Jul 25, 2022 Fire Police Municipal Board Meeting

WHAT YOU GOT? AND IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS OUT LAST WEEK, NO SERVICE OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, FIRST ONE IS LIKE THE POST FOR CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR 30 DAYS AS REQUIRED BY THE LATE EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

UH, Y'ALL HAVE THE LADDER FROM BRITTANY GARY OR GREAT.

SO WHEN YOU WERE PROPOSED THIS ITEM B NUMBER 12.

YUP.

CAN YOU RESTATE IT ONE MORE TIME? UH, APPROVE AND POST ARE NOT APPROVED POSTS BY THE POSITION OF INFORMATION, TAKE CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST, BUT 30 DAYS.

SO JUST FOR CLARITY, WHAT THE BOARD IS DOING IS WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY ADOPT A NEW CLASS THAT'S RIGHT.

AND WE HAVE TO, UM, POST THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR 30 DAYS AT A PUBLIC MEETINGS.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND WHATNOT.

AND UH, IF THE BOARD APPROVES, WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH FILLING POSITIONS WITHIN THAT CLASS.

I'M CALLING FOR THE TEST, RIGHT THEN POSTING FOR CALL FOR THE TEST, UH, APPROVED THE POSITION AND CALL FOR THE TEST THE NEXT.

CORRECT.

ALL.

AND THERE'S A 13 THERE YOU HAVE ANOTHER ITEM.

UH, AND REFERENCED TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE MOVE NEXT.

MONTH'S MEETING TO THE AUGUST 29TH, GIVE 30 DAYS IF WE KEPT IT AT THE SAME IN BETWEEN, WE WOULD ALL BE POSTED FOR 28 DAYS THOUGH.

LIKE TO MOVE THE MEETING TO THE 29TH, TO GIVE 30 DAYS POSTING.

THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO SPIN IT.

I, TO DO IT, ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONFLICT? WE CAN JUST TALK.

WE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I WANT TO ADD, I NEED TO CALL FOR A TRAINING OFFICER.

THIS IS 14 TESTS.

UH, THE, THAT MIGHT BE, THIS WOULD BE FOR IT.

SO YOU GOT POST? OH YEAH, THAT'D BE 14.

AND WHAT DOES IT CALL FOR TRAINING OFFICER TEST AND ALSO, OH, 15 CALL FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF OF TRAINING.

AT ALL.

NO, I HAVE ONE MORE 16.

I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN OR THE STEPTEMBER MEETING THAT I WAS GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THAT UP TO THE MONDAY BEFORE THE 19TH.

I THINK I'LL BE IN DC.

I'LL BE IN DC THE NEXT WEEK.

I WANT PICK IT OUT UNTIL THE NEXT ONE.

YES, WE CAN.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADD, WOULD IT BE ITEMS NUMBER 12, 13, 14, 15 AS STATED? UM, AND WHICH WOULD CHANGE NUMBER 16 TO THE ADJOURNMENT? IS THERE A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM TO BE? I MADE THE

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MOTION.

IT'S BEEN MOTION BY JOHN SMITH.

SECOND BY PRESS ROBINSON ALL IN FAVOR.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, I'M GOING TO READ ITEMS 12 IS THE POST, THE CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, A POSITION FOR 30 DAYS THEN, UH, AND THE ADOPT WELCOME.

BUT YOU CAN ADOPT IT TO THE IT'S CALLED ASK THE POST OF 38.

YEAH.

AND THEN, UH, MOVE NEXT.

MONTH'S MEETING TO THE 29TH OF AUGUST.

I REMEMBER 14 WOULD BE CALLED FOR TRAINING OFFICER'S TESTS AT NOR 15 WOULD CALL FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF OF TRAINING TESTS AND MAKING ITEM NUMBER 16, THE ADJOURNMENT.

NUMBER THREE, YOU HAVE A GROUP REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, WHICH IS, SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF IT.

THAT BEING SAID, THAT CONCLUDES OUR WELL, BUT I WILL REVIEW.

WE'LL APPROVE THE MINUTES NOW.

I'M SORRY.

WE'LL APPROVE THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME.

BASED UPON CHANGES THAT ARE MADE, IS THERE A MOTION? THANK YOU.

ALL.

JUST DID THE MOTION AND I THOUGHT WE JUST ADDED IT TO HIM.

