Apr 24, 2024 Civil Service Commission

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YES, PRESIDENT FROST HOLLINS.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER GARA.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER LOVE HERE.

COMMISSIONER OSUNA HERE.

I'M SURPRISING YOU WITH THIS, JAMIE, BUT, UH, WOULD YOU, UH, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALL RIGHT, ,

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READY.

BEGIN THE PLEDGE OF

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

THANK YOU.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ON AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE.

THAT WILL MOVE US INTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX.

DO WE HAVE REQUESTS FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM ONE, PLEASE.

ONE.

AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM FOUR, PLEASE.

ONE AND FOUR.

OKAY.

SO, UH, COMMISSIONER KARICA.

COMMISSIONER OONA.

THAT WOULD BE A MOTION ON ITEMS 2, 3, 5, AND SIX.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM ONE.

AND COMMISSIONER, UH, ONCE WE GET A MOTION, SECOND, I'LL DEFER TO YOU.

COMMISSIONER GARCA.

THANK YOU.

[CONSENT CALENDAR (1. – 6.)]

[1. 24-53069 Recommendation to approve examination results.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

COMMISSIONER GARCA ON, UM, THE POLICE RECRUIT.

I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE HAVE 32 QUALIFIED OUT OF 35.

THAT'S, I THINK, UH, UH, ONE OF OUR BEST PERCENTAGES.

AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S DIFFERENT? MARIA CONNO IS GONNA TELL YOU THAT , GOOD MORNING.

WELL, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS NOT AN ENTIRE PICTURE OF ALL OF OUR, OF OUR APPLICANTS.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A SELECTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD ONTO THE, UM, THE LIST.

SO IN OUR, UM, EXAM PLAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT TESTED YET, OR WHO HAVE, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE WAITING FOR A VOUCHER OR WHO ARE WAITING TO TAKE THE PB OR THERE'S DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN ONE TEST AND DID NOT DO WELL AND ARE WAITING TO TAKE THE OTHER TEST.

SO, UM, YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE ENTIRETY OF THE PICTURE.

UH, BUT WHAT'S DIFFERENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROCESS, UH, PEOPLE, SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING DIFFERENT IF I'M BEING TRANSPARENT.

UM, IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE JUST MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, UM, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STEPS.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UM, KIND OF, I'M TRYING TO PROCESS THAT INFORMATION.

SO IT'S THIS PARTICULAR POOL OF CANDIDATES MM-HMM.

HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, OKAY.

MAYBE LET ME YES, PLEASE.

.

YEAH, SO I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS AS SOON AS WE HAVE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO INSTEAD OF MARIA HOLDING A GROUP AND SAYING THAT SHE'S GONNA SAY, THESE ARE QUALIFIED, THESE DIDN'T PASS, THESE, UM, ARE HOLDING ON SOMETHING, SHE'S PUSHING THROUGH THE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES RIGHT AWAY.

IS THAT, IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? R YES.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE DEPARTMENT AS MANY QUALIFIED PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE MAY, WHEN SHE SAYS IT'S NOT THE WHOLE PICTURE, THOSE OTHER ISSUES THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVE TO TAKE THE TEST OR, OR ARE WAITING FOR A CERTIFICATION OR SOMETHING, UM, MAYBE THEIR POST CERTIFICATION, WHEN YOU SEE THE OTHER EXAM RESULTS, IT'S A COMPLETE PACKAGE OF WHAT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE DID, AND WHAT SHE'S DOING IS SENDING ON THE QUALIFIED RIGHT AWAY SO THE POLICE CAN START PROCESSING THEM.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

YES, THANK YOU.

THAT HELPS.

, DOES DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEED UP THE PROCESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON OUR END? YES, SIR.

YES.

THANK YOU.

YEAH,

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VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ON PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER.

THERE'S, THERE'S TWO ON HERE.

UM, BUT SAME QUESTION IS, SO THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE, UH, KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

AND LEVI, THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP.

ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR THE DEPARTMENT, UNLESS YOU CAN ANSWER, IS WHAT IS THE DEPART THE DEPARTMENT DOING TO BE ATTRACTIVE? UM, WELL, I KNOW FROM THE RE RECRUITMENT, UM, SIDE OF THINGS, UH, THEY ARE OUT THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS TRYING TO ATTRACT CANDIDATES TO APPLY FOR THE POSITION.

UM, SIMILAR TO THE POLICE, UM, RECRUITMENT, YOU KNOW, WE DO GIVE THESE FOLKS 60 DAYS TO TAKE THE TEST.

UM, SO EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, WE ARE GONNA SEE THAT BIG DROP OFF OF FOLKS WHO DIDN'T, UM, COME TO TEST FOR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, REASON.

WE DO GIVE THEM REMINDERS, UM, THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD OF TIME TO TRY TO GET THEM TO COME IN AND TEST.

UM, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OUTSIDE OF THOSE ORIENTATIONS ARE DOING.

UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY IS HERE, UM, FROM THE DEPARTMENT TODAY.

BUT IS ANYBODY HERE? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK SO.

I SEE ALL OF YOU FROM THE DEPARTMENT, BUT I, I CAN SAY THEY HAVE BEEN VERY, UM, SUPPORTIVE.

WE WERE THERE LAST WEEK WAS, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER FIRST WEEK.

YEAH.

AWARENESS WEEK OR YEAH, APPRECIATION WEEK.

YES.

UM, AND SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE ACCOMPANYING OUR RECRUITMENT TEAM QUITE A BIT TO BE OUT THERE.

I BELIEVE THEY HAVE INCENTIVES AS WELL ON THEIR RECRUITMENTS.

