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CivilServiceBoard | 2012-10-10 | 5 | City of Alameda Page 5 Civil Service Board Minutes Regular Meeting of October 10, 2012 Draft Even though the list was certified in 2010 the names of the three officers were added in 2012. Personnel Management Analyst Kovacs stated that is correct. Member Malloy stated the Board can extend that list up until 2012. She would like to know what rank they are certified in. Personnel Management Analyst Kovacs stated that at this time, we are now certifying the names to the rolling list as they come in because we have "open until filled" positions. President Peeler stated that there was a hardship in finding police officers which is why this was done differently. Personnel Management Analyst Kovacs stated that is correct. Member Malloy asked if a list can be extended for more than two years. Personnel Management Analyst Kovacs stated no, a name can be on the list. A list could have started in January, but a name may not have been put on the list until October. The name would have two years from October on that list. Member McHugh asked when the officers would start the Police Academy and when they will have completed the Academy. Police Chief Noonan stated they started the academy on October 1, 2012. The Academy lasts six months and they will complete it in March 2013. Member McHugh asked if it was normal for them to wait almost two months before they start the Police Academy. Police Chief Noonan stated this is not normal. In this case, these were such good, high quality candidates that they wanted to hire them before the list expired. The purpose was to get quality candidates, get them oriented before going into the Academy for the Department administrative tasks, and orientation of the city so that would be one less thing for them to worry about when coming out of the Academy in six months. Member Malloy asked if there are more names on the list. President Peeler asked Human Resources Director Brock-Cohn to explain to Ms. Malloy the difference between the police officer recruitment, other recruitments, and how they are different. Police Chief Noonan stated that the list is good for two years. The Police Officer, Police Lieutenant, and Police Sergeant lists are good for up to two years. Every six months the list is sent to the Police Chief for renewal. Member Malloy asked if there were more names on the list but those three came off the list. Personnel Management Analyst Hung stated there may have been more names on the list but these were the officers that were selected for hire. Member Malloy asked if it is customary that we (the City) select before the completion of the six month Academy. Human Resources Director Brock-Cohn stated no. There are many cities that when they do hire they make the recruit an employee. However, in this particular case because of the pension reform that was recently approved, these people were hired with the understanding that they will be under the current formula. The length of the Academy is such that they will not become permanent employees if we do not do this until after January 1. They would be considered new employees at that time and would not be eligible for the same benefits that they were hired under. The concern is because there are other cities that do hire recruits in the Academy, we may lose them. Chief Noonan stated that these are three entry level police recruits that were hired to fill the vacancies. They passed the background check, medical, polygraph, and psychological testing. They are always hired before the Academy. We hired them a little earlier than normal because we did not want to lose these three individuals. There are other lists that they work off of; laterals, officers coming from other police departments, and people who have put themselves through the Academy. It is not uncommon for us to hire prior to the Academy for entry levels. We did it a little earlier than normal this time because they were such high quality candidates that we did not want to lose them. G:\Personnel\CSB\All Minutes/201. Minutes/2012-10-10 CSB Minutes-FINAL.doc | CivilServiceBoard/2012-10-10.pdf |