Civil Service Commission

CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK 12866 REGULAR MEETING 5:00PM City council room Wednesday, July 25, 2012 MINUTES PRESENT: elio delsette, chairperson robert mains, commissioner Commissioner Galvin - absence due to court CHAIRPERSON DelSETTE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 9:13am. Chairperson DelSette opened the public comment period. There being no one wishing to speak, Chairperson DelSette closed the public comment period. Chairperson DelSette made a motion to approve the June 18, 2012 minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Mains. Ayes all. CITY CENTER: Commissioner Mains made a motion to classify one additional Sales Representative position as requested by the Executive Director. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. LIBRARY: Commissioner Mains made a motion to confirm the Non-Competitive appointment of Deborah Titolo to the position of Librarian I part time effective June 13, 2012. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. Commissioner Mains made a motion to confirm the Non-Competitive appointment of David Wever to the position of Working Supervisor effective June 4, 2012. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. Commissioner Mains made a motion to revise the Micro-computer System Manager job specification and changed the title to Computer Systems Manager as recommended by the Library Director. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. MAYOR: Chairperson DelSette made a motion to approve the re-instatement of Stephen Shaw to the position of Assistant Building Inspector on a part time on call as needed basis effective July 2, 2012. Seconded by Commissioner Mains. Ayes all. Commissioner Mains made a motion to confirm the Non-Competitive appointment of Patricia Dowd to the position of Clerk part time effective June 19, 2012. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. PUBLIC SAFETY: Commissioner Mains made a motion to confirm the Provisional appointment of Andrew Krupski to the position of Traffic Control Maintainer I effective June 4, 2012. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. Commissioner Mains made a motion to confirm the temporary Labor Class appointment of Richard Duff to the position of Laborer effective June 4, 2012 up to and including August 31, 2012. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. Commissioner Mains made a motion to confirm the following temporary Non-Competitive appointments to the position of Vehicle Traffic Control effective July 20, 2012 up to and including September 4, 2012. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all Jennifer Boettcher Melissa Brown Susan Dockrell Charles Fay Brittany Gailor James Healey John Hannan Noah Jameson Cheryl LaPierre Robert Lloyd Lawrence Lomonaco Susan Morehouse Natalie Older Richard Robischon Riley Smith Janice Starteri Robert Stiles Paul Swiers Jill Winkler PUBLIC WORKS: Chairperson DelSette made a motion to confirm the following Saratoga County Summer Youth program appointments effective July 11, 2012. Seconded by Commissioner Mains. Ayes all. Ugalee Oates Kyle West Shawn Fitzgerald CSC minutes July 25, 2012 page #2 RECREATION: Commissioner Mains made a motion to confirm the following Non-Competitive appointments. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. Andie Zajaceskowski Recreation Leader effective 06-20-12 Riley McGuiggan Skate Guard effective 06-27-12 Zachary Arpey Sports Program Coordinator effective 08-13-12 Danielle Charbonneau Program Clinic Coordinator effective 07-23-12 Benjamin Sugarman Program Clinic Coordinator effective 07-03-12 Matthew Lacy Sports Program Coordinator effective 07-09-12 Jessica Masse Sports Program Coordinator effective 07-09-12 James Perry Sports Program Coordinator effective 07-12-12 Chelsea Kane Sports Program Coordinator effective 07-12-12 Emily Wickert Sports Program Instructor effective 08-06-12 Kailee Wilson Sports Program Instructor effective 08-06-12 Commissioner Mains made a motion to confirm the following temporary Non-Competitive appointments to the summer Camp Saradac program effective July 2, 2012 up to and including August 30, 2012. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. Linda Byers Cathy LaMontain Joseph Powers David Sanford Janice Carlson Thomas Patrizio Chairperson DelSette made a motion to confirm the following temporary Non-Competitive appointments to the summer Youth Parking program effective July 11, 2012 up to and including September 3, 2012. Seconded by Commissioner Mains. Ayes all. Victor Abate Mackenzie Battle Dillon Grace Christian Henkel Derek Osborn Samantha Shabanaj Kamaal Stanley Jamine Truesdale Benjamin Sugarman SCHOOL DISTRICT: The Commission discussed the clarification of duties outlined in the job specifications involved in the care of special needs students. The Commission expressed their concern over the length of time spent on this issue and the School District and Union’s placing the Commission in the position of mediator due to their inability to find a solution to this problem. The Commission also expressed their concern, as taxpayers, regarding the School District’s waste of tax payers’ money by hiring legal representation instead of working professionally with the Commission. The Commission discussed the letter submitted by the school district’s attorney referencing the law suit brought by the Mayor against civil service. The Chairperson explained that the Union, Teacher Aides and the School District were well aware of the direction the Commission was taking; which was based on the meetings the secretary had with the School District, Union and Teacher Aides as well as the October 3, 2011 School District letter stating that “The building nurse, as the licensed health care professional is the primary care giver to the student in the above instance.” The Chairperson again stated that the job specifications for nurses and teacher aide positions are being revised in an effort to provide a clarification of duties and responsibilities of the individual positions; therefore, the law suit mentioned in the School District Attorney’s letter has no bearing on this issue. The Chairperson requested that the secretary remind the School District that it is the Commission’s standard practice (and required by Civil Service Law) to constantly review job specifications and that the adoption of these job specifications did not prevent the Union and School District from negotiation a solution agreeable to all parties. At the time of such an agreement, the School District can request that the Commission consider revising the job specifications. Commissioner Mains made a motion to adopt the proposed revisions as presented to the School District and the Union for the Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Professional Nurses, and Teacher Aides job specifications. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. Commissioner Mains made a motion to adopt the title and job specification for Data Assessment Coordinator. Seconded by Chairperson DelSette. Ayes all. Chairperson DelSette made a motion to confirm the following Labor Class appointments. Seconded by Commissioner Mains. Ayes all. Barbara Clemens School Monitor effective 05/24/12 CSC minutes July 25, 2012 page #3 SCHOOL DISTRICT: Chairperson DelSette made a motion to confirm the following temporary Labor Class appointments for the summer cleaner program. Seconded by Commissioner Mains. Ayes all. Thomas Cornell Matthew Pekus Joshua Parker Liam Akers Logan Kurtz Daniel Eckert Eric Diemer Adam Allain Colin Palumbo Peter Palumbo Spencer Andress Justin Louck Skyler Gregorek Susan Grauel Mathew Coleman Thomas Diemer Christian Alvord Casey Vaugh Christopher Goodwin Drew Fredericks Jonathan Scavone Lucas Scavone Nicholas Rumpf Brian Wainwright Ryan Vaughn Matthew Goodwin Cody Ovitt Kevin Reed CIVIL SERVICE: The Commission reviewed and approved the proposed 2013 operational budget. The secretary was instructed to submit the budget to the Finance Department. EXAMINATIONS WERE ORDERED for the following class titles: City Tax Revenue Supervisor ordered June 28, 2012 Community Relations Coordinator ordered July 9, 2012 Parking Enforcement Officer ordered July 16, 2012 ELIGIBLE LIST WERE ESTABLISH for the following examination: Automotive Service Manager #61-866 July 25, 1012 to July 25, 2013 Public Safety Dispatcher #67-559 July 25, 2012 to July 25, 2016 Senior Library Clerk #71-035 July 25, 2012 to July 25, 2014 REVISED ELIGIBLE LIST for Keyboard Specialist #10-412 due to medical alternate test date. Chairperson DelSette made a motion to appropriately place the candidate within the currently established eligible list. Seconded by Commissioner Mains. Ayes all. The next Civil Service Commission meeting is scheduled for September 17, 2012 APPROVED: 09-17-12 Respectfully submitted by:___Patsy Berrigan_____Secretary