OH, THE INCENTIVES.

YEAH.

THEY, THEY ALSO, THEY HAVE THE INCENTIVES, THE SIMILAR INCENTIVES THAT POLICE RECRUIT HAS.

OKAY.

UM, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

IF, IF THEY WERE INCENTIVIZED THE SAME WAY THAT, UH, RECRUITS WERE, THEY HAVE, THE OTHER THING WE DO IS THAT THEY, UM, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS AND SO LAURA PROVIDED, OR RECENTLY PROVIDED INFORMATIONAL MEETING, AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE MEET OR WE ALSO ADD AN EVENT, OR WE ALSO ARE ADVERTISING THOSE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS.

I ATTENDED THAT TO SEE THESE ARE JUST RANDOM PEOPLE THAT WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.

SO THE DEPARTMENT IS VERY OPEN TO BRINGING THESE PEOPLE IN JUST TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE JOB IS.

THEY, WE WERE ACTUALLY THERE AT THE SITE.

UM, THEY GET TO TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE JOB.

AND SO THAT'S THEIR APPROACH OF TRYING TO GIVE AS MUCH REAL, REAL WORLD INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE JOB ENTAILS, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, EVERYTHING THAT LEVI DOES IN TERMS OF THE TESTING AND THE, THE, UH, UM, WEIGHT FEE WAIVERS FOR ANY OF THE TESTING.

YEAH.

AND I KNOW THIS IS A NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT POSITION TO, UH, FILL AND SOMETIMES RETAIN.

UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THE USUAL THINGS AND MAYBE SOME NEW THINGS I LIKE, I LIKE THAT I, UH, HEAR THAT THERE'S THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

UM, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S, THE NEEDLE HASN'T MOVED A LOT, AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT, WHAT CAN WE AND OR THE DEPARTMENT DO, UM, HAVE THE CLASSES AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

WE HAVE, AND I THINK WHAT IF I, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY DO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINE.

THEY'RE JUST NOT, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

SO WHERE IT SAYS ZERO APPLIED OR ZERO SELECTED, YEAH.

PEOPLE ARE STILL, PEOPLE ARE IN THE PIPELINE.

SO THERE IS PROGRESS AND THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS, UM, FILLING THOSE.

SO THEY ARE GETTING NUMBERS.

AGAIN, LEVI IS PASSING THEM ON AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN START IN PROGRAMS. UH, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SOMEONE THAT WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO START LAST WEEK DURING ALL THE FESTIVITIES, AND SO THEY ARE START, THEY ARE CONTINUALLY HIRING.

UM, OKAY.

ALWAYS MORE WORK TO DO TO KEEP IT GOING, BUT DEFINITELY, UM, I THINK THERE'S A, A CONTINUAL FLOW OF OF CANDIDATES GOING TO THEM.

YEAH.

AND, AND I'LL, I'LL JUST ADD, OH, GO AHEAD.

I'LL JUST ADD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION SESSIONS THAT THEY PROVIDE, UM, FOR EVERY CANDIDATE THAT THEY GET ONTO THAT LIST, UM, THEY DO OFFER SITAL ALONGS.

UM, SO FOLKS CAN GET THAT REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH THEM, UM, TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THAT, IN THAT INSTANCE.

VERY GOOD.

AND NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT, UH, DO YOU KNOW, OR CAN YOU TALK TO, UH, ABOUT THE INCENTIVES THAT THEY OFFER? UM, SO THE INCENTIVE IS THE, THE CITYWIDE, UM, INCENTIVE, I BELIEVE IT'S UP TO $6,000.

UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEIRS FALLS.

UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING MAYBE HR WOULD BE, UM, AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE DOING A FULL 6,000.

UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S BROKEN DOWN OVER LIKE A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

UM, SO THEY'LL GET AN INITIAL AMOUNT,

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THEY'LL GET AN ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND THEN WHEN THEY COMPLETE THREE YEARS, UM, THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY, BUT NOT, NOT AS COMPREHENSIVE, I WOULD SAY, AS POLICE'S.

UM, MORE RECENT INCENTIVES.

HEY, HR, CAN YOU TALK, TALK TO THAT MR. FIGURE.

ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU, .

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

THERE IS A $6,000 RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE REQUEST.

I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LIMIT THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS.

THAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR THE RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUEST THE AMOUNT UP TO 6,000.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, MOST DO REQUEST $6,000.

IT'S PAID OVER THREE INSTALLMENTS.

UH, IF MEMORY SERVES, I BELIEVE 2000 UPON HIRE 1500, UH, MY MATH ISN'T GONNA WORK OUT.

SO EITHER WAY, THERE'S, THERE'S LIMITS, UH, ON THE INSTALLMENTS AND THERE'S PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS THAT THEY CAN'T EXCEED, BUT IT'S PAID OVER A THREE MONTH PERIOD, OR EXCUSE ME, NOT THREE MONTHS, BUT UPON HIRE, UPON PASSING THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD, WHETHER THAT'S 1,044 OR 2088, DEPENDING ON THE JOB CLASSIFICATION.

AND THEN AFTER 18 MONTHS OF HIRE.

VERY GOOD.

THANKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, RUSS.

SORRY.

UH, SO YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT I WOULD NEED TO TALK TO, UM, ABOUT THE INCENTIVES.

