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CivilServiceBoard | 2008-11-19 | 4 | City of Alameda page 4 of 5 Civil Service Board Agenda Special Meeting of November 19, 2008 well as an oral board. She stated that there would be different specialized skills that were asked for, but that the minimum qualifications would be the same. Board President Rich asked how divergent the examples of different types of duties that were listed on the descriptions were from the specifications. Pam Sibley stated that, with the bulletins that she worked on, they would pull out the information that applied to that specific position from the job specification. Board Member McHugh asked, when Human Resources negotiates a new contract, how are these issues discussed and if they are discussed at a classification level between the Union and the City. Terry Flippo, Parks employee, stated that in 2001/02 negotiations the separation from the Golf Course came up. He stated that they discussed the different duties of the jobs and that he went out to the Parks Department to see what their maintenance workers were doing and that a Park maintenance worker came to the Golf Course to see what he was doing. He stated that they were told that it was a Civil Service Board issue and it was not to be addressed in negotiations. Alan Elnick confirmed that is indeed what happened and that they could not negotiate that without the approval of the Board, but that it was never taken to the Board. Board President Rich asked if there are any other vacancy's within the City that people might be able to be hired into. Executive Secretary Willis stated that they will try to look at any other vacancies that may come up within the City, but that people being layed-off from the Golf Course would not have the right to bump into those positions. She stated that Human Resources would most likely open those positions up internally to give current City employees the opportunity to apply. She stated that right now the City is in a hiring freeze and she does not know if the budget will cause the City to have to make further reductions, and they are not able to fill any vacancies currently. Executive Secretary Willis stated that the Board has the ability to make a decision to say whether or not Golf and Park Maintenance Worker is indeed a single classification, but that if the Board wanted to do something else it would need to be agendized as an action item for a future meeting. Board Member Horikoshi asked how the Human Resources Department is saying this ought to go if there are lay-offs. Executive Secretary Willis stated that the Human Resources Department is using the seniority list to decide who has bumping rights etc. Board Member McHugh asked if the private firm that is leasing the Golf Course will be able to hire on some of the City's laid off workers. Executive Secretary Willis stated that there is a clause in the contract that states they will consider the City's employees but there is nothing requiring them to take them on. She also stated that there is a consideration to keep the maintenance portion of the Golf Course within the City for a period of time up to one year. She explained that it will be an amendment that will be made through ACEA and will then come back to Council on December 2, 2008 for final approval. Board President Rich asked, if the Board does not take any action, will the City move forward with the reductions based on how the classification is currently set up. Executive Secretary Willis confirmed this and stated that she would like to have a decision from the Civil Service Board, but that their decision could only be going forward. She explained that if the Board decided to separate the classification it will not change the way the current situation unfolds. Board President Rich asked if there would be any appeal rights that the laid off employees would have if they feel things have been implemented wrong. Executive Secretary Willis stated that it would be through the grievance process unless it was in terms of someone challenging the classification and then it would have to go to the Civil Service Board. Alan Elnick explained that one person is slated for lay off as of January 5, 2009 unless someone retires before then. He went on to say that the next lay off date is May 31, 2009, where there needs to be a reduction of 3 more positions. The next notification of lay-off date after that is October 31, 2009 with lay-offs of December 31, 2009, for a total of 16 positions eliminated. Board President Rich stated that his understanding of the situation is that there doesn't seem to be any action that the Board can take immediately that would change the status and interpretation of how the classes are set up. He stated that beyond that, even if it were to be agendized for a future meeting, there is nothing that the Board can do that would apply retroactively. He went on to say that it seems like if there are people that don't agree with how staff is interpreting the current classification system, with all | CivilServiceBoard/2008-11-19.pdf |