direct pay basi s .
The Board requested that a recommendation be sent t o Cit y Council
suggesting that a committee be formed to study the Po lice Pension
Fund to find ways to improve the equity of the fund.
Mr. Hosanna stated that the final recourse of the Po l ice Benefit
Association was to take their proposal to a vote of t h e pe ople.
Their decision to do this must be rendered in 30 days fr om
the date of the decision of the Career Service Board.
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MR. HANSON MOVED, AND MRS. TURNER SECONDED, TO APPR OVE THE MI NUTES
OF THE MEETING OF JULY 17, 1975.
Ayes:
Nays:
Hosanna, Hanson, Turner, Zartman
None
The motion carried.
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Rev. Hosanna and the other board members expressed thc!r re~r et
over the resignation of Board member Charles Zartman. Rev. Hos a n na
told Dr. Zartman that his efforts and service had b een much
appreciated by the Board and by the City staff.
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The Board had expected to set a hearing date for the ~riP.va nc es
of Mary Howard, but did not due to the fact that n e i ther Mrs.
Howard nor her attorney were present. The Board r equest .d t..c:ct
a communication be sent t o J ohn Criswell, attorney for ~~rs. How e r ;·'
requesting that he inform us of available dates fo r such a hea r in~
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The next item on the agenda was to set a hearing d ate fo r the
Board to decide the issue of o ver -time payment to the Firefighters.
It was decided that the matter would be heard at the next regular
meeting of the Career Service Board on September 18, 1975.
* * * *
The Board received three appe a ls to the Sergeant examination that
had been given recently. The ap pellants were John Wing , Richard
Welbourne and Larry Leydon.
Mr. Welbourne told the Board that his reasons for a p pealing t he exam
were that Mr. Kramer was on both the oral Board for Detective and
the one for Ser g eant. He felt tha t a previous impression had be en
formed by Mr. Kramer and that he wa s therefore not given an unbia sed
exam. He als o did not think that l e tters of reprimand sho uld b e
included i n t he b iography of each a pp licant that is g iven to the
oral board and, lastly, felt tha t he had been questioned unfairl y
when asked who had been the r e c i pie nt of the "Officer of the Year"
award for which he had been n om i na ted .
Mr. Leydon's concern was primarily that he had submitted que s ti ons
to be reviewed on the written por ti o n of th e exam but had not b e e n
able to attend the meeting where t h e test was discussed with its
author. He felt that, if he had be en given the opportunit y t o
state his view s on the q uestio n s , p erhaps he would have t e en abl e
to convinc e the author of the exam that his answer s were i n corr ect .
Also, he felt the questions tha t were elimin a ted we re done so arbi -
trarily. He stated that if n o ne of the questions were e l iminat ed,
he would have placed second on t he eligibility list. Lastly,
Mr. Leydon stated that his views on t he correct answ e rs to som e of
the questi o ns were differen t t hat those of the author of the ex am ,
even though he was quoting t h e same book, page and parag ra ph a s hi s
source of information.
Mr. Wing was not present to d is c us s his appeal, but th e Board went
over it, discussing some of t he poi n ts with Mr. Welbourn e a nd others
who were present and famili ar wi t h his point of vi e w on t he ex am .
The Board decided to conduct an in formal investigati o n, l i s t en i n g to
the tapes of the orals, etc. a n d to render a decision a t a sp ecia l
meeting to be set sometime b e fore th e meeting in September .
The Board discussed the possi bil it y of changing the phrase
"letter of reprimand" to ''let ter of instruction" o n the bio g ra..i:.1".1 Ll_'.:.
given to the oral board mem ber s o n each of the a p p lic a nts .
A decision i s to be made lat er on the matter.
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Under employee associati ons' c hoice, Lt . Robert Hal l of t he EPBA
thanked the Board for the time spent in deciding the fa t e of the
Police Impasse regarding t he Memorandum of Understand ing .
The Fire Department ha d nothi ng to d i scus s and non -e m er ~e ncy
employ e es were not re pres ented .
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Under Commissioners' Cho ic e , Mr. Han son ag ain than ked Chu ck Zartman
f or his generous servic e to the Care er Se rvice Boar d.
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Mr . Lorig discussed wi th t h e Board t he t hree reque sts fo r exten s ion
o f probationary perio ds whi c h he ha d rece ived from variou s department
heads.
MR. HANSON MOVED, AND MRS. TU RNER SECONDE D, TO APPR OVE THE EXTENSIONS
OF PROBATION REQUESTED.
