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CivilServiceBoard | 2012-06-06 | 17 | who were qualified to take the test. Or, would all of that be involved. City Attorney Kern stated that what Mr. Riddle was trying to explain is that the City Council as the legislative body decided to do this reclassification and restructuring. Then there is a testing process and what is being appealed is whether this testing process was set up fairly and administered fairly. Mr. Peterson stated that it could not be fair if two people did not qualify to take the test. City Attorney Kern stated that is part of the administration but the idea is not for this Board to go through and look at all of the applications and decide who they would have chosen. Mr. Peterson stated that he is not saying that, he is saying that two of them should not have been allowed to take the test because they did not have the qualifications. City Attorney Kern stated she hears what Mr. Peterson is saying so they can look at Mr. Peterson stated that is a fact City Attorney Kern stated apparently there was a Human Resources review, there was a supplemental question review, and the oral review and through all of those they apparently determined that the people met the minimum qualifications. Mr. Peterson stated apparently someone did not do their job. Apparently does not cut it. City Attorney Kern stated she does not have the applications in front of her. President Peeler stated sir, (Mr. Peterson), the Board is not arguing whether he is right or wrong. If the Board decides to investigate all of that would be included and asked Mr. Peterson to let the Board continue. Mr. Tsang asked who would do the investigation. City Attorney Kern stated the City Attorney's Office would hire a third party, someone from the outside. Mr. Tsang asked if they (City Attorney) would be paying them. Ms. Kern stated yes. Ms. Blumkin stated that they heard the first time was going to be a fair process. You were going to go outside and that did not happen, so how can we trust that they will not do it again. City Attorney Kern stated that it is up to the Board. She is the City Attorney with the City Attorney's Office and we Ms. Blumkin stated she is trying to save their jobs. City Attorney Kern stated she was not trying to save anybody's job. The City Attorney's Office would be willing, because they have attorney client privilege, be willing to hire someone outside who would, independently of any direction from her office, go and talk to the people and come back and report to the Board on how the process went forward. It is not up to the public group to decide, it is up to the Civil Service Board to decide. Mr. Peterson stated that they need to tell the Board what they think. City Attorney Kern stated they can tell the Board what they think but let's let one person speak at a time. City Attorney Kern stated that if the Board would find this useful she is willing to do it. The Page -17- G:Personnel\CSB\All Minutes/201 Minutes/2012-06-06 Special CSB Minutes-Draft | CivilServiceBoard/2012-06-06.pdf |