City of Soap Lake Civil Service Commission Meeting. 08-05-2025

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[0:05] I think you
[0:25] » Sorry.
[0:31] go ahead and call the uh civil service commission meeting
[0:35] for Tuesday, August 5th uh is now convened at 12:00 p.m.
[0:44] » Roll call. >> Um Commissioner Gral
[0:46] » present. >> Commissioner
[0:49] preser
[0:52] Spencer. Secretary Chief Exam here. Before
[1:00] we proceed, is there information about uh the gentleman sitting next to me?
[1:06] » Yes. Um Mr. >> Did you want to take that in a different
[1:09] » I can I can add about it now. Mr. Slipper um put in his resignation and I
[1:14] think I forwarded that to you guys the letter. um he resigned as of July 28th
[1:22] and then um Mayor Sharp appointed Mr.
[1:35] » Did you get that email? >> Yeah,
[1:36] » I must have missed that. >> Forwarded forward. So,
[1:41] » thank you. Okay, we'll move to the agenda items.
[1:46] um minutes of from the 4:14 meeting. Do we
[1:52] have copies of those or
[1:58] they're right here? >> Did you want to review these?
[2:05] » I don't. >> Do you have another copy?
[2:09] » I just have that one. >> Just that we'll share. I loaded my
[2:13] » I did email that email that I originally sent for the meeting so that you guys
[2:17] can review them. So, >> oh, this is the
[2:22] » Go ahead. >> Yeah, the 414.
[2:25] » Okay. Okay. This wasn't the regular schedule.
[2:28] » No, it wasn't. It's just the last that need to be.
[2:33] » Yes, I I did I did review those. Okay. [Music]
[2:40] So we uh looking for a motion to approve
[2:46] the uh minutes for the 41425 meeting.
[2:50] » I make a motion we approving minutes. >> Motion has been made to approve the
[2:57] minutes for 41425 meeting. Any questions or Oh, I'm sorry.
[3:03] Asking for a second. I'll second that. Um,
[3:10] » point of order. Would he be voting on that?
[3:14] » Can I mean it's just >> procedial thing?
[3:18] » Yeah. Just kind of >> Yeah, that's what I Any questions or
[3:21] comments? >> We'll go ahead take a vote on favor
[3:26] unanimously.
[3:29] » Rules to fix the typo in the U.
[3:38] and the um rules.
[3:43] » Yes. >> And then um
[3:49] so just a little background with the our rules are on page 23 of the rules starts
[3:54] the definitions and letter F currently reads class classific class classified
[4:01] service. Classified service means all positions in the city police service and
[4:06] fire service which are fulfilled by full-time full commission police
[4:09] officers or firefighters and which are subject to the provisions of these rules
[4:13] as defined by chapters 2.23 and 2.25 of the municipal code excluding the chiefs
[4:19] of fire and police department. Obviously that is not correct and you just need to
[4:24] correct it. Um it'll be corrected to read classified service. classified
[4:30] service mean all positions in the city police service which are filled by
[4:34] full-time fully commissioned police officers and which are subject to the
[4:37] provisions of these regulations identified by chapters 2.45 and 2.42 or
[4:42] two of the Salt Lake Municipal Code excluding the chief states.
[4:50] And if you guys accept that, um, I have the signature page signing to adopt the
[4:56] rules and then I'll be able to print that all out and get it forwarded to you
[4:59] in a full copy by the end of today. >> Does our
[5:08] Thank you. Uh does our
[5:13] ordinance 2.45 and 2.42 do you have those available?
[5:18] » I do have the um I did um 2.45 covers the service civil service commission.
[5:26] The 2.42 covers the police department and there isn't anything left in there
[5:30] because they were removed with the chief in that last ordinance we had. So um I
[5:35] pull it up on my phone if you want to but yeah. So basically it would be
[5:40] covering this but I did include the 2.45 just because I mean 2.42 just because it
[5:45] did. >> That's right. And
[5:49] » the the ordin the council passed the ordinance to exclude the police chief
[5:55] from civil service. >> Okay.
[5:57] » Yeah. So I just it um 2.42 covers the police department in the code but I do
[6:04] have a copy of the 2.45 four of them. >> Okay,
[6:08] » that's correct. >> Did anyone want to see this? Any
[6:11] questions or discussion? >> I don't read.
[6:15] » All right. Um, look for a motion to
[6:21] um fix the
[6:26] rule uh 11 definition section 1F
[6:35] to the secretar's recommendation. Thank you.
[6:41] Okay.
[6:47] I read it out. So, we'll look for that motion. Okay.
[6:51] » You can just say so move. >> I'll make a motion. We make the change.
[6:55] » Okay. Second. >> Second.
[6:57] » Motion and the second has been made to uh correct the rules on page 23. Any
[7:04] questions or discussion? Taking to vote. All in favor?
