03-12-2026 Civil Service Commission Meeting - Mar 12, 2026

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How is the Civil Service Commission meeting called to order and quorum established?

Unknown 0:37

All right. Hello everyone. At this time I'd like to call the meeting to order. Uh can we get a roll call please to establish quorum? Commissioner Billingsley? Commissioner Dzinski. Commissioner Pirouwit? Aye. Chair Pumareho? Aye. Forum has been established. Uh at this time, I ask that you all join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, un one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Thank you. Okay. As for our first Agenda item, uh the passage of the approval of the meeting minutes. Action to approve the Civil Service Commission meeting minutes of November thirteenth. twenty twenty five.

Unknown 1:42

Uh is there any public comment on the matter? There's no common in Zoom. All right, uh seeing none, can I get a motion to approve? Move that we approve meeting. twenty. All right. We have a second. I second that motion. Okay. Can we get a roll call, please? Commissioner Billingsley? Aye. Commissioner Dzinski. Aye. Commissioner Pierwit? Chair Pumarejo. All right. passes. Um secondly. Do we have I mean Oh, sorry. The uh second one. Uh the noting and filing of the current status and recognition report dated February twenty eighth, twenty twenty six. Do we have any public comment on the matter? There's no public comment in Zoom. Um do I have a motion to approve the current status and w requisition report? I make a motion to approve two six dash one one.

Unknown 2:52

Okay. Do we have a second? I can.

What is the process for approving the November 13, 2025 meeting minutes?

Unknown 2:55

Okay, can we get a roll call, please? Commissioner Billingsley? Aye. Commissioner Dudzinski? Aye. Commissioner Perowit? Aye. Chair Pumareho? Aye. Motion passes. Okay. Thirdly, um, do we have any public presentations today? Okay. All right. Moving to regular agenda items. There's no um public presentations in the Zoom. Mm-hmm Moving to general business, first agenda item. Uh action to extend probationary period of a police officer. Uh we have a status report. Yes, so we are bringing this item forward to extend a probationary period for a police officer who was on leave for approximately one month. Um so for these, the commission, because we do have several of the probation extensions coming forward tonight, um, that is subject to civil service commission approval.

Unknown 4:01

So that is why you are seeing them. Um for this particular instance, the probationary period is an 18-month probationary period. So The employee can complete the full 18 months. We are requesting an extension by approximately one month. Or if for some reason the employee is placed back on leave, we would like to have add the caveat in that the probationary period would be for whatever duration they are actually on leave. This means the probationary period would be ending on or approximately May 2nd, 2026. Um, do we have any uh questions regarding the status report? Uh I have a concern that um after seventeen months, uh it seems that we would already have a feel for what this employee is like, what kind of uh individual he is.

Unknown 4:53

I mean it's only One eighteenth of the period, it seems to me like un unless he was out on disciplinary action, which we don't know. Uh it seems like they'd already have an understanding of this employee. It's just making a comment. Um right. So understood. Um When employees are placed on leave for a first time probationary period employee, um, we can only extend for reasons of absence or sickness. Um so I would say the general practice of the city is regardless of the duration of time, is to bring them forward um just so that way they can fully assess the entire period because there could be um training components that may be missed for that period. Um and really just for like fairness for um all employees who are going through the process.

Unknown 5:41

So um I would say Generally We don't have a hard and fast rule of of how long that time frame is. Um, but in this instance, you know, the department has determined um anything that is. longer than thirty days we would recommend to bring forward to the commission in this instance. Okay, because they do earn vacation time and CTO time off during this period and they are allowed to use it during this period.