[3. Review and Approve Minutes from previous meeting(s)]

UH, AND MOVED BY BREATH, SECONDED BY MR. SMITH.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[4. Review and Approve/Reject Personnel Action Forms]

IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE OR REJECT PERSONAL ACTION FORMS OF THESE RIGHT HERE.

YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK OVER THEM AS, IS THERE ANY DEBT? OH, I NEED TO BRING TO THE STATE EXAMS. THEY'VE ALL BEEN STOLEN.

NO, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SIGN THEM.

YES, THAT'S FINE.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY? OKAY.

I MOVE, WE APPROVE THEM.

THE PAS FROM BOTH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE.

IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.

SECOND BY MS. SHARON.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[5. Consider and Approve/Reject Applications: Police Cadet; Police Criminal Information Specialist I;Police Fingerprint Technician I; Police Communication Officer]

OH, ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE CONSIDERED REJECT APPLICATIONS FOR POLICE, CADET, POLICE, CRIMINAL INFORMATION, SPECIALIST, POLICE, FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN ONE AND POLICE COMMUNICATION OFFICER.

WELL, DO YOU HAVE THE THEY ALL IN ALL I'LL THROW UP.

I WOULD RATHER THE, UH, POLICE REP LOOK AT HIM, BUT HE'S NOT HERE AT THIS TIME, BUT WITHOUT HIM BEING HERE, I CAN JUST LEAVE.

I MOVE.

WE APPROVE THEM ON THE BASIS THAT THE SECRETARY SENT THEM TO US.

WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEIR INFORMATION WAS CORRECT? A COUPLE OF THEM ARE JUST NO WAY FOR US TO EMBARRASSED.

I THINK IF YOU GUYS AREN'T SURE.

I THINK IF YOU GUYS AREN'T SURE ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS, I WOULDN'T APPROVE THEM.

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW.

WELL, UNDER THE BASIS OF THAT THEN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THESE POSSIBLE TILL THE NEXT MEETING NEED MOTION TO TABLE.

I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THE, THE ONE POINT, FIND THE TECHNICIAN ONE AND POLICE AND POLICE CADET.

YOU SAID THAT FOR ALRIGHT.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY PRESSING SECONDED BY JOHN ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[6. Consider and Approve/Reject Results of Examination]

WE'LL ROLL INTO ITEM.

NUMBER SIX, CONSIDER AND APPROVE REJECT RESULTS OF AN EXAMINATION, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS RECEIVED ANY RESULTS OF EXAMINATION.

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CONSIDER ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERING APPROVE REJECT BATON ROUGE, DEPAUL POLICE DEPARTMENTS REQUEST FOR REHIRE.

SO A BUSINESS THERE

[7. Consider and Approve/Reject Baton Rouge Police Department Request for Rehire(s)]

WE HAVE TWO APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR REHIRE AND, UM, THEY ARE BRANDON BUTLER AND ANTHONY ROBERTSON AT NO ANTHONY ROBERTS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE POLICE CHIEF.

UM, I'LL MAKING FAVORABLE MENTION OF THIS BEING DONE.

SO, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION TO, I LIKE TO PUT FORTH A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, DR.

AND MRS. SMITH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDER APPROVE, REJECT THE REQUEST TO ASK THE STATE EVENT EXAMINER TO ADMINISTER THE POLICE LIEUTENANT EXAM TO BATON ROUGE, POLICE SERGEANT JOSEPH DARKEN, WHO WAS ON MILITARY LEAVE WHEN THEIR LAST EXAM WAS GIVEN.

[8. Consider and Approve/Reject Approve a request to ask the Office of State Examiner to administer the Police Lieutenant exam to Baton Rouge Police Sergeant Joseph Dargin, who was on military leave when this exam was last given.]

ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED OPPRESSED SECOND BY JOHN SMITH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[9. Discuss “[a] pre-recorded, video presentation to the Board, by John Dauthier, related to possible misconduct by attorney(s) for the Baton Rouge Chief of Police during previous meetings of the Board. While the Board may have no authoritative jurisdiction against any such misconduct, Board member Dauthier believes it is in the public interest to reveal the possible violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct he has uncovered so that the Board members may be aware, as well as the public and members of the Baton Rouge Police Department, so that future precautions may be taken to prevent further violations.”]