[7:08] » I. Motion carries. >> All right. So now I'll pass along the
[7:11] signature page and then I'll just go at the end of the rule and then I'll be
[7:15] able to figure it out all the correct
[7:37] home if you guys come in, Right.
[7:57] Next agenda item, schedule the next monthly meeting.
[8:10] What are we looking at?
[8:15] How's our eligibility list? >> Um,
[8:20] there's two current.
[8:26] » And do we have any openings? >> That'll be up to the chief. I don't know
[8:32] if I don't know if we'll move forward with the six position yet or we're
[8:35] staying in five. We do have five ones that she
[8:38] » Okay, got two and if we need to open it up, we
[8:42] can do that. Okay,
[8:48] » so we're looking at September
[8:53] start with your busy schedule, work our way around.
[9:01] I really don't know. I have the police department. We're switching records and
[9:07] I have >> I'm not sure.
[9:14] » Um so September may work. Um,
[9:22] I'll see this
[9:27] might be able to be something in what do you guys have unavailable?
[9:42] available. >> You're available.
[9:46] » September.
[9:50] » Can't give you dates right now. >> Okay. And we can also look into like the
[9:54] first part of October. But again, we will also be having another some sort of
[10:00] meeting on the 19th to kind of start scheduling
[10:04] the other stuff. So it might get until October too. So we can do a tenative
[10:11] meeting. >> Sure.
[10:14] » Maybe for the >> put a stake in the ground
[10:16] » the 23rd. That's our Tuesday.
[10:23] » We'll do that.
[10:27] » We're on the same time. >> Um I usually let the senior center kind
[10:33] of but I I prefer 1:30. the 1:30 to work for you guys better than new. Yes,
[10:39] » today it was new because they had other things scheduled. So, we'll aim for 1:30
[10:43] on the 23rd and then I will check with the senior center get back available for
[10:46] next >> day of the week.
[10:48] » It's a Tuesday. >> Tuesday. Okay.
[10:57] » And just send us out notices if it changes. Otherwise, your usual
[11:05] a week before whatever came. It was a reminder.
[11:50] We will either of the commissioners have anything else they'd like to discuss?
[11:55] » No, I don't. >> Okay.
[11:57] » I'd like to bring up um an email request that I sent to the
[12:03] secretary to review officer Bezabeno's hiring process.
[12:10] did not get a response, but it's still something.
[12:19] » So, um I did respond. Um I did send that email forwarded to our city attorney and
[12:25] um you guys are your commission are not pretty
[12:31] » and work grounds that she voted that >> your what your rules um allow you guys
[12:37] to be. You're clear not to receive those that
[12:43] you asked for specifically. You asked for
[12:49] » Yes. I asked for come prepared with the background report, a psychological
[12:53] testing and CJTC equivalency examination.
[12:56] » Correct. >> Those are only reviewed by the hiring.
[13:00] » I understand. I'm not looking for the actual reports. I'm looking for the
[13:05] outcome of those reports. >> Well, everything was
[13:10] done and he was tired so he passed everything that's now the past fails and
[13:18] » well I have knowledge that there may have been some irregularities in the
[13:24] hiring process that's what I'm guessing so if you have a complaint you can
[13:31] forward that to the city or to CJ Thank you.
[13:41] » Or I can open the investigation
[13:45] and consult our commission attorney.
[13:51] He's been hired for
[13:56] and we are directed. You can coun you have to bring that to the city.
[14:07] The irregularity is become even more significant given the recent accident by
[14:11] this officer
[14:15] just for the record. Okay,
[14:19] we'll move to ajourna. You're going to have public comment.
[14:25] » No, we don't have public. >> You did before. I mean, so have you
[14:30] changed? on any public comment.
[14:33] » I'm okay with it. >> Oh, I don't care. It's fine with me.
[14:37] » Okay, commissioner. >> That's fine.
[14:40] » Okay, go ahead. Where are we as far as the schedule for the uh cops termination
[14:45] period? >> There'll be a hearing on the 19th. The
[14:50] next hearing is on the 19th at 2:00 here.
[14:54] » Will that be the actual thought? >> No, this is a hearing to reschedule all
[14:59] the previous dates that were set.
[15:04] at 2 p.m. Yes.
[15:10] Anything else?
[15:24] Can you give us um secretary, can you give us an update on the status of the
[15:32] uh open chief position? >> Um there is an agenda item on tomorrow's
[15:38] agenda for a contract to be um approved or reviewed by council.
[15:44] » Okay. >> So an offer has been extended to a
[15:48] candidate.
[15:51] Um, was the position advertised? >> Yeah.
[15:56] » How many applicants did it? >> A lot.
[15:59] » Oh, good. That's better than what we had in that. Okay.
[16:05] Anything else? >> Okay.
[16:07] » We'll move to ajourn. We adjourn. Okay. Second. Second.
[16:13] » All in favor? Meeting journ. Thank you.