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CivilServiceBoard | 2008-11-19 | 5 | City of Alameda page 5 of 5 Civil Service Board Agenda Special Meeting of November 19, 2008 Golf and Park Maintenance Workers being in the same job class, then there may be some appeal right for them to come back to the Civil Service Board to say that the layoff had been implemented wrong. He then requested that staff get back to the Board on exactly how the appeal process would work. He again stated that there is no action the Board would be able to take right now that would decide the question differently then how staff is interpreting it, and there is nothing they can do in the future that would decide how it will affect the people who are being impacted. Jon Brandenburg wanted to know why, as Maintenance employees they are unable to bump into Public Works Maintenance positions. He stated that the City had a budget crunch in 1994 and that he was able to do so. Executive Secretary Willis stated that she would check into the specifics of that. Dennis McDaniels asked why, as a vested employee who has been working for the City for a decade, his seniority over Public Works employees, who are not vested and have only been employed for a year or two, doesn't matter. Board President Rich explained that each agency is able to adopt its rules and how they handle employment matters differently, and that some cities have it set up where the overall seniority is factored. He went on to say that with the City of Alameda's particular set of Civil Service Rules overall time with the City is not a factor. He further explained that the main reason seniority does not have complete power over everything else is because there are certain situations where the jobs are so different that a person would not be able to perform the job they have seniority over. Board President Rich suggested that another meeting be scheduled to answer the questions which had been posed. He added that he would also like to find out what the appropriate role of the Civil Service Board is relative to providing advice or counsel to people subject to lay-offs. Executive Secretary Willis stated that staff will schedule another special meeting for mid-December. John McDonald, Park Manager, asked if there will be a point where the Golf portion of Golf and Park Maintenance Worker will be eliminated, since the City will not be maintaining the Golf Course, so that this confusion will not exist in the future. Jill Kovacs stated that they have to be careful in that situation because they don't want to detrimentally impact people in lay-off status who could possibly be reinstated at a later date. She explained that if the classification they previously held was eliminated, reinstatement would be impossible. 6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) None. 7. CIVIL SERVICE BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARD) None. 8. CIVIL SERVICE BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM STAFF) 9. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Karen Willis Human Resources Director & Executive Secretary to the Civil Service Board | CivilServiceBoard/2008-11-19.pdf |