Civil Service Commission

RUSSELLVILLE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES October 26, 2021, 5:00 p.m., Central Fire Station, Russellville and Online via Google Meets Commissioners: City/Department Representatives: Phillip Lea, Chairman Present Trey Smith, City Attorney, Present Toni Bachman, Present David Ewing, Police Chief, Present Jon Brown, Present Kirk Slone, Fire Chief, Present Ruben Camacho, Present Brent Moix, Battalion Chief, Present Bert Fleck, Present Tanessa Vaughn, Human Resources, Absent Barbara Horton, Present Mark Lykins, Present Meeting Minutes Chairman Lea called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Minutes Reviewed -- The Commission approved the minutes for August 24, 2021. OLD BUSINESS  None NEW BUSINESS  Chief Ewing and the Commission reviewed the Police new-hire list. No action taken.  Fire Department discussions with Chief Slone: o New-hire list was discussed. Chief Slone reported that offers of employment were made to Michaela Talley and Craig DeFrancisco. o Wyatt Meyers is voluntarily and temporarily off the list until a doctor declares Meyers fit for duty. o Case of Ian Simpson, previous engineer with RFD, was discussed. Simpson resigned from RFD within last 12 months. It was agreed that if an offer of employment were made, it would be contingent on a certified letter or email from Simpson, and he could only be hired in an open position. And if there was no engineer position available, Simpson would be offered job as firefighter and would go the normal competitive route for promotion to engineer. o It was stated that Craig DeFrancisco is first cousin with Battalion Chief Chris Vick. Mayor Harris is informed and City Policy regarding nepotism is being followed. Vick will not be supervisor nor participate in future promotional testing of DeFrancisco. At 5:45 p.m. the meeting adjourned.