08-13-2026 Civil Service Commission Meeting Full - Aug 13, 2026

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What items were on the Civil Service Commission consent calendar at the start of the meeting?

Chair Billingsley 0:03

I'd like to call the meeting to order and can I get a roll call?

Unknown 0:08

Yes, Commissioner Pirowit? Aye. Vice Chair Duszynski? Present. And Chair Billingsley? Aye. And then just for the record, we do have two vacancies on the Civil Service Commission.

Chair Billingsley 0:25

Can we stand for the Pledge of Allegiance of the flag? Or do we want to wait for the committee? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, which stands one nation under God,

Rafael Mandelman 0:43

indivisible, with justice for all.

Chair Billingsley 0:53

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEM 1A26-764, ACTION TO APPROVE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETINGS JUNE 11, 26. ANY MOTIONS?

Unknown 1:10

NEW SPEAKER MOTION. 26-764, ACTION TO APPROVE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETINGS. NEW SPEAKER MOTION. You might have to pull the microphone a little bit closer so we can hear you. Can I make a note before you vote on it too? This item was deferred from the last meeting because we didn't have a quorum to vote on it. So Vice Chair Duszynski, I know you were not present at this meeting, but if you did review the materials, you are okay to vote on the item. Yes, because we really only have two people, so we would never approve it unless I vote. Correct.

Chair Billingsley 1:53

Can I get a call on that?

Unknown 1:55

Yes, so we have a first from Commissioner Pierwitt, so we do need a second for the item. Okay. All right, roll call vote, Commissioner Pierwitt. Aye. Vice Chair Duszynski. Aye. And then Chair Billingsley. Aye. Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry, public comment. Is there any public comment? Is there any public comment? I'm sorry, so this will be for the action to approve the civil service, the meeting minutes for June 11th. And then if for any of the attendees online, if you have public comments on this item, you can just raise your hand. Seeing none, we can move on to the next item.

Chair Billingsley 2:37

Item 1B26873, action to approve the civil service commission meetings of July 9th, 2026. Do I have a

Unknown 2:46

motion? I move that we approve item 26-873. I second that. All right.

Chair Billingsley 2:58

Do you have any public comment? No public comments.

Unknown 3:03

And then there's no hands raised on mine. So for the roll call vote, Commissioner Pierwitt. Aye. Vice Chair Duszynski. Aye. And then Chair Billingsley.

Chair Billingsley 3:12

Aye. Moving on to item 1C26854, note and file the current status and requisition report dated July 31st, 2026. Any comment from staff?

Unknown 3:29

No comment from staff. This is just a routine report that we bring forward on a monthly basis, but we have updated it because we've begun a new fiscal year. So you'll see it's a little bit shorter than the last time.

Chair Billingsley 3:39

Do I have a motion?

Unknown 3:41

I make a motion. To approve 1C26854. Second. Just for clarification, the action on this item is a note in file, not an approval.

Chair Billingsley 3:56

Do we need to do the motion again?

Unknown 3:59

She can amend her motion. It's fine.

Chair Billingsley 4:04

Do we have any public comment?

Unknown 4:07

And then there's no hands raised on the Zoom. So for the roll call vote, Commissioner Purwitt. Aye. Vice Chair Duszynski. Aye. And Chair Billingsley.

Chair Billingsley 4:19

Aye. Moving on to public presentation, general business. Item 2, 26832, action to extend the probationary period of water resource specialist employee number 09174. Chair,

Unknown 4:33

pardon me. Public presentations has to be heard separately. So you called it correctly public presentations and will allow at this time, comment from members of the public with respect to matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of this body, but that are not on the agenda tonight. So if there's any public presentation on something that falls within that scope, this would be the time to do it.

Chair Billingsley 4:59

This is before that item. That's right. This is this.

Unknown 5:04

Seeing none, okay.

Chair Billingsley 5:06

No public comments, no hands.

Unknown 5:07

And then there's no hands raised in the Zoom. Now we can move on Chair to general business item two.

Chair Billingsley 5:17

Item two, 26832, action to extend probationary period of water source resource specialist employee number 09174. Do we have any public comments? Any hands raised?

Unknown 5:32

I can get a staff report too. First, if that would be okay. So this is an item because the Civil Service Commission does have to approve probation extensions for employees. Because this is a probationary employee first time, you can approve the probation or extension request for reasons of sickness or absence.