UM, THE REASON I ASK IS, UM, I ALSO SIT ON, UM, ON THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC SAFETY REALIGNMENT TEAM.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO DEAL WITH AND GET A LITTLE, UH, MORE CREATIVE AROUND ARE, UM, ALL THE VACANCIES AND THE STAFF SHORTAGE FOR THE LA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND THE LA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND AT OUR LAST MEETING, UM, I DID UPLIFT, UM, LONG BEACH'S, UH, INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN TALKING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT HOW OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAM WORKS, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HUGE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE FOUND A WAY TO USE BUDGETARY DOLLARS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THOSE VACANCIES FOR THESE INCENTIVES IN SOME KIND OF WAY.

SO OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT THE EXPERT TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT.

SO AT SOME POINT, MAYBE YOU AND I CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AGAIN, UM, UH, ABOUT THAT AND MAYBE I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH FOLKS FROM, UM, THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING, UH, OUR INCENTIVES FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE.

SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK.

SURE.

AND THERE IS NO INCENTIVE FOR CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS.

FYI.

SO WE ARE, I, I WAS GONNA TRY, BUT THANK YOU .

OKAY.

UM, THANK YOU.

I WILL PUT GAUZE ON THAT, UH, SHAKE, MARK .

THANK YOU, LEVI.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE LAST THING.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE CREATIVITY, YOU KNOW, WE DID BRING A CLASS SPEC UPDATE, UM, FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR, OR, UM, LATE 2022 TO HAVE A CALL TAKER ONLY POSITION.

MM-HMM.

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AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS BASICALLY TO CAPTURE PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT PASS THE RADIO TRAINING, UM, IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, RETAIN THOSE FOLKS IN THE CLASSIFICATION.

VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, UH, WHAT, ONE OTHER QUESTION ON POLICE THAT I, THAT I MISSED IS A POLICE OFFICER LATERAL WHERE WE HAVE SIX APPLIED AND ONE QUALIFIED.

THANK YOU, MARIA.

I'M SORRY TO MAKE YOU COME UP HERE AGAIN.

NO PROBLEM.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? SO, UM, FOR THAT ONE, UH, WHEN PEOPLE APPLY TO THAT ONE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE, THEY HAVE TO BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED.

MM-HMM.

AS A PEACE OFFICER, AND THEY, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR, UH, BASIC CERTIFICATE ALSO.

AND SO WHAT WE NOTICE WITH THAT ONE IS THAT, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO APPLY ARE NOT CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A PEACE OFFICER.

SO, GOT IT.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

I WAS, I WAS WONDERING HOW A POSITION LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE A LOW, UH, QUALIFIED NUMBER IF THEY WERE ALREADY ON, BUT YEAH, YOU ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SURE.

ALL DONE MR. PRESIDENT.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? YEAH, COMMISSIONER L GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

UM, I WANTED TO TALK TO, I GUESS IT'S SAL, ABOUT THIS BUSINESS SYSTEM SPECIALIST EXAM.

YES.

WAS THAT THE ONE THAT WE JUST APPROVED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO? YES, IT WAS APPROVED, UH, FOUR WEEKS AGO.

UH, SO, UM, WE DID THE FIRST ROUND OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE SELECTED CERTIFICATIONS AND IT WAS THREE OF THEM.

AND THERE WAS A SEPARATE ONE FOR SCOTT OR FOR, FOR UTILITIES.

OKAY.

NOW THE SEVEN INCUMBENTS.

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THAT MY UNDERSTANDING, OH, I'M SORRY.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY EMPLOYED.

HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AS A TRANSFER PROMOTION OPPORTUNITY? YES.

SO THOSE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS WERE ACTUALLY CONTACTED WITHIN A DAY YES.

TO TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THE TRANSFER PROCESS AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE, UH, PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

OKAY.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

MY PLEASURE.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? ALRIGHT, IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT.

UM, I REALLY ENCOURAGED THE DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE EXAM RESULTS BECAUSE THAT BASICALLY POINTS OUT THAT THERE ARE INTERNAL PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION.

SO YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CLASSIFICATION AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE, UM, JOB BULLETINS AND THESE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO ALSO LOOK AND TAKE NOTE OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

CAPRICE.

IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? SEEING NONE.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

COMMISSIONER CINA MA? YES.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

JT, WHO WAS THE, WHO WAS THE SECOND? IT WAS, WHAT WAS THE MOTION? IT WAS GIMME ONE SECOND.

OONA TO, OKAY, COMMISSIONER.

LOVE.

THANK YOU.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT WOULD BRING US TO ITEM FOUR RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE EXTENSION OF EXPIRING ELIGIBLE LIST.

IF I CAN GET A MOTION A SECOND AND WE'LL HAND OFF TO CHRISTINA.

CHRISTINA? YES.

WE JUST HAD A MINOR, UM, EDIT AND I THINK YOU RECEIVED THE NEW REPORT

[4. 24-53072 Recommendation to approve extension of expiring eligible lists.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

I GAVE YOU A REVISED REPORT.

WE MADE A COUPLE CORRECTIONS.

THE FIRST CORRECTION WE MADE IS WE ADDED THE REGISTERED NURSE TEST TWO TO YOUR LIST FOR EXTENSION.

AND THEN ALSO WE MOVED THE PLACEMENT.

WE HAD REGISTERED NURSE TEST THREE AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR EXTENSIONS.

WE JUST PUT IT IN ALPHABET ORDER RIGHT NEXT TO TEST TWO.

AND THEN ON THAT ONE WE ALSO MADE A CORRECTION ON THE INFORMATION WE WERE PULLING FROM.

SO WE CORRECTED THE DATES AND THE TOTAL, UH, NUMBER LISTED ON THE ELIGIBLE LIST IN THE REMAINING.

SO THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE PULLING WAS FROM A DIFFERENT ELIGIBLE LIST, SO WE MADE THAT CORRECTION AND THAT'S THE ONLY CORRECTIONS WE MADE.

