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06/16/1959 <' < ~ ' v Proceedings of the Civil Snrvice Board meeting held June 16, 1959. :,.. " , , I:: The rC8u1nr monthly meeting of the Civil S~rvic(! Boal.'u of the City of Clearwater was held on Tuesday evening, Juno 16, 1959. at 7:30 o'cloclt in the Civil Service office, 114 No. Osceola A\cnua. .' ~: 1 ;', ,,,,l r:: , tl, Members present: Cllalt'tl\1.ln. R. n. Mauney; ~lilliam Birchall; Charlea Colt; George Palby and Jack Russell. :. 'L-~ " ;-'" Chairman called t~(! moeting to order and aSKed for a reading of the minutcn of the May 19, 1959, meeting. Read and accepted. '; ":: , ( .-! The Director announced tho reappointment of Charles Colt to the Civil Service Board by the City Conunission for a three year term. from July I, 1959, to June 30, 1962. c: >to " 1;) . l:.; " r: " I.L. . .c.. . t"l' I' hf ,: '0- Police Department: Letter from Attorney Donald McFarland requesting that the Board set a date for a hearing for Stanley A. Richardson, diaminsed Patrolman. Pirector instructed to arrange a convenient date for Attorneys, Board members and City Manager. 'J c, Reported ~ecaipt of letter from MLS. Caputi, Sacretnry, Employees' Association, in reply to letter from the Board, ro: News items from the Civil Service office fo~ the Employees' Magazine. Requests for vacations from Patrolman Edward Rioux and Mr. J. K. Land, laborer. Public Works Department, for 1959, discussed at length, voted upon, and denied. Both employees resigned from the City to accept other employment and were re-employedunder Section 8 of the Civil Service law. Decision for denying vacation based on Section 10 (a) of vacation rule which calls for one year's continuous service. " , .~ Letter read from Mr. Fred Lucas, Utilities Sales Manager, ra: Employment of Mr. Harry T. Laubscher, salesman for the Gas Appliance Division. No action necessary. I' , " I' .Repo~ted receipt of letter dated Jun~ 2, 1959, from Engineering Department, re: Transfer of Engineering Aide I, full-time employment, to part-time. effective June 15, 1959. Approved. . , , " . .?' ::\. . . ;~ Reported on resignations, suspensions, dismiosals and appointments. Reported on examination conducted for Firefighter-Alarm Superintendent. Two reportedj two failed. Board,agreed that a second examination should be held at a later date. .<.t Examination for Sewage Plant Operator II, two reportedj both failed the test conducted for a second time. Mr. Ronald Lani~rj who has been acting Operator II since December 1, 1958, received the highest grade on the written examination. Mr. Joe Raye, Supet"intendr;nt, and the Director recommended that an ornl exami- nation be incorporated into this cxamina~ion for the present and future; 80% being allowed for the written test and 20% for the oral. Mr. Lanier was present, a~dtheChairman recessed the meeting while the oral examination was conducted with the Dire~tor asking the questions. and Mr. Raye determining the correctness of the anawers~ Mr. Lanier pasGed the oral questioning satisfactorily and the "Director was instructed to certify }~. Lanier to the Appointing Authority as , qualified,' having passed the examination. and eligible for a promotion to Operator 11.'::, '., " 'rl;\..',~'c '.\,;.:,.':' . J';-~..c ,= ': . :~..~.~~4. '. -. : . ..1;:;.~t .,}. l~~,,~':" rWt:': ~,f.',;.~:,!, :~.. . ;','. ,I,',' J.-.....1 .. ;V~,:, ,,>; ,< ,il,,;,<" '. ~~~:' :,' .. .to" . , 't;,,', .: .~ ,~.;..,~:i, '~';/'. ";";,' . t?-:i..:;).:.,.. f.... . t.:.:;)'>, "; , ' ,~ ';./" '~,....... ' I~":,'< , .",' .it,-. ,. ~~'",; ;'::; d,;,;,. ....,~',... :..' ." ~ ' ::' r.... >' f :~ I ,~ .:' . " " ~ I:. \'. >',\ .~. . ," ~;',,:~.. ~?';, t;I;.f { ~"." c'.:;,I,' . . :~ .:. I' ." ~::'. . ~(\ .;J..... 'i:..,: ~ ~-: l y. , 'll' -, ~.. . :1' :.; '. 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It '-laB suggested that t\:10, Uoard members t Hr. Presti and Hr. Hoore sit in on an oral examination, providing an applicant meets the requiroments, ~athcr than conduct n written test, in order to expedite the hiring of a permanent Supervisor. The Chairman appointed Hr. Rusnell und Mr. Dalby to assist. BoarddlscusGed and agreed to waive the 0 Lx months' waiting period to take a second examination for Firefighter-Alarm Superintendant, providing a request is received from ttie Chief of the Fire Department and the Appointing Authority. Board instructed the Director to write n letter of commendation to the City }mnager and Mr. l<leimer for the time and effort given revising the pay plan. Reported letter from Secretary, Board of Trustees. Fireman's Relief and fension Fund, re: residence requirements. No action necessary. \ Director'instructed to write the City Manager requestinB that he impress upon the department heads the importance of turning in personnel action sheets promptly on all absences of employees, in order that the files may be kept up to date, particularly Mr. Ort, Electrical Department, and Miss Byers, Library. Board, reviet-led in part the new pay plon submitted by the Appointing Authority. A meeting was set for the evening of June 23, 1959. with the Appointing Authority and Mr. lo1eimer. . , " ~. j. Re; Pay ,plan, the Board instructed the Director to write the City Manager regarding " 'items. diScussed' by the Board and given to him in the form of recommendations '\-lhich the'members, felt should be adopted prior to the pay plan being put into effect. , copy cif. letter is as follows: June 18, 1959 "Hr ~ James R. Stewart City ,Manager ". Clearwat'er, Florida ;'1) "I't ., . ;/ ',- Dear ,Mr. Stewart: , ", Re: Proposed Amended Pay Plan c .\; \: ," At the .regular meeting of the Civil Service Board held June 16, 1959, the following itcms'were discussed by the Board and are being given to you in the form of recommendations which the members feel should be adopted before the, pay p Ian is put into effect:. c, 1. The Roard would like to have the department hends furnished with~a copy of the Objectives of Amended Pay Plan; Pay Charts on ~ages 9, 10, 11 and 12; Schedule-Salary Ranges . '., ~ . " }:j"': .~ . . . ,: ~ ." 'I \: ;J ;1 , ,:1 .' \'. by"ClasB Title!1 b!!ginning on PllG(~ 13 which llppUcn to each of them and that parti-on 0 f the pO~l it lon cl t.Ic:] \~hich npplio:l to the ir department; u copy of thC'. Rulu9 on pages 20 and ?l, und [luclt copion of Inulvlduol Sulado:3 of.Clasnifiad Employaco and Clns3 TitleD, July, 1959, bcginni.ng on page 22. applicable to thelr depart.ment and rcspe?tivc employees. "e ",I, After a reasonable lenBCh of time, preferably by June 2~, the Bonrd . \Il'ould like to have the dcpartT.ltmt henu!} ).'cturn to them n written opinion . of the:! plan so that the Civil Snrvice Board m:lY cona idcr It. " 2. The Board feels that the l;u1 ~lry of tlw Per/jonnel Director: . should be based on Ranga 27, Step I, rather than Range 25, Step I. 3. An example of longevity be furnished Hhowing the transition, in the case of a promotion of an employee. through exami- nation, who has not reached the 5th Step. 4. That on page 21, pa~agraph 9, line 4 be amended to read, "with the a.pproval .of the Appointing Authority and the Civil Service Bonrd," the wordn (and the Civil Service Board) being inserted... S.That clarifica'tion be made in the classification of duties fo~ Clerk 1, II, III, anel Clerk-Typist, 'and that class . 'title o~ Clerk-Stenographer be dropped and dans titles of Secretary I, II, III, an~ IV be adopted, providing there is sufficient variation of duties and added re- 'sponsibility to warrant four classes for Secretary rather ,than tuo in the present pay plan. '., '.) . ~:~ . ". Y':'O/< cc: " : "I, ' 6. .That the Appointing.Authority submit a request to the Civil Service Board that all additional classes of positions not already in existence and showing on the Orgnni~ational Chart;' 1958,' be established. Sincel+cly yours, 'I CIVIL SERVICE BOARD (~/JltiAA-H_e.y/ ~L D. Hauney ,. / ' Chairman ; V . :".) , , RBH/ml c cc: Gerald"~eimer, ~;~:::>a ~:::?~.T :~~} ~ . c '., The Dire~tor was granted permission to take her 1958 vacation followine the hearipgon M~. Stanley A.Richardson. " 1 " ", \" The Director reported t~~ 4th of July falls that tho City l>fllnagar hall iRalHHl inatructiontJ on Saturday I tho of.fiCQll wou Id elooe that since Friday, July 3. There ,baing ,wasmadc.' to no Eu~therbusinQ8a, to adjourn un'iil next'mQeting come beforo night. ' thl'! Uoat'd at thi3 timas a motion : '\ Respoctfully lJubmittcd. , , , .," / c.; ~' ~ . . I ';, ,,~.,c.l..., 5."',' ".d.~ ,Ruth E; Br~,~i, .,1 ,'*- ~ "-......, Secretary ,', .:,.' . ,~ I,' ,,, , .. '" < (',.... . '\ ' t ~': .:: > :. " 'I' . J: ,; t' :- ': ~; ",:- ~ ,'. ;'. " ; ,. .jl,. ~ . , , ,'c' ( " " ." '.' .' . '. '~ ...... .. t. ~ .,.. , " ,;,"/ IJ ",1' '. .' \~ ;.' t.. d'., \ ,'; .... '.', j! , '. ,- ," . ~:" " , , " , . '1"\:, ,.t. . 'c'...,' ,", / , ' .'.. , , .. ' ", ~. .,' ..', . , " '. '~. .'- ! . ;." .', '.i ". . '.,. '/' , ~; . :;:;;'. " ",": .:,; 1", . 1+: c '.' 0,<.,1 'I. , " !' " ~. d ',i, "., .' ~. ~. r . ~'. ',,' .. )., ~' .'. ,,' :","1 ..l. ~. I 'I: c. " d. l. ., T '. . " : ;" ~'c. .;1 > ,\.':~ r " , , i; '1\ .'1 ~ \ ' ....'". ':,' .... . \ ~ .1<"' . ~ ' nl" ,; \J '1' ' . 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