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Bu.nllagame. Callfonnla
[o-v€rmbef 23, 1955
{ specl-aI meotlng of the BurLLngame Ctty Cor:ncLL was heLd on the above glvendate, aL1 members havlng been notlfled and consentLng. Meetlng called toorden at 8:55 p.m. - Mayon Mongarr ln the Chair..
ROLL CAI,L
Present Counol-lmen: Johnson-Mongan-Rooth-Thayer
Absent - Cor:ncllmen: Byrd (g:gS p.m.)
Councllman Thayen moved'that Councllmsn Byrd. be exeeused, second.ed byCouncllman Rooth and. unenlmously carr!,ed.
PIIRPOSE OF MEETING
Mayor Mor:gan stated that the meetlng had been scheduled fon the punposeof gtvlng consldenatlon to and submlttlng recommendations to the Clvll-Senvlce uommisslon nelative to the f1111ng of posLtlons crnnently vacantln the PolLee Depar"tment.
Pollce Sergeant Prlee and Pollce Sengeant Iodd. eaeh expressed hls concernon belng requlned to submtt to anothen wrltten examlnatlon to quallfy fora Lowen posi.tlon (Lieutenent) declaned vacant fon some months-ln thbPoI1ee Depantment.
In nesponse tho Chair advlsod that tho Clvll Servlce Rules and. Regulationsprovlde that tho Clvtl Service Comnrlsslon may determine that examlnatlonsshall be onale wnLtten, or a comblnatlon of both.
The Chaln r"eferred, to a commr:nicatlon necelved from the Civ11 Servlce
Commlsslon, dated September 18, 1954, submLtttng an ellglble Ilst fcr theposltion of Deputy Police Chief and a furthen communlcatlon fnom thatCommlssl.on, d.ated Decemben 1-7, 1954, requestlng that the Councll reconslderthe abovementLoned eL1glb1e Llst. The Clty Attornoy was questloned regardlngthe posltion of the Council ln neLatl.on to-the fonegolng. Tho Clty Atf,onney-
advLsed. that t4 hts oplnlonl based on the trintentr 5f t[e nequest irf theClvtl Servlce ComnrLssionr tlo Corrncll may, by actlon pnlor to Decembon 1?,1955r confLrm the appolntment of Deputy crrrei of poIr.ee.
Mayor Morgan advlsed that lnasnnrch as a wrltten examlnatlon had been con-ducted pnevl.ously for both the positlon of, Deputy Pollce Chief and thoposition of Asslstant Chlef (Lieutenant) the Council was of the unanimousoplnlon that an onal examinatlon fon both posltl-ons was equitable.
Mn. Cynrs McldlLlan, member and nepresentatLve of the Ctvll Senvlce Com-
mJ.ssJ.on, stated. that ln hLs oplnlon the members of the CommlssLon wouLdconcu.l3 ln the recommend.at lon of the Council that sergeants and patroLmenwlth ten yearst servlce qualify to compete i.n an oral examlnatlbn to be
eonducted for the posltLon of Lleutenant.
A motlon was ther"eafter lntnoduced, by Councilman Rooth that the ClvllServLce CommlssLon be advlsed that lt ls the recommendatlon of the membersof the Clty Council that (1) an oral examlnatLon be cond.ucted for theposition of Lieutenantt (2) that sengeants and patrolmen wlth ten yeansrsenvlce be qualifled to partlclpate ln sald examlnatlon; and (5) tlutsuch recommendatlon does not constltute the establlshment of a preced.ont.The-motlon was seeond.ed by Councllman Thayer and unanlmously car::Led.***
Edwand Ruegg, Chalrman
Employees t AssoelatLon
confLnmatlon of appoln
, Board of Dlrectors of the Br.r:r,llngame Clvl1 Servlce, ln attendance, recorrmended. that subsequent totments made 1n the above positlons, the Councll
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apply SectLon 2 of Rule VI, Ctvtl Senvioe Rules and Regu]_a!lo11 ln
tLlt- all- names shall theneaften be r emoved fnom the e1lgtb1e llsto
. Cor:ncll membens concutted.
)' CorrncLlman Rooth suggested that the CtvlL Senvl.ce Commlssion scheduLe
and theneafter conduct an oraL e xamlnatlon at a locatlon other thart
the Fine Ea-11.
ADJOUNNM}}{T
fhe meetlng was thereafter. neguLanly adjounred. at fO:dO polno
Respe ctfully submlt ted,
ert eaCity Clork
*** A nalse of b,ands by those concenned, lndlcated unanlnous
appnoval of the for"egolng Councll actlon.
L. B.
Mayon
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