JUST TO THE TWO, UH, ELIGIBLE LISTS FOR THE RE REGISTERED NURSE TEST TWO AND TEST THREE.

AND ROBERT IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

GREAT.

SINCE WE HAVE THIS OPEN, IS THERE ANYONE WHO FROM ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHO OBJECTS TO ANY OF THESE EXTENSIONS? OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANY.

SO THE MOTION NEEDS TO INCLUDE THIS REVISED YES.

APPEAL LIST? YES, I WAS ABOUT TO GET TO THAT.

UH, SO OUR MOVER WAS COMMISSIONER OONA, OUR SECOND WAS COMMISSIONER KARICA.

UH, DO YOU BOTH AGREE TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO UH, ADOPT THE AMENDED UH, LIST? I AM AGREEABLE TO THAT.

OKAY, GREAT.

SEEING NO OBJECTIONS FROM ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND WITH THE AMENDED MOTION ON THE TABLE, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? RIGHT.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, ON THAT WILL BRING US INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA WITH ITEM SEVEN RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10TH, 2024.

AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ZERO SIX R DASH 2 1 22 ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19TH, 2023.

THERE'S A MOTION.

A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION?

[7. 24-53076 Recommendation to approve the minutes of the Civil Service Commission Special Meeting on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, and Administrative Hearing 06-R-2122 on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

OKAY.

AND WE WILL BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU.

SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE AMEND THIS? SO AGAIN, UH, COMMISSIONER GARNICKA, YOU MADE THE MOTION ORIGINALLY.

COMMISSIONER ASUNI, YOU'RE THE SECONDER, YOU BOTH AGREEABLE TO AMENDING THIS TO ONLY ADOPT THE SPECIAL MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10TH, 2024.

I CONCUR.

I'M AGREEABLE.

OKAY.

ANY FURTHER

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I THINK WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, CHRISTINA.

UH, MR. PRESIDENT? YES.

SORRY.

JUST A, A QUICK, UH, AGENDA NOTE.

UM, OUR ITEMS, OUR ATTACHMENTS USED TO HAVE ITEM NUMBER ON IT, WHICH MADE IT EASY TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE WHOLE THING.

CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT PLEASE? SURE.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT.

ITEM EIGHT IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BULLETIN CIVIL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE.

I HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND WE HAVE THEM.

CHRISTINA? YES.

TIFFANY IS COMING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

HI TIFFANY.

[8. 24-53077 Recommendation to approve bulletin – Civil Engineering Associate.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

THE EXAMINATION FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE WAS LAST ADMINISTERED AS AN OPEN NON-COMPETITIVE EXAM OPPORTUNITY IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 FROM OCTOBER 14TH, 2022 TO MARCH 8TH, 2024.

AT THAT TIME, 187 CANDIDATES APPLIED AND 66 QUALIFIED 15 ELIGIBLE LISTS WERE ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER OF 22, 20 22 THROUGH MARCH OF 2024.

SIX OF THESE LISTS WILL BE EXPIRING IN APRIL AND MAY OF 2024.

THE REMAINING ARE ACTIVE THROUGHOUT 20 20 20 24.

WHILE THERE ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE LISTS, THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF HAS AGREED TO REOPEN THE RECRUITMENT TO ATTRACT POOL OF CANDIDATES WHO WERE INTRODUCED TO THE POSITION AND HAD COMPLETED DROP INTEREST CARDS DURING THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING OPEN HOUSE HELD ON MARCH 29, MARCH 9TH, 2024.

THESE ELIGIBLE LISTS WERE REFERRED TO MULTIPLE REQUISITIONS FROM THE USER DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING AIRPORT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HARBOR, LONG BEACH UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

14 SELECTIONS WERE MADE FROM THE ELIGIBLE LIST.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 11 VACANCIES WITHIN THE VARIOUS USER DEPARTMENTS RECEIVED BY CIVIL SERVICE BETWEEN JUNE OF 2022 TO APRIL, 2024.

PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE BULLETIN R FILING DATE INFORMATION AND ADDED VACANCY INFORMATION.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE EXAMINATION WAITS REMAIN THE SAME WITH A QUALIFYING APPLICATION AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION, AN APPLICATION FILING PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS FROM 4 26 20 24 TO 5 10 20 24.

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT IS PRESENT TODAY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE DO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS? THINK YOU ANSWERED 'EM ALL.

ALRIGHT, UH, SAYING NONE.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NINE IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BULLETIN FIRE RECRUIT.

AND THIS IS TIFFANY AS WELL.

WE'LL WAITING FOR A MOTION SECOND AND WE HAVE IT.

OKAY.

THE EXAMINATION FOR FIRE RECRUIT WAS LAST ADMINISTERED AS AN OPEN COMPETITIVE

[9. 24-53078 Recommendation to approve bulletin – Fire Recruit.        Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AT THAT TIME, 1,508 CANDIDATES APPLIED AND 870 QUALIFIED ONE.

ELIGIBLE LIST WAS ESTABLISHED ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023 AND IS AND IS SET TO EXPIRE ON APRIL 29TH, 2024.

THE ELIGIBLE LIST IS COMPRISED OF TWO BANDS, BAND A, WHICH HAS 563 CANDIDATES AND BAND B, WHICH HAS 311 CANDIDATES.

WHILE THERE IS CURRENTLY AN ACTIVE LIST, CIVIL SERVICE AGREED TO OPEN A NEW RECRUITMENT DUE TO ANTICIPATED 2025 FIRE RECRUITMENT ACADEMY.

THIS AGREEMENT WAS THE RESULT OF A SUCCESSFUL INTERDEPARTMENT PLANNING MEETING ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2023.

