Civil Service Commission

CITY OF LONG BEACH THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 333 WEST OCEAN BLVD., 7TH FLOOR MINUTES CIVIL SERVICE BOARD ROOM, 3:30 PM Robin Perry, President Lawrence Keller, Commissioner Rick McGilton-McGlamery, Vice President Charles Hicks Jr., Commissioner Carolyn M. Smith Watts, Commissioner Kandice Taylor-Sherwood, Executive Director SPECIAL MEETING FINISHED AGENDA AND MINUTES ROLL CALL Commissioners Lawrence Keller, Robin Perry, Charles Hicks and Rick Present: McGilton-McGlamery Commissioners Carolyn M. Smith Watts Absent: Kandice Taylor-Sherwood, Executive Director & Secretary Melinda George, Deputy Director Marilyn Hall, Executive Assistant Gary Anderson, Deputy City Attorney Robert Pfingsthorn, Administrative Analyst Caprice McDonald, Personnel Analyst Lourdes Ferrer, Personnel Analyst Donna de Araujo, Personnel Analyst FLAG SALUTE Page 1 of 3 CITY OF LONG BEACH THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 333 WEST OCEAN BLVD., 7TH FLOOR MINUTES CIVIL SERVICE BOARD ROOM, 3:30 PM 15-089CS RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND PROTEST OF POLICE SERGEANT EXAMINATION ITEMS OR RE-SCORE WRITTEN EXAMINATION: Staff report prepared by Caprice McDonald, Personnel Analyst The Secretary briefed the Commission regarding this request, stating the scoring of the written portion of the Sergeant examination is out of compliance with the Commission. She stated that after the protest period, there were four items in question on the written examination. The Commission approved the Subject Matter Experts committee's decision to discard two of the items and double-key two items (allow more than one correct answer for items 45 and 60). This caused a Scantron error, which was not identified until staff was preparing for the examination review meetings, which allows candidates the opportunity to review their results. The two "double-keyed" items were not electronically read from the answer sheet used to capture the keyed responses, so no candidates received credit for these two items. Technically, since the Commission made a decision to retain the items, staff recommends re-scoring the examination. Ms. McDonald thanked the Commission for taking the time to convene the special meeting to consider this item and thanked the Police Department and Police Officers' Association for their communication in working with her to resolve the matter, and the Director for the guidance she provided to her. Commissioner Hicks commended staff for owning up to their mistake, which is a rarity in government. Steve James, President of the Police Officers' Association, also commended staff for the excellent job they did in identifying the problem an offering options to resolve it. A motion was made by Commissioner Hicks, seconded by President Keller, to approve recommendation to direct staff to re-score the Sergeant examination to be in compliance with committee's recommendation, as approved by Commission on February 4, 2015. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 4 - Lawrence Keller, Robin Perry, Charles Hicks and Rick McGilton-McGlamery Absent: 1 - Carolyn M. Smith Watts Page 2 of 3 CITY OF LONG BEACH THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 333 WEST OCEAN BLVD., 7TH FLOOR MINUTES CIVIL SERVICE BOARD ROOM, 3:30 PM COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC – The Civil Service Commission will hear from members of the public on matters within the Commission’s jurisdiction. ADJOURNMENT NOTE: If written language translation of the Commission agenda and minutes for non-English speaking persons is desired, please make your request by phone to the City Clerk Department at (562) 570-6101, 72 hours prior to the Commission meeting. Kung ang nakasulat na pagsasalin-wika ng adyenda at mga katitikan ng Komisyon ay hinahangad para sa mga taong hindi nagsasalita ng Ingles mangyaring gawin ang iyong kahilingan sa pamamagitan ng telepono sa Kagawaran ng Klerk ng Lunsod sa (562) 570-6101, 72 pitong oras bago ang pulong ng Komisyon. Si desea obtener la traducción lingüística escrita de la agenda y las actas de la Comisión para las personas que no hablan inglés, realice su pedido por teléfono al Departamento de la Secretaría Municipal al (562) 570-6101, 72 horas antes de la reunión de la Comisión. Page 3 of 3