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CivilServiceBoard | 2012-06-06 | 10 | the people that were reading the applications could figure out who they were by not being able to answer the questions. There were certain people who did not have aquatic experience or senior experience and you would have to leave it blank because they could not answer it. Ms. Blumkin stated that for Mr. Low to state that was unbiased because there were no names, Dale Lillard informed those people whose those papers were and they could figure it out themselves. Ms. Blumkin is almost 100% certain that if you gave her the other person's name from Hayward, they (appellants) would also know who that person is because the recreation community is very close and all work together. This was an unfair process, totally unfair by Human Resources and the outgoing ARPD Director Dale Lillard. He is no longer working here, but if he was brought into this room today you (the Board) would be totally shocked. Ed Tsang, Alameda resident, retired from Alameda County Superior Court and father of appellant Marcia Tsang, asked what is the racial makeup of the new Recreation Services Specialists and what the racial makeup of Recreation Program Coordinators are. Ms. Blumkin stated the ones that were hired are all white. The ones laid off were two Asians and a Hispanic. Sandi Bertero, Alameda resident and former employee (retired) with the City of Alameda- currently part-time, stated that she loves working for the City and working in ARPD. She really feels that this was an unfair process. She worked with the union for many years and worked to get the union in the City. Most of the time when they have to do budget cuts, they usually do layoffs and most of the time it has been by seniority. This was not by seniority. They decided to reorganize the Department which is fine, but she wanted the Board to know that in the past it had always been by seniority. Because it was a promotional thing, her personal opinion is that anybody that qualified in the specific area. She does feel that there is possibly one person that may not have been qualified to even be considered for the job. Lastly, in all of her 40 work years, and she has interviewed for many departments and many jobs, she has never in her life interviewed over the phone. If you wanted a job you had to be at the interview and that was not the case in this promotional job. Mr. Wong stated that going back to April 19, 2012, on that afternoon he had to go back to work for an event, a Teen Job Search Work Shop showing teens how to interview for a job, etc. He actually had to sit there and act like everything was okay. His heart was in the job itself and the recreation field and his commitment was to Patrick and the ideal of "Parks Make Life Better" not what one person has done or did not do. Because it was a community event, if he did not show up it would not have been professional to let down his teen staff, the kids, and some of his colleagues of the department and neighboring departments. When he was at the event a lot of people were shocked that he was not one of the few selected. Mr. Wong is asking the Board to please look at the results and questions. His job search experience from now and up to the layoff had been that he has put in two applications. He Page -10- G:Personnel\CSB\All Minutes/201 Minutes/2012-06-06 Special CSB Minutes-Draft | CivilServiceBoard/2012-06-06.pdf |