Ayes: Hosa n na , Ha nson, Tu rner, Zartman
Nays: None
The motion carri e d. \
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MR. HANSON MOVED, AND DF. ~A R TMAN SECO NDED , TO DELAY APPR OVA L OF
THE ELIGIBILITY LIST FOR ~HE PO SITI ON OF SE RGEA NT I N THE PO LI CE
DEPARTMENT UNTIL A DECI S ION IS RENDE RED REG ARDI NG TH; PPP EALS TO
THE TEST, BUT TO CER TIFY TH E SU BMIT TED LIS T FOR THE POSI TI TI ON OF
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATO R .
Ayes: Hos arna , Ha ns on, Turn e r , Zartman
Nays: Non e
The motion carried.
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DR. ZARTMAN MOVED, AND MR. HA NSON SECO NDED , TO APPROVE TH E FOLLOWING
PERSONNEL ACTIO NS:
NAMES
Promotions:
BECKER, Arlen
BOH, El.den
BOSTON, Ronald
BR AUNREITER, Donald
COX, Lloyd
CROUCH, Bill
DEP T . & TITLE
Firefighter t o Driv er/Opr /En g.
ef f e ctiv e 8/1/75 -
Lieu t e nant to Capt ain - F ir e
ef f e c tiv e 8/1/75
Li e utenant to Cap tain -Fir e
effective 8/1/7 5
l .j_e utenant t o Batt alion Chi ef
eff e ct ive 7/16 /75
GRAD E &: 9T ~n
Driv e r/Opr/Eng . to Lieutena n t - F i re
effective 8/1/7 5
Driv e r /Opr/Eng . t o Lieutena n t -Fir e
e f f ec tive 8/1/7 5
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DONALD, Bruce i,
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GOUGH, Wallace '
HALL, Robert
KAPAUN, Paul
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New employees:
CARR, Willis
EDISON, Richard
ELDER, Vernon
FORINGTON, Clayton
NORDEN, Ronald
Anni~ersary Increases:
BARBER, Mark
CUTHRIELL, David
GOSSELINK, Kenneth
JOHANNISSON, Eric
KOESTNER, Leioma
REID, Jack
SCHUTZ, Alan K
SIMPSON, Larry
SUMMERS, Kathleen
TRAVIS, Albert
Battalion Chie f to
Battalion Chief /Administration
effective 8/1/75
Driver/Opr/Engineer
effective 7/16/75
Acting Lieutenant to
Lieutenant -Fire
effective 6/20/75
Engineering Aide III to
Acting Field Engineer
effective 5/15/75
Ditch Rider -Water Prod.
effective 7/16/75
Firefighter 4th Class
effective 7/3/75
Emergency Communicator
effective 8/18/75
Police Officer 4thCClass
effective 7/1/75
Maintenanceman -Traffic
effective 6/17/75
Planning Draftsman
effective 7/16/75
Polic e Officer 3rd Class
Police Officer 2nd Class
effective 9/17/75
Maintenanceman -Traffic
effective 9/I/75
Revenue Chief -Finance
effective 9/1/75
Circulation Librarian
effective 9/1/75
Superintendant -Sewer
effective 7/1/75
Police Officer 3rd Class
Police Officer 2nd Class
effective 9/1/75
Police Officer 3rd Class
Police Officer 2nd Class
effective 9/1/75
Emergency Communicator
effective 9/1/75
Di tch Rider -Water Prod.
effective 9/1/75
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to
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3A
4A
2A
4D to
4E
2B to
2C
9B to
9C
7D to
7E
lOD to
lOE
4B tc
4 C
3E to
3F
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WEBSTER, Eden Clerk Steno -Co d e Enf.
effective 9/1/75
WEBSTER, Wendy Intermediate Clerk Typist
effective 9/16/75
YOUNG, Barbara Planning Assistant
effective 8/1/75
Terminations:
GREEN, Judy Emergency Communicator
effective 7/11/75
SISK, Herbert Maintenanceman/Apprentice
effective 7/29/75
Probationary to perm. status without increase in pay:
JOHNSON, Stanley
MCKAY, Louis
MORROW, Rodger
Lieutenant -Fire
effective 9/3/75
Driver/Opr/Engineer -Fire
effective 9/3/75
Lieutenant -Fire
effective 9/3/75
-Libr.
Opr.
STANTON, Merle Maintenance Mechanic -Sewer
effective 8/1/75
Progress Reports:
Ray Hinkle
Clifford Morgan
Kenneth Shattuck
Jack Holtz
William Belt
George Heimbigner
Betty Culp
Water Dist .
Water Dist.
Water Dist.
Sewer
Police
Fire
Finance
Ayes: Hosanna, Hanson, Turner, Zartman
Nays: None
The motion carried.
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2B to
2C
lC to
lD
6E to
6F
There being no further business t o discuss, the meetin g was adjour ~ed
HERBERT R. HOSANNA
Chairman
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~&4lJqM df ENDA J. RETT
Recording Secretary
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