NUMBER NINE, DISCUSS A PRERECORDED VIDEO PRESENTATION BY BOARD JOHN RELATED TO POSSIBLE MISCONDUCT BY ATTORNEYS FOR THE BATON ROUGE POLICE CHIEF OF, UM, CHIEF OF POLICE DURING THE PREVIOUS MEETING OF THE BOARD, WHILE THE BOARD MAY HAVE NO AUTHORITY OR AUTHORITATIVE JURISDICTION AGAINST ANY MISCONDUCT, THE BOARD MEMBER DELT DA BELIEVES IT IS IN PUBLIC INTEREST TO REVEAL THE POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF THE RULES AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT HAS UNCOVERED.

SO THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE AWARE AS WELL AS THE, THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO FUTURE PRESENT PRECAUTIONS MAY BE TAKEN TO PREVENT FURTHER VIOLATIONS.

AND SINCE IT'S ABOUT YOU, MS. , I HAD TO COME UP WITH THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

UM, FIRST, UM, MR. , MR. RYAN'S WROTE, BEFORE YOU START, I'M SORRY.

WANT ME TO COME IN MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS MATTER BEFORE IN TERMS OF US TAKING UP ITEMS THAT WE HAVE NO JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY ON.

DID MR. CONTACT ANYBODY ABOUT THIS? WELL, THE TIME HE DIDN'T CONTACT ME ABOUT THIS VIDEO, BUT, AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO EMAIL IT TO ME, BUT I I'VE YET TO RECEIVE EMAIL, BUT, UH, WE CAN'T PLAY THE VIDEO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE THE VIDEO.

NO, MAYBE IF YOU WANT COMMENT ON IT, THAT'S ALL ABOUT ALL WE CAN DO.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF MR. TO HAVE THIS BOARD ADDRESS ME IN ANY WAY.

UM, FIRST VERSUS ONGOING EFFORTS, I BELIEVE WERE DEFAMATORY.

UM, THIS IS ABOUT THE CASE THAT I HANDLED FOR THE DEPARTMENT AGAINST MR. DOSE A LAST YEAR WHERE DISCIPLINE WAS UPHELD AGAINST HIM.

OBVIOUSLY I UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT, BUT HE CONTINUES TO TRY TO BRING THINGS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

UM, YOU ALL HAVE CONTINUED TO DISMISS THOSE THINGS.

UM, AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DISMISS THEM.

UM, THIS IS THE FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.

YOU DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE CONDUCT OF ATTORNEYS.

UM, HE RECOGNIZES THAT EVEN IN THE AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER IT, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT THAT OUT, UM, THAT LIES WITH THE OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL.

NOW, MR. DOROTHY DID NOT MENTION TO YOU THAT HE HAS MADE A COMPLAINT AGAINST ME TO THE OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL ABOUT IS HEARING FROM LAST YEAR.

UM, THAT COMPLAINT THAT HE MADE WAS INITIALLY DISMISSED BY THE PROSECUTOR.

HE THEN APPEALED THAT IT WAS SENT TO A HEARING COMMITTEE.

AND JUST LAST WEEK, THE HEARING COMMITTEE AFFIRMED THE DISMISSAL.

UM, SORRY, I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CONNECTION.

PLEASE TRY AGAIN IN A MOMENT.

UM, AND THAT DISMISSAL OF THE HEARING COMMITTEE, THEIR RULING WAS FILED WITH THE BOARD ON JULY 20 OF LAST WEEK.

SO THAT MATTER WAS DISMISSED.

AND THEN THAT DISMISSAL WAS UPHELD ON APPEAL, NOT WITH THIS BOARD THAT WAS WITH YOU LOUISIANA, UH, ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY BOARD, UM, HANDLED WITHIN THE OFFICE AND DISCIPLINARY COUNCIL.

SO THESE SAME ALLEGATIONS THAT HE JUST REPETITIVELY HAS MADE TO THIS BOARD, HE HAS FILED IT WITH THE APPROPRIATE, UM, BOARD AND THEY HAVE DISMISSED THAT NOW TWICE.

UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAN AN ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE ME.

AND MY ROLE AS COUNSEL FOR THE BRP D IS TRYING TO IMPACT MY ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE DEPARTMENT, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

UM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DISMISS THIS AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU REJECT HIS REQUEST TO PLAY VIDEO.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE IT, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU REJECT ANY FURTHER REQUEST TO PUT THIS AGENDA ITEM ON, UH, FURTHER AGENDAS IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU

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WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT.