DURING THIS MEETING, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD REACH OUT AND CONSIDER THE CANDIDATES IN BAND B NOT PREVIOUSLY CONTACTED WITH THE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES RESULTING FROM THE NEXT RECRUITMENT.

THE ELIGIBLE LIST WAS REFERRED TO TWO REQUISITIONS FD 23 DASH 0 1 4 AND FD 24 DASH 0 1 1 FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

49 SELECTIONS WERE MADE FROM THE ELIGIBLE LIST.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 50 VACANCIES RECEIVED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON REQUISITION FD 24 DASH 0 1 1 ON MARCH 15TH, 2024.

PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE FIRE RECRUIT BULLETIN ARE FILING DATES AND SALARY INFORMATION.

REMOVAL OF COVID-19 LANGUAGE CHANGE IN THE SELECTION PROCESS

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ADDITION OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION LANGUAGE STAFF RECOMMENDS A CHANGE IN EXAMINATION RATE WEIGHTS WITH A QUALIFYING APPLICATION AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION MATH EXAMINATION, READING, EXAMINATION, MECHANICAL APTITUDE EXAMINATION AND HUMAN RELATIONS VIDEO EXAMINATION.

AN APPLICATION FILING PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS FROM MAY 3RD, 2024 TO MAY 17TH, 2024, AND A PRE-POST FROM APRIL 26TH, 2024 TO MAY 3RD, 2024.

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FIRE RECRUIT? I JUST WANTED TO ALSO, UM, YOU HAVE AN AMENDED BULLETIN THAT HAVE THE DATE.

SO IN YOUR MOTION IF YOU COULD ADD THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE WILL UPLOAD THE AMENDED BULLETIN ONTO THE WEBSITE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S, UH, OF SUNNA AND GARA ON THAT AMENDMENT.

ARE YOU AGREEABLE? AGREEABLE, YES.

OKAY.

UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE DATE.

WHAT IS IT'S IN HERE.

I DON'T HAVE THE MAY 17TH.

OKAY.

YES, MAY 17TH.

OKAY.

.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

THERE.

ANYTHING FURTHER ON THAT ITEM? I WOULD JUST WANNA SAY WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS RECRUITMENT TO COME UP AND WE APPRECIATE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO, UM, PUT THE BEST CANDIDATES FORWARD AND MAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO MANY PEOPLE.

EXCELLENT.

OKAY.

GOOD.

UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MM-HMM, ON THE AMENDED MOTION.

ANYTHING FURTHER? ALL RIGHT.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO CAST OUR VOTES.

THANK YOU, TIFFANY.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

RIGHT.

ITEM 10 IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BULLETIN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE ONE AND TWO.

YES, TARSHA IS GOING TO PRESENT.

HI TARSHA.

HI.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE GRADE ONE THROUGH TWO EXAMINATION

[10. 24-53079 Recommendation to approve bulletin – Traffic Engineering Associate I-II.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AT THAT TIME, 81 CANDIDATES APPLIED AND 56 QUALIFIED ONE ELIGIBLE LIST WAS ESTABLISHED ON MARCH 10TH, 2020, WHICH EXPIRED ON MARCH 9TH, 2023.

THE LIST WAS REFERRED TO THREE REQUISITIONS PW 20 DASH 0 0 3, PW 20 DASH 29, AND PW 20 DASH 57.

THREE SELECTIONS WERE MADE FROM THE ELIGIBLE LIST TO THOSE REQUISITIONS.

CURRENTLY THERE IS ONE VACANCY IN PUBLIC WORKS RECEIVED IN THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON MAY 7TH, 2023.

PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BULLETIN INCLUDE FILING DATES AND SALARY INFORMATION IN ADDITION OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION LANGUAGE.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE EXAMINATION WAITS BE THE APPLICATION AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION WEIGHTED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT AND A CHANGE FROM A NON-COMPETITIVE TO A CONTINUOUS NON-COMPETITIVE PROCESS WITH AN INITIAL APPLICATION FILING PERIOD OF FOUR WEEKS FROM APRIL 26TH, 2024 TO MAY 24TH, 2024.

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS PRESENT TODAY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR TASHA? FOR THE DEPARTMENT? HEARING NONE.

I THINK WE ARE READY TO VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM 11, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND ADOPT REVISED CLASSIFICATION.

SPECI SPECIFICATION, UH, OFFICE SUPERVISORS.

SEE I TRIED TO DO THAT TOO QUICKLY.

AND CLASSIFICATION SPECIFICATION IS A LITTLE, UH, THAT'S A HARD ONE.

THAT'S A HARD ONE.

OKAY.

OFFICE

[11. 24-53080 Recommendation to approve and adopt revised classification specification – Office Services Supervisor.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM 11.

YES.

AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

YES WE DO.

AND SAL IS GOING TO PRESENT FOR YOU THIS MORNING.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

SO STAFF IS REQUESTING, UH, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL TO ADOPT A REVISED, UH, CLASSIFICATION SPECIFICATION FOR OFFICE SERVICES SUPERVISOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 11, SECTION 11 ZERO 1D OF THE CITY CHARTER.

SOME FACTS FOR CONSIDERATION.

UH, THIS CLASSIFICATION, UH, EXISTS EXCLUSIVELY IN THE, THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.

THE CLASSIFICATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1979 AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 1988.

SO IT'S BEEN TO ADMITTED.

