Civil Service Commission

Name: Civil Service Commission — Tumwater, WA
Start: 2025-09-11
End: 2025-09-11
Location: Tumwater, WA

Regular Meeting

Tumwater, WA · September 11, 2025

Minutes

MEETING MINUTES TUMWATER CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 CONVENE: 5:30 p.m. PRESENT: Chair Blake Chard, Commissioners Wendy Moudy and Pat Schneider Staff: Secretary/Chief Examiner Michelle Sutherland, Police Chief Jay Mason, Fire Chief Brian Hurley and Deputy Fire Chief Shawn Crimmins APPROVAL OF Commissioner Chard moved, seconded by Commissioner MINUTES: Moudy, to approve the minutes of August 14, 2025, as presented. A voice vote approved the motion. STATUS OF Chief Examiner Sutherland reviewed the status of the eligibility ELIGIBLITY LISTS: lists. Active continuous lists for police and fire remain effective. There were no other changes to the lists. APPROVAL OF ENTRY Chief Examiner Sutherland requested to approve the Entry Level LEVEL POLICE Police Eligibility List. ELIGIBILITY LIST: MOTION: Commissioner Schneider moved, seconded by Commissioner Moudy, to approve the Entry Level Police Officer Eligibility List as presented. Motion carried unanimously. DISCUSSION ITEM - Chief Examiner Sutherland presented the plan for the Fire FIRE DEPARTMENT Department to discontinue the continuous eligibility lists for CONTINUOUS LISTS: Lateral Firefighter, Lateral Paramedic, and Entry-Level Paramedic, and move forward with standard dated eligibility lists. TUMWATER CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION – SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 1 APPROVAL OF Chief Examiner Sutherland requested to approve the Police POLICE DEPUTY Deputy Chief eligibility list. CHIEF ELIGIBILITY LIST : MOTION: Commissioner Moudy moved, seconded by Commissioner Schneider, to approve the Police Deputy Chief Exam Plan. Motion carried unanimously. APPROVAL OF Chief Examiner Sutherland requested to approve the Police POLICE SERVICES Services Specialist I eligibility list. SPECIALIST I ELIGIBILITY LIST: MOTION: Commissioner Schneider moved, seconded by Commissioner Moudy, to approve the Police Services Specialist I Eligibility List. Motion carried unanimously. NEXT MEETING DATE: The next meeting is scheduled on Thursday, August 14, 2025. UPDATES: Updates on their respective departments were given by Police Chief Mason and Fire Chief Hurley. ADJOURNMENT: With there being no further business, Chair Chard adjourned the meeting at 5:52 p.m. Prepared by Michelle Sutherland, Secretary/Examiner. TUMWATER CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION – SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 2

Agenda

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA Online via Zoom and In Person at Tumwater City Hall, Sunset Room, 555 Israel Rd. SW, Tumwater, WA 98501 Thursday, September 11, 2025 5:30 PM 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Changes to Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes a. Approval of Civil Service Commission Meeting Minutes, August 14, 2025 5. Status of Eligibility List Update 6. Approval of Entry Level Police Eligibility List 7. Fire Department Transition From Continuous Processes 8. Approval of Police Deputy Chief Eligibility List 9. Approval of Police Services Specialist I Eligibility List 10. Updates 11. Next Meeting Date - 10/09/2025 12. Adjourn Meeting Information All commission members will be attending remotely. The public are welcome to attend in person, by telephone or online via Zoom. Watch Online https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84502023796?pwd=OVDik6lnJJHmvgMRgSPYUhwBeuayeA.1 Listen by Telephone Call (253) 215-8782, listen for the prompts and enter the Webinar ID 845 0202 3796 and Passcode 572444. Public Comment The public may submit comments by sending an email to calmon@ci.tumwater.wa.us, no later than 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. Comments are submitted directly to the Commission members and will not be read individually into the record of the meeting. Post Meeting Video of this meeting will be recorded and posted on our City Meeting page: https://tumwater- wa.municodemeetings.com. Accommodations The City of Tumwater takes pride in ensuring that people with disabilities are able to take part in, and benefit from, the range of public programs, services, and activities offered by the City. To request an accommodation or alternate format of communication, please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator directly, call (360) 754-4129 or email ADACoordinator@ci.tumwater.wa.us. For vision or hearing impaired services, please contact the Washington State Relay Services at 7-1-1 or 1-(800)-833-6384.

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