IT'S A WASTE OF OUR TIME AND EFFORT.

WE HAVE ENOUGH LEGITIMATE STUFF TO DO.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE OUGHT TO SUMMARILY DISMISS THIS ITEM.

AND ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE THAT SUCH COME BACK, WE'LL DO THE SAME.

THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

FOR A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DISMISS MISS THE ITEM AT THIS TIME.

AND IN THE FUTURE, I MOVED THAT WE SO DO, CAN WE DO THAT JOB? SO, I MEAN, ANYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO BRING UP ANYTHING TO THE BOARD, BUT RIGHT.

UM, I'M ONLY MAKING A MOTION TO DISMISS THIS ITEM.

WE'LL HAVE TO HANDLE THE OTHERS AS THEY COME FORWARD.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, AS IT RELATES TO MEMBERS PUTTING STUFF ON THE AGENDA, THEY CAN DO THAT.

CAUSE THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PROCESS WE HAVE IN PLACE UNTIL WE, YOU KNOW, ADOPT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

OR IF WE ADOPT SOMETHING DIFFERENT AS TO THIS AGENDA ITEMS, CERTAINLY YOU GUYS CAN MAKE A BAD DECISION FOR THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM.

THE WAY IT WAS MOTION BY MR. PRESS AND SECOND BY SHARON, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE'RE ONLY DISMISSING THIS ITEM AS WE'VE RECEIVED IT.

MOVE IT ON.

WE'LL GO TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11 HERE IN THE INVESTIGATION ALSO SKIPPED NUMBER TWO, I'M

[10. Discussion related to the Board hiring a new Board Secretary.]

SORRY.

NUMBER 10.

UM, DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE BOARD, HIRING A NEW SECRETARY AND I'LL, I'LL START THIS AS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT A SECRETARY AND, UH, WE HAVE ONE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE UNTIL, UM, SEPTEMBER 15TH, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF LEAVING OUR OFFICE IN A BAD PREDICAMENT.

SO WE WANT TO MOVE AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET SOMEBODY IN THERE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO HANDLE THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.

AND, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I HAVE RECEIVED A RESUME OF MS. MONICA, J SPRUILL.

UH, SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPROULE AT THIS TIME AND, UH, TELL EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, POSSIBLY FIELD, ANY QUESTIONS THAT ONE MAY HAVE.

YES, SIR.

THE LAWS OF THE DITTY ARISH, OR IF SHE'S A BOY BY THE BOARD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MISS PENNY'S APPOINTMENT WAS DIFFERENT FROM ANYBODY ELSE.

WELL, GOOD MORNING TO THE BOARD AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE.

MY NAME IS MONICA JAMES SPRUILL.

I AM A RETIREE OF CITY PARISH.

I ACTUALLY RETIRED IN JUNE OF 2019 WITH 31 YEARS OF SERVICE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, I SPENT THE FIRST 15 YEARS OF THOSE, UH, OF THAT CAREER IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION WHERE I HANDLE ENFORCEMENT, UH, MONITORING AND, UM, PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR OUR STORM WATER AND PRETREATMENT PROGRAM.

UH, THE NEXT 16 YEARS WERE SPENT AT THE, UH, SENIOR LEVEL AT PUBLIC WORKS WHEREIN I WAS PROMOTED TO THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

IN THAT ROLE, I HANDLED, UM, ALL OF THE TRAINING FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

I WORKED ON, UH, SUCCESSION PLANNING.

I OVERSAW RISK MANAGEMENT, SAFETY, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, UNION RELATIONS.

AND I ALSO REPRESENTED THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE PERSONNEL BOARD THAT HANDLED PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS EXCLUSIVE OF FIRE AND MUNICIPAL POLICE.

UH, IN THAT ROLE, I CONDUCTED INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS.

AND, UM, YOU NAME IT? I DID IT.

I REPRESENTED THE DEPARTMENT ALSO AT THE 19TH JDC AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF TIMES TO THE, UH, THE DISTRICT COURT.

AND I THINK I HAD A GOOD TRACK TRACK RECORD.

I'M, THEY'RE PROUD OF THE CAREER THAT I HAD AT CITY PARISH.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT YOU MIGHT GET OTHER, IF WE HAVE SOME OTHER RESUMES WE'LL, WE'LL BE WILLING TO LIKE THOSE AS WELL.

I JUST REACHED OUT TO MR. CAUSE THIS IS THE ONE THAT I RECEIVED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY HAS ANYBODY, ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WHEN WE, WE HIRE THE NEW SECRETARY THAT WE DO.

SO WITHIN

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OH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT OR MR. PENIS? HOW, HOW SHE WAS SAYING, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON ANY SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES, UH, PERSONNEL RECORD, BUT AFTER BEING IN HERE TO, UH, TO ADDRESS THE MATTER OF THEMSELVES.

WELL, UH, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHOEVER WE HIRE, UM, THERE'S BASICALLY THE TRUTH IS THAT WHOEVER WE HIRE NEEDS TO BE A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE, THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE LAW, UH, WORKS FOR OUR PARTICULAR, UH, JURISDICTION.

IT'S A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.

I THINK THE SALARY IS ACTUALLY LAID OUT ALL THAT STUFF IS LAID OUT BY STATUTE.

SO GOING FORWARD, WHOEVER WE HIRE, WHETHER IT'S MS. SPRUILL OR ANYBODY ELSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.

NOW, MS. SPRUILL, YOU, YOU RETIRED FROM THE CITY PARISH.

YES, SIR.

CAN SHE COME BACK AS AN EMPLOYEE? YEAH, SHE CAN.

SHE CAN ONLY WORK.

I THINK THE RETIRE REHIRE, YOU CAN ONLY WORK 20 HOURS, 29 HOURS A WEEK PART TIME.

THAT'D BE PERFECT.

YEAH.

YES, SIR.

OH, I MEAN YOU OVERLY QUALIFIED MY BOOK.

I KNOW ONE THING I WOULDN'T WANT TO COME BACK.

IT'S UH, GETTING RE BEING RETIRED FULL OF TIME.

IT TAKES SOME GETTING USED TO IS THERE.

HAS ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, WAITING IN THE WINDS OR ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY, UH, BLEEDS AT THE BOARD CHICKEN SITTER? IF NOT THAT, I MEAN, CERTAINLY THE BOARD CAN ACT IF I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE IN NEED OF SECRETARY.

WELL, WE'LL WE THANK YOU FOR MS. FOR COMING TODAY.

I'M READY TO HIRE NOW.

ANY, ANY, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OH YEAH, COME ON IT.

WELL, PRETTY MUCH IN MY CONVERSATION WITH HUMAN RESOURCES IS KIND OF, UH, EITHER, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY HELP US FIND IT A PERSON OR YOU KIND OF FIND THEM YOURSELF THAT THAT'S YOUR TWO OPTIONS.

IS THERE ANY POSTING REQUIREMENT THAT WE NEED TO, I MEAN, NOT THAT JOB ISN'T PROTECTED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE.

IT'S NOT A CIVIL, CIVIL SERVICE JOB.

YEAH.

IT'S PURELY AT WILL.

SO THERE'S NOT AN AT-WILL AND PART-TIME, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GUIDANCE ON EXACTLY HOW THAT PERSON IS HIRED.

I'M NOT AWARE THAT THERE'S BEEN ANY KIND OF AVERAGE.

THERE'S BEEN INQUIRIES TO, UH, THE HUMAN RACIST RESOURCE DEPARTMENT.

I ASKED HIM, HEY, DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY? CAN YOU RECOMMEND ANYBODY? CAN YOU FIND ANYBODY? UM, IT'S BEEN PROBABLY THE LAST TWO, THREE WEEKS.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN LONGER THAN THAT.

I, BUT I INQUIRED ON HOW TO DO IT WELL SINCE WE, YEAH, BUT WE COULDN'T.

I THINK THERE WAS AN ISSUE ON WHETHER WE HAD MONEY OR WE COULD HIRE SOMEBODY.

SO I MEAN, THE TABLE IT'S BEEN OUT THERE SINCE THE PRE-DISCIPLINARY HEALER AND OR THE HEARING FOR MS. PENNY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS ON THE HORIZONS, BUT AS FAR AS TAKING ACTION AND WE COULDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION UNTIL WE, UH, ONE MS. PENNY IS STILL BEING PAID OUT OF HER BOOK, MAKING REFERENCES TO MISS ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? UM, NO, I REALLY DON'T.

YOU KNOW, BE IN A CAREER EMPLOYEE.

UH, I ACTUALLY WORKED TO ONBOARD SOME OF THE YARD RETIREE REHEARSE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE POLICY, YOU KNOW, AND THE PROCEDURE.

I THINK I HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE, UH, THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

UM, BUT OF COURSE I DO EXPECT A LEARNING CURVE BECAUSE THIS BOARD COMPLEXITY AND WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ONE.

HOWEVER, CIVIL SERVICE RULES ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.

UH, WE DID HAVE A BARGAINING, UH, WORKFORCE, SO AGAIN, I'M ACCUSTOMED TO UNION RELATIONS.

I, BUT I WILL.

I LIKE TO STAY FOR THE RECORD.

UH, I TAKE PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT I DO, I BELIEVE IN ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

SO IF THE NEED ARISES FOR ANY TRAINING FOR ME, I WON'T HESITATE TO HAVE I LIKED THE, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

ONE THING I'LL TELL THE BOARD IS THAT THE STATE EXAMINERS OFFICE HAS OFFERED TO COME IN AND I SPECIFICALLY TRAIN WHOEVER WE BRING IN, IN THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT, IS THERE A PROCESSING? NO, THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT.

I JUST ASKED.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO

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SHE'S VERY WELL QUALIFIED.

AND I THINK THAT I SHALL BE ADDED TO THE BOARD WITH HER KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND THAT SHE BRINGS TO THOSE TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THE RULES, MAKE SURE WE'RE UPDATED.

AND IF THERE'S NO POLICIES IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN TIMES HIGHER.

AND I THINK THAT SHE'S A PERFECT CANDIDATE IN FRONT OF US THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH THE IRON FEATURE.

AND THE ONLY POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE ONLY POINT OF CLARIFICATION I WOULD ADD IS THAT, UM, THERE ARE SOME SMALL BUDGETING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK OUT.

SO I THINK THAT THE MOST, IF THIS IS THE CANDIDATE THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO PURSUE, I THINK THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GIVE BRANDON AND MYSELF AUTHORITY TO WORK WITH WHOEVER WE NEED TO WORK WITH TO ONBOARD MS. RULE.

OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO SPEAK SHE'S HERE AND SHE'S INTERESTED IN INTERESTED IN THE POSITION.

SO I THINK WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

YOU GUYS, WE'RE ABOUT BRINGING AND I'LL SECOND IT, WHEREVER MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO PROCEED WITH MS. AND WITH, UH, MYSELF AND, UM, JOSHUA TO, UH, ASSIST IN THE ONBOARDING OF MS BRO.

UM, IS THERE A SECOND, JOSH? MAY SECRETARY.

[11a. In re Appeal Hearing of Officer Alvarez - Consider and Approve Uncontested Motion to Continue.]

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS THE HEARING AND INVESTIGATION OF OFFICER ALVAREZ, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S AN UNCONTESTED MOTION TO CONTINUE, UH, COME FORWARD, MR. BECAUSE OF THE UNAVAILABILITY OF SOME OF OUR WITNESSES FOR TODAY'S HEARING, WE ASKED THAT IT BE MOVED TO THE NEXT, UH, HEARING DAY, TALK TO OPPOSING COUNSEL, MR. DEWEY.

AND HE WAS, UH, HE WAS AGREEABLE WITH THAT.

SO WE JUST AGREED TO MOVE IT TO THE AUGUST DATE.

DO WE HAVE A THUMB ON ALL OF THINGS? SO YEAH, THERE IS ANOTHER APPEAL, BUT I THINK IT'S THE SAME ATTORNEYS INVOLVED.

UH, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS KIND OF WORK OUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S, WE'RE GOING NEED, UH, A SECOND DAY OR IF YOU THINK IT'S ALL GOING TO BE DONE AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

I KNOW YOU GOT TO PROBABLY TALK TO MR. DEWEY, BUT, UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY POTENTIALLY BE MOVING THIS MEETING THE FOLLOWING FOLLOWING WEEK.

SO, I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO CHECK YOUR AVAILABILITY AND TO DO IT, SO YEAH.

I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH THEM ON A DAY FOR SURE.

UM, WHAT HE HAD SUGGESTED, I THINK WAS JUST, HE HAS, I THINK MAYBE THE NEXT FEW HEARINGS, THIS ONE HAS A LARGER SUSPENSION, THE OTHER ONES.

SO HIS SUGGESTION WAS LET'S TAKE THIS ONE FIRST AND THEN MAYBE BUMP EVERYBODY ELSE BACK A MONTH.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO TWO AT ONE, ONE MEETING.

SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO DEWEY THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE APPEAL FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING BEFORE THE BOARD CAN JUST SCHEDULE IT? WE'LL SCHEDULE IT AND THEN, OKAY.

WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE ATTORNEY TO WORK OUT THAT JIM SET THE DATE AND DAY.

WE MOVED THE APPEAL HEARING TO THE AUGUST MEETING.

WHENEVER IT MAY BE, I WOULD JUST LEAVE IT OPEN AND READY.

WELL, IF YOU WOULD MAKE PART OF IT THAT YOU CONTINUE WITH FROM TODAY, RIGHT? YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

SO RESTATE IT, MR. PEREZ.

UM, THE HEARING INVESTIGATION, BIG VINEYARD FROM TODAY TO THE FUTURE DATE, BE SET BY THE GAMING AND YOUR ATTORNEY.

I'LL SECOND.

EMOTIONAL ON THE FLOOR.

IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. SMITH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS THE POST, THE CHIEF INFORMATION TYPICALLY ON TECHNOLOGY FOR 30 DAYS, PUBLIC PUBLIC POSTING FOR 30, 30 DAYS.

YOU GOTTA MAKE A MOTION.

SO WE'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POST CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST.

IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MRS. LEWIS.

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I PROBABLY KNOW THAT AFTER THAT 30 DAY PERIOD, THEN WE WILL GET DOCKED INTO THE JOB.

CORRECT.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO POST THIS, UM, AND WE'LL TEST.

SO, SO WE'LL AT THE END OF THIS 30 DAYS, IF WE APPROVE OR WITH JAY, IF WE APPROVE IT, THEN WE HAVE TO CALL FOR AN EXAMINATION AND THAT'S THAT'S TO BE POSTED FOR 20 DAYS.

AND WHEN WE GET THE APPLICATIONS BACK FROM THE STATE EXAMINERS OFFICE, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL APPROVE THEM IN THE STATE EXAMINER CAN, WHEN WE GET THE APPLICATIONS BACK FROM THE, FROM OUR SECRETARY, THEN WE SEND THEM TO THIS OFFICER STATE EXAMINER, AND THEY'LL DO THE TEST AND HOPEFULLY GET THE SCORES BACK, BUT WE'RE GONNA PROVE THE SCORES AND THEN APPOINT SOMEBODY.

WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THAT POSITION ALREADY AS, AS, UH, UH, PROMOTIONAL APPOINTMENT, BUT A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT.

I'M SORRY.

BUT UNTIL WE GET IT, ALL THE THINGS WORKED OUT.

WE CAN'T PERMANENTLY PUT THEM IN THERE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13, BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 13, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DID RECEIVE CORRESPONDENCE ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM FROM THE STATE EXAMINERS OFFICE.

JUST KIND OF WALKING US DIRECTLY THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO THE PUBLIC MEETING, A PHASE OF WE'RE GOING TO POST IT FOR 30 DAYS, GO TO A PUBLIC MEETING.

AFTER THAT POINT, THERE WILL BE A CALL FOR AN EXAMINATION.

THEN WE'LL CREATE AN ELIGIBILITY LIST AFTER WE EAT THE ELIGIBILITY LIST AND THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM.

NUMBER 13 IS THE MOOD NEXT MONTH MEETING TO THE 29TH OF AUGUST.

AND THAT IS TO ALLOW FOR THE 30 DAYS TO PASS OR THE POSTING OF THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

ALL IN FAVOR.

WELL WAIT, CAN WE GET A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THAT WE MOVE NEXT MONTH MEETING.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AND I, MR. ROBINSON, UM, ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSES NEXT.

UM, THERE'S A CALL FOR THE TRAINING OFFICERS.

TEST FIRE.

YEAH, THE FIRE TRAINING OFFICER TO MAKE THAT MOTION MOTION BY MR. SMITH.

SECOND BY MRS. LEWIS.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ALL OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.

SO THE NEXT ITEM NUMBER 15 IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF TRAINING TEST FIRE FIRE.