Civil Service Minutes 09-11-2014

View the PDF version Google Docs PDF Viewer

             MUSKEGON BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS
                                Regular Meeting Minutes
                             Thursday, September 11, 2014
                             4:00 p.m. City Hall, Room 203
    ************************************************************************************
 I.   CALL TO ORDER
      The meeting was called to order by Commissioner David George Newsome at
      4:05 p.m.

           Also present: Commissioner David Wendtland, Commissioner Pamela Lynk,
           Deborah Groeneveld, Human Resources Director, and Mary Mansfield,
           Administrative Secretary.

   II. MINUTES
       Motion was made by David Wendtland and seconded by Pamela Lynk to
       approve the regular minutes of the May 8, 2014 meeting.

                                               Motion Carried.
 III. ACTION AGENDA
   A. Review of Ballot Language. Debbie gave the commissioners a copy of the ballot
      language for the charter amendment for review. The group agreed that it was
      clean and well written. The goal of the charter amendment is to attack the rule
      of one.

           Commissioner Wendtland question the eligibility list portion, and asked if it
           means some qualify, and some don’t. Debbie added that only qualified will be on
           the list, and that the eligibility is based on the results of the test or interview.
           Commissioner Newsome added that this requires a 70% or better. He added that
           he’s hopeful that with the cooperation of getting this rule looked at, that the rule
           of three will be next to be eliminated.

 IV. OLD BUSINESS
     The Civil Service contract for the next fiscal year has been signed effective July
     1st.

 IX.       OTHER BUSINESS
           Debbie added that she has a meeting with Steve Kloosterman of the Muskegon
           Chronicle. She added that she is going to give him a pitch regarding how the
           amendment is good for the City of Muskegon and that it will allow more people
           to come through. The goal would be to have a nice article written regarding this
           topic.

 VI.        ADJOURNMENT
            The meeting adjourned at 4:14 p.m.
H:\WPDATA\Kota\Civil Services\CIVIL SERVICE MINUTES 09-11-14.doc

Top of Page


Sign up for City of Muskegon Emails