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CivilServiceBoard | 2012-06-06 | 3 | their discretion if they want additional time to look at documents. The Board may want additional information before it is said and done as well. It is up to the Board's discretion. Mr. Gossman stated that the Union has no objection to moving forward. Vice President Horikoshi moved that the meeting/hearing continue; Member Batchelor seconded the motion which passed by a 5-0 vote. President Peeler invited the appellants to speak. Mr. Gossman stated that he would provide an opening statement and then he has three appellants that would like to give a three minute speech and then we could proceed from there. Mr. Riddle agreed they would have a full 10 minutes between all of them to begin. Mr. Gossman provided a six-page document/report (with attachments) to the Civil Service Board. Mr. Gossman stated that he was at the meeting today to represent three appellants who were former employees of the City of Alameda and that they have been program park coordinators for 10 to 11 years working for the City. In March 2012, they were informed that the City was planning to eliminate their positions. At that time there were four positions occupied. They were advised that the Alameda Recreation and Park Department (ARPD) would be eliminating the Park Program Coordinator to create a new classification of Recreational Program Specialist and that one of the four would be laid off because there would be four positions cut down to three. Mr. Gossman also stated that the resolution was taken to City Council and it was stated that this was going to save $400,000 for the City by going to this new classification. In essence, that is a false smoke screen because these employees were already being paid out of the Athletic Trust Fund and not paid out of the General Fund. The fact that they were changing to a new position had nothing to do with the $400,000. But, when we went to a union meeting, a meet and confer, the reason for the new classification was to save $400,000. Mr. Gossman continued that prior to the testing, two managers who worked for the City, approached the employees and stated that they were not going to get the new jobs and Page -3- G:Personnel\CSB\ Minutes/201 Minutes/2012-06-06 Special CSB Minutes-Draft | CivilServiceBoard/2012-06-06.pdf |