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CivilServiceBoard | 2008-11-19 | 2 | City of Alameda page 2 of 5 Civil Service Board Agenda Special Meeting of November 19, 2008 as recently as 6 months ago and that Golf employees have always provided staff and equipment to the Parks Department whenever they have had special projects. Executive Secretary Willis confirmed that there was a lateral transfer of a Golf employee who transferred to the Recreation and Parks Department. Board Member Rocha asked if there were any documents showing these moves. Executive Secretary Willis stated that for each move there was a Personnel Action Form. Derek Taylor stated that from his perspective the policy was that they were all Golf and Park Maintenance Workers and it was common knowledge that they could be moved from Golf to Parks. Parks employee Dennis Tavares stated that when he was hired his employment papers did not say anything about the Golf Course and that he was hired to work strictly at the baseball facility only. A job announcement for Park Maintenance Worker - Pools was then distributed to the Board. Executive Secretary Willis explained that the Human Resources Department has always had a single classification for the position called Golf and Park Maintenance Worker and that this classification is part of the ACEA MOU, classification 5260. She stated that this is the classification title that goes to the City Council for pay ranges etc., and it is also the title that was brought to the Civil Service Board when the classification was created. She stated that the earliest date they could find as an example of this was 1972. She also stated that during a recruitment, bulletins are sometimes posted with the working title showing where the position is to be assigned. For example, if it were a Golf and Park Maintenance Worker in Parks it would be posted as a Parks Maintenance Worker and vice versa. She explained that all individuals who were hired into the job were hired under the classification of Golf and Park Maintenance Worker, code 5260. She then went on to explain that there were a couple of exceptions that were labeled Park Maintenance Worker and Golf Maintenance Worker but they are still under the same classification code of Golf and Park Maintenance Worker. Dennis Tavares questioned why the history would show him as being hired to "hardball field only" if they wanted him to be able to move to the Golf Course. Karen Willis stated that when the job was being recruited for, the City wanted to attract people with a specific skill to apply for the position. She also explained that there would be different recruitments and different eligible lists based on those different skills. Chris Low stated that he cannot speak as to what actually happened during the time of the actual recruitment, but that even today they may give an open position a working title and still reference what the baseline classification title is for payroll purposes. He stated that they do this for the purpose of finding the best person for the position. He went on to explain that they will typically hone in on types of skills that they are looking for so that they do not waste the time of anyone they might not necessarily consider. Derek Taylor stated that the Golf and Park Maintenance Workers have gone to meetings together for months and have been presented with seniority lists with all of their names on them. He stated that it is common knowledge that they are all working under the same classification. Pam Sibley shared that she worked in recruitment for the City for a number of years and that in order to attract the skill set that was desired they would use different supplemental questionnaires and that the full name of the classification was not listed on the bulletin. She also stated that these recruitments resulted in different eligible lists depending on the skill set that Human Resources was recruiting for. Golf employee Mike McCall shared that numerous people have gone back and forth from the Golf and Parks Departments. He stated that Golf maintenance workers have always been the same as the Parks maintenance workers, with the same uniform etc. He also stated that being a Golf maintenance worker requires more skills than the Parks maintenance workers. He stated that he would like to know how some of their titles changed. For example he was hired as a Golf and Park Maintenance Worker and was then promoted to a Leadperson and then his title changed to a Utility Worker. He stated that he was not informed that his title was going to be changed from Leadperson to Utility Worker and wanted to know when his title changed and why. Member Horikoshi questioned whether everyone on the chart is in the Golf and Park Maintenance Worker classification. Executive Secretary Willis stated that at present they are not, but at one point or another they were. Board President Rich asked if a lateral transfer has to be approved by the department. Karen Willis confirmed that it does. Mark Smith stated that the last transfer was hired as a Golf Maintenance Worker and when a position came open at the Parks they asked him if he wanted to transfer. He stated that the positions are alike because they are all grounds maintenance employees. Bill Hudson, Parks employee stated that he has never seen a Parks Maintenance Worker transfer to Golf. John Brandenburg, Parks employee, stated that he was hired as a Park Maintenance Worker and that he has never had the opportunity to transfer over to Golf. Dennis McDaniels stated that the job was presented to Parks employees in a manner that never gave them any idea they were related to the Golf Department until now, when lay-offs are coming. | CivilServiceBoard/2008-11-19.pdf |