HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-08-20 CSB MINUTESPRESENT:
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OOARD OF CAREER SERVICE CXMMISSIONERS
August 20, 1981
MINTJI'FS
Jo Ellen Turner, Catherine Pokraka, Janet Kerzic,
Robert Brundage, D:mald Weber
None
Richard Wanush, Assistant City Manager
John Wing, E.P.B.A. President
Tony Jeffers, E.F.F.A. President
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Chairman Weber called the meeting to order. Conmissioner Pokraka requested
that the July 16, 1981 minutes to be amended as follows:
Page 1, paragraph 3, the last sentence to be dropped from the quote and
placed as her own separate cannent rather than part of the Board's stated clarification.
"Conmissioner Pokraka further carroonted that that which was presented
to the Board was indeed not evidence or testirrony, but rather case
studies which were strictly reference material and utilized as such-
which is sanething the Board can look up in the Library very easily
by thenselves."
Conmissioner Brundage requested a correction of spelling of the v.ord "record"
on page 2 of the July 16, 1981 minutes .
With the above mentioned corrections , Carmissioner Brundage nnved, seconded by
Carmissioner Pokraka to approve the July 16, 1981 minutes.
AYFS:
NAYS:
Turner, Pokraka, Kerzic, Brundage, Weber
None
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I tan three on the Agenda was the Thlployees Association Choice. John Wing,
E.P.B.A. President had nothing to present. Tony Jeffers, E.F,F.A President
had nothing to present. There was no representative of the E,E.A. present.
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!tan four on the Agenda was the City Manager 1 s Choice. Richard Wanush, Assistant
City Manager had nothing to present.
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A Item five on the Agenda was the Employee Relations Choice" Mel BeVirt, Employee
~Relations Director was not present.
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Item six on the Agenda was the O::mnissioners' Choice. The . Board discussed the
letter of response from Assistant City Attorney Holland concerning the Board's
supplemental report of IlX)re particulars on their review of the unit detennination
decision of the position of Police Sergeant and the transmittal letter from
Comnissioner Brundage relaying the specificities in that report.
Comnissioner Brundage requested that his following camlents be made part of the
record:
"Well, I discussed that letter with Rick DeWitt. I ran into him out in
the hall here one afternoon and I told him that we couldn't understand
why, as the result of a consiliatory letter, one that was trying to
bring peace in the family, the only response at that tine was a revised
canplaint. Because apparently, we were doing sanething that by law we
weren't supposed to be doing. I told him that as lay people, we weren't
privy to all these legal nuances, gnbbledygook, whatever you want to
call them. And I told him that I thought that the Board was deserving
at least an acknowledgement or reply to that letter. And I felt that,
and I didn't say this to him, but it has crossed my mind since then,
that here again I think before that revised compliant was filed that
the City Attorney or the Assistant City Attorney should have come to us
and explained the legal nanuevers that seared to be brought about by
that letter. We offered that letter in canplete innocence thinking
that it might open up an avenue of carmunication.. And, it seared to me
that it was a slap in the face to run out to the Court and file an rurended
complaint as a result of that letter, which, incidentally, was a trans-
mittal letter conveying to them the specificities, which I guess we call
them, explaining the philosophies of the four rrenbers of the Career Service
Board in arriving at their decision in regards to the Sergeants. And,
I think it could have been handled in a far nnre delicate manner than
the manner in which Mr. Holland handled it. I appreciate his letter that
we have now but I will say that I don't think we would have had it if I
hadn't urged them to at acknowledge our letter.. I have nothing further
to say."
The Ca.reer Service Board scheduled the Unit Detennination Hearing for the
position of Clerical Supervisor to be held at the next regular ~meeting ot
Septanber 17, 1981. Comnissioner Weber requested that a letter be sent
to Paul Kapaun, President of the Employees Association notifing him of the
hearing.
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ItEm seven on the Agenda was Unscheduled Visitors Choice. There were none
present.
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Upon a notion by Carmissioner Turner, seconded by Carmissioner Brundage,
Chairmm Weber adjourned the August 20, 1981 regular meeting of the
Career Service Board.
Ixmald M. Weber, Chairman
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