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CivilServiceBoard | 2014-10-27 | 3 | City of Alameda Page 3 Civil Service Board Minutes Regular Meeting October 27, 2014 4-A-iv. LIST OF SPECIFICATIONS Existing Classification Specification Revision: - Senior Utility Accountant - System Operator New Class Specifications: - Assistant Community Development Director - Crime Scene Specialist - Police Maintenance Technician (re-presented) - Police Technician (re-presented) - Public Works Project Manager I - Public Works Project Manager Il - Public Works Project Manager III - System Operator Trainee Board Member Malloy made a motion to approve the Consent Calendar items with the exception of the Senior Utility Accountant, Police Maintenance Technician and the Public Works Project Managers I, II, and III specifications. Vice President Batchelor seconded the motion. Motion was approved 5-0. Member Santos asked if the Senior Utility Accountant was classified as non-exempt. Senior Human Resources Analyst Low stated it is an exempt classification. Member Santos asked how many classification levels there are between Senior Utility Accountant and non-exempt line classifications. Senior Human Resources Analyst Low stated it is right above the non-exempt line classes. For the Utility Accountant classification family, basically it goes through Senior Account Clerk, Utility Accountant, and Senior Utility Accountant. We go from non-exempt at the Senior Utility Accountant level. Member Santos stated that she feels this job description should be revisited. She performs a lot of this type of wage and hour work and this seems that it would be red flagged for an audit. Acting Human Resources Director Kovacs stated an FLSA duties test could be done. What we would be looking for is: are they making independent judgments, are they recommending/formulating recommendations that are going to be substantive in so far as business operations are concerned, which is the foundation of the exemption under the FLSA. Member Santos stated that it looks like they need graduation from an accredited college with a degree in accounting, but when she reads the description she is not so sure that she is seeing the discretion in independent judgment as related to certain policies and procedures. Acting Human Resources Director Kovacs stated if you look at the definition " perform responsible utility accounting and related work involving financial planning, revisions to general accounting procedures, revisions to procedures and functions, and review of detailed accounting procedures and recommendations for the improvement thereof.. So they are involved in making recommendations and review of processes and procedures. Member Santos stated that she is not saying that this is not an exempt classification, but in reading it she would like it revisited. If it is circumscribed by certain procedures, etc., for instance by the General Accounting Principles, she is saying that it should be revisited. Acting Human Resources Director Kovacs asked if Member Santos would like HR to do an FLSA duties test on this classification. Member Santos stated that if staff is confident about the FLSA duties then she feels it G:\Personnel\CSB\All Minutes/201 Minutes/2014-10-27 CSB Minutes-Mtg Final | CivilServiceBoard/2014-10-27.pdf |