UH, SOME UPDATES TO THE PROPOSED

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UH, SOME SLIGHT REVISIONS TO THE EX EXAMPLE OF DUTIES UPDATES TO THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION SECTION, WHICH INCLUDES THE, UH, THE ADDITION OF ONE YEAR OF LEAD OR SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE, AND THE ADDITION OF THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY SECTION, WHICH UPDATES THE ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED IN PERFORMING ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE CLASSIFICATION.

SO THIS CLASS SPEC, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF INTERNATIONAL WORKERS.

UM, ALL PARTIES INVOLVED AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND, UM, HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS ITEM IS IN TODAY'S AGENDA.

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS MORE OF A, OF A, OF A COMMENT? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE IN THIS SPECIFIC THING, UH, OR, UM, CLASS SPEC REVISION.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SALARY INFORMATION ON HERE.

UM, BUT I DID WANT TO PUT ON RECORD, UM, WITH THE RECENT INCREASES THAT THE CITY HAS MANDATED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY FOR MINIMUM WAGE, UH, I HOPE HR THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN DEPARTMENTS, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THAT MAKE BELOW THAT $20 AN HOUR.

UM, AND ANY PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE AT OR RIGHT ABOUT THAT $20 AN HOUR MARK, UH, WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THE COMPOUNDING.

UM, IF SOMEONE AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT CAN MAKE $20 AN HOUR, WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT THAT DOES FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

OKAY, I THINK THAT POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND NOTED.

IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? OKAY.

SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 12 IS RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND NON-CAREER HOURS FOR JESSE MACIAS SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER TWO NON-CAREER.

AND I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

GREAT.

AND YOU HAVE MARIA O CONNO COMING UP FOR THE NEXT THREE ITEMS. HELLO

[12. 24-53081 Recommendation to extend non-career hours for Jesse Macias, Special Services Officer II-NC.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM EL RAMOS POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR REQUESTING CIVIL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL TO EXTEND NON-CAREER HOURS FOR JESSE MACIAS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER, NON-CAREER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 49 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS ALLOWS AN APPOINTING AUTHORITY TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION OF NON-CAREER HOURS.

UM, IF THIS EXTENSION IS DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THEIR APPOINTING DEPARTMENT TO FUNCTION AND OR PROVIDED THAT THE PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO THOSE POSITIONS WHICH ARE PERMANENT AND ARE BEING PURSUED.

MR. MACIAS WAS HIRED IN JUNE, 2019 AS A SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER, NON-CAREER IN THE INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU, AND HE IS ASSIGNED TO THE REGISTRATION OFFICE IN THE INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU.

IN THE REGISTRATION OFFICE.

MR. MACIAS PROCESSES SEX, UH, REGISTERED SEX ARSON AND GANG REGISTRANTS AND THERE ARE APPRO APPROXIMATELY 1100 SEX REGISTRANTS RESIDING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WHO ARE MANDATED BY LAW TO REGISTER WITH THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS COMPLETED BY THIS DETAIL IS TYPICALLY HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER OF TOTAL REGISTRANTS BECAUSE THEY MUST RE-REGISTER IN PERSON WITHIN FIVE WORKING DAYS OF CHANGING THEIR RESIDENCE.

UH, PER CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE.

UH, DUE TO THE, AND DUE TO INCREASED CYBER VIGILANTE ARRESTS MADE IN 2023, THE NUMBER OF SEX REGISTRANTS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS EXPECTED TO GROW.

UH, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS ALSO ADVISED THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE REGISTRATION OFFICE OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

UH, INSTEAD OF THE THREE DAYS A WEEK, UH, DUE TO THESE INCREASE INCREASED NEEDS, THE DEPARTMENT HAS SELECTED A NEW STAFF TO FILL THE PERMANENT VACANCY WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ONBOARDING PROCESS AND THE EXTENSION OF HOURS WILL ENSURE THE PROPER COVERAGE OF THE FIVE D DAY A WEEK REQUIREMENT.

AND AS OF APRIL, UH, FIFTH, 2024, MR. MACIAS HAS WORKED 1,205 HOURS OF THE 16 HOURS HE IS ALLOTTED, UM, AND ARE ALLOTTED TO NON-CAREER EMPLOYEES.

AND THE EXTENSION WOULD ALLOW MR. MACIAS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS CRUCIAL, UH, SERVICE TO THE CITY.

THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS, UH, AN ADDITIONAL 250 NON-CAREER HOURS THROUGH HIS ANNIVERSARY DATE OF JUNE 12TH, 2024.

UH, STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 49, THOSE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND POLICY 2.32 AND STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT IS FROM THE

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ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? JUST A COMMENT.

UM, SAD STATS, REALLY HARD STATS TO HEAR, UM, ON THERE.

UM, AND ALSO VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS TO BE IS REGISTERED.

OKAY.

SO GOOD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A PERMANENT EMPLOYEE ON EN ROUTE TO FILL IN THAT POSITION.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

YEAH, CORRECT.

ANYTHING FURTHER? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND NON-CAREER HOURS FOR EDWARD SALANA SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER TWO NON-CAREER.

AND WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, AND THIS ONE'S SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUSLY READ, UM, REPORT.

SO CORRESPONDENCE ALSO RECEIVED FROM, UH, ELSA RAMOS POLICE DEPARTMENT

[13. 24-53082 Recommendation to extend non-career hours for Edward Saldana, Special Services Officer II-NC.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE, UH, FIVE SECTION 49 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHICH ALLOWS THE REQUEST OF AN EXTENSION OF NON-CAREER HOURS FOR AN EMPLOYEES OF UM, NON-CAREER EMPLOYEES APPOINTMENT, UH, MR. SALANA WAS HIRED ON JULY 12TH, 2019 AS A SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER NON-CAREER IN THE INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU.

HE IS ASSIGNED TO THE REGISTRATION OFFICE IN THE INVESTIGATIONS IN THE REGISTRATION OFFICE.

MR. SALANA PROCESSES, UH, S ARSON AND GANG REGISTRANTS.

UM, HE, THE, THE NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS COMPLETED BY THIS DETAIL IS TYPICALLY HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER OF TOTAL REGISTRANTS BECAUSE OF SEX REGISTERS MUST REGISTER IN PERSON WITHIN FIVE WORKING DAYS PER CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE AND THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GROW.

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS ALSO ADVISED THAT THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, KEEP THE OFFICE OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK INSTEAD OF THREE.

THE DEPARTMENT HAS SELECTED NEW STAFF TO FILL THIS VACANCY WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ONBOARDING PROCESS.

THE EXTENSION OF HOURS WILL ENSURE THE PROPER COVERAGE OF THE FIVE DAY A WEEK, UH, RECOMMENDATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

AS OF APRIL 5TH, 2024.

MR. ALANA HAS WORKED 1,207 HOURS, 7.5 HOURS OF THE 1600 ALLOTTED HOURS TO NON-CAREER EMPLOYEES.

AND THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL 250 HOURS OF NON-CAREER HOURS, UH, TO PUT HIM THROUGH THE ANNIVERSARY DATE OF JULY 12TH, 2024.

UH, DEPARTMENT STAFF IS HERE, UH, TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION AND STAFF RECOMMENDS HIS APPROVAL.

GREAT.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT? RIGHT.

SEEING NONE CAST VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM 14, RECOMMENDATION FOR EXTENSION OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR JOSHUA SERRANO, UH, SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER THREE ARMED.

OKAY, ON APRIL 10TH, 2024, THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM EL S RAMOS, PERSONAL

[14. 24-53083 Recommendation for extension of probationary period for Joshua Serrano, Special Services Officer III-Armed.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER THREE ARMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 41, SUBSECTION TWO OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND SECTION 1.01, SUBSECTION ONE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

JOSHUA SERRANO WAS HIRED AS A SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICERS THREE, ASSIGNED TO THE JAIL DIVISION IN THE SUPPORT BUREAU ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2 20 23.

AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION, SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE JAIL DIVISION ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A STRUCTURED IN, UH, CUSTODY OFFICER ACADEMY THROUGH THE LAPD COMPRISED OF TWO WEEKS OF ORIENTATION, FOLLOWED BY 16 WEEKS OF ACADEMY INSTRUCTION.

MR. SERRANO WAS ENROLLED IN APRIL, 2024 AND IS ANTICIPATED TO COMPLETE THIS, HIS TRAINING IN AUGUST, 2024.

FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE IN-CUSTODY OFFICER TRAINING, HE WILL UNDERGO AN EIGHT HOUR RECLAMATION, UH, TO REVIEW LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING AND RECLAMATION, HE WILL COMPLETE HIS PROBATIONARY PERIOD.

CURRENTLY, HE IS SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE HIS PROBATIONARY PERIOD ON JUNE 7TH, 2024.

AND IT IS REQUESTED THAT AN EXTENSION BE GRANTED FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS.

TYPICALLY, EXTENSIONS ARE REQUESTED FOR THREE MONTHS, UH, OR 522 HOURS.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CALCULATED THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF HOURS AND BECAUSE HIS SCHEDULE IS STABLE, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF TWO MONTHS OR FOUR PAY PERIODS THAT TRANSLATES TO 320 HOURS.

AND THAT WOULD ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME

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UM, SO THE DEPARTMENT HAS THIS SPECIAL REQUEST, UM, FOR YOU TODAY, AND MR. SERRANO HAS, WAS EVALUATED AND HIS INITIAL PROBATIONARY PERIOD HAS, HAS BEEN SIGNED.

UM, HE HAS, I'M SORRY, HIS, HE HAS SIGNED HIS INITIAL PROBATIONARY, UM, PERIOD EVALUATION, AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT COMPLETION OF THE IN-CUSTODY OFFICER ACADEMY IS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE PERMANENT STATUS IN THE CALCIFICATION.

UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AND STAFF IS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HERE TO RE RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS THERE.

THINK YES, COMMISSIONER UNA.

JUST ONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A QUESTION, BUT I DID READ IN THE REPORT THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE WE'RE HAVING TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE, UM, THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT IS DEEMED TO BE QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING, UM, THAT IS NECESSARY.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, WHY, UM, THE COUNTY'S SECOND LARGEST CITY, WYATTS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT QUALIFIED TO MEET THIS OUT.

IT MAY JUST BE A, A, A FISCAL, A FINANCIAL THING WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE DON'T NEED TO INVEST THAT MONEY IN HAVING OUR OWN TRAINING HERE AS OPPOSED TO GOING OVER TO LAPD.

BUT JUST A, A A QUESTION MAYBE FOR, FOR A FUTURE MEETING TO BE ANSWERED AS TO WHY, UM, WE'RE NOT QUALIFIED IF THAT'S OF OUR OWN CHOOSING OR BECAUSE WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO BE QUALIFIED AND JUST HAVEN'T.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GET THAT ANSWER TODAY.

UM, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED IN, IN THE REPORT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN GET AN ANSWER TODAY.

YES.

YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.

THANK YOU.

PERFECT.

GOOD MORNING.

MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, SERGEANT GERMAL, I'M CURRENTLY THE ACTING LIEUTENANT OF THE JAIL SECTION.

UM, SO PRETTY MUCH YOU'RE CORRECT.

WE SHOULD BE TRAINING OUR OWN CUSTODY OFFICERS WITH OUR TRAINING, UH, OUR POLICIES, RULES AND REGULATIONS.

UM, HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE THE, UM, MANPOWER AT THE ACADEMY CURRENTLY TO, UM, UH, TRAIN OUR, UM, DETENTION OFFICERS, UH, PER, UH, TITLE 15, UM, STANDARD TRAINING OF CORRECTIONS AND WE'RE REGULATED BY THE BOARD OF STATE OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY.

UH, SO IT COMES, UM, TO, DUE TO PERSONNEL, WE HAVE TO OUTSOURCE OUR TRAINING.

WE CAN UTILIZE LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S, ORANGE COUNTY, SAN BERNARDINO, RIVERSIDE, UM, THE COUNTY SYSTEM.

UM, THEY TRAIN THEIR, UH, DETENTION OFFICERS FOR, UH, UM, TYPE TWO JAIL FACILITIES.

WE'RE A JAIL FACILITY, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A TYPE ONE.

UM, LAPD IS THE LARGEST CITY JAIL AND IN THE COUNTRY.

AND THE REASON WE CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH LAPD CUSTODY OFFICER ACADEMY IS THEY FOCUS ON TYPE ONE JAIL FACILITY TRAINING.

AND THEY DON'T CHARGE US TO SEND OUR, UH, CUSTODY OR DETENTION OFFICERS.

THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED.

THANK YOU, SERGEANT.

APPRECIATE IT.

UH, SERGEANT, BEFORE YOU GO, DO, DO WE HAVE THE REQUISITIONS IN THE PIPELINE TO ADDRESS THAT PERSONNEL ISSUE AT THE ACADEMY? YES.

UM, I DON'T, IT'S NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

OKAY.

UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WITH, UH, THE, UH, OUR, UH, TRAINING DIVISION, UM, WITH THE COMMAND STAFF OUT THERE.

OKAY.

BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A COST TO US RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT YEAH, WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE, UH, OKAY.

THE STAFFING TO GET THE EXPERTISE, TRAIN, TRAIN THEM.

UM, UH, WE'RE GOVERNED BY THE, UH, STANDARD TRAINING OF CORRECTIONS TITLE 15.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, HAVE THE, THE STAFFING, UH, PROVIDE, UH, TRAIN THE TRAINER TO GET THEM TRAINED UP, UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT THE STATE, UH, GOVERNS OUR, UH, FACILITY.

OKAY.

SERGEANT, IT'S LIKE A REALLY GOOD PARTNERSHIP.

YES.

, UH, JUST SEND OVER THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THAT ONE.

YEAH.

WAIT, SERGEANT, I'M SORRY.

CAN, CAN YOU ONE MORE, JUST, CAN YOU TELL US YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA ASK ME FOR THE MINUTES.

OH.

UH, SERGEANT CARLOS ALDO.

G-R-I-M-A-L-D-O.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

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IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NINE, I THINK WE ARE READY TO CAST OUR VOTES.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 15 IS RECOMMENDATION.

UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR EXTENSION OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR TTA REESE PER PERMIT TECHNICIAN ONE.

YES.

NOW YOU HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, YOU DO HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, AND DONELLE IS READY

[15. 24-53084 Recommendation for extension of probationary period for Lynetta Reese, Permit Technician I.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

HI, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

ON APRIL 19TH, 2024, THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FROM BRENDA SATELLO, ACTING ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR LYNETTE REESE PERMIT TECH ONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 41 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND SECTION 1.01 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES F FOR CONSIDERATION, MS. REESE WAS HIRED AS A PERMIT TECH ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2023 AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION PERMIT TECH ONES ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL ICC PRIOR TO PASSING PROBATION.

AND FORTUNATELY, MS. REESE DID NOT PASS THE PERMIT TECH CERTIFICATION EXAM.

AND PER ICC RULES IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RETAKE THE TEST UNTIL JULY, 2024.

THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF PROBATION TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE REQUIRED TRAINING AND EVALUATE MRS. REESE, MRS. REESE'S PERFORMANCE.

THE EXTENSION WILL ALLOW MS. REESE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND BE ELIGIBLE TO RETAKE THE PERMIT TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM FROM THE ICC COUNCIL IN JULY, 2024, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF MRS. REESE'S EXTENSION TO PROBATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AND MS. REESE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THIS REQUEST WILL BE ON THE TODAY'S AGENDA AND DEPARTMENT IS HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ALRIGHT, ARE THERE QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, I THINK I WOULD HAVE OUR STANDARD QUESTION, WHICH IS WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE DON'T FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, UH, HAVE TO EXTEND PROBATIONARY PERIODS BEYOND WHAT'S AGREED IN THE CONTRACT AND, AND MAYBE IT'S SOMEONE FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CAN ADDRESS THAT.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

BRENDA SOTELLO.

I'M THE ACTING ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

UM, SO OUR DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING TRAINING TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

UM, WE DO HAVE BOOKLETS AVAILABLE, UH, STUDY GUIDES SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, PASS THE, THE EXAM.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR PERMIT TECHS THAT ALSO HAVE ALREADY TAKEN AND PASSED THE EXAM MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO OUR ENTRY LEVEL PERMIT TECHNICIANS, UM, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND SORT OF PROVIDE THEM THAT GUIDANCE ON, UM, YOU KNOW, TEST TAKING, UM, SUPPORT.

OKAY.

YEAH.

ANYTHING FURTHER? WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

RIGHT THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER.

OKAY.

I THINK WE CAN CAST OUR VOTES.

MOTION CARRIES.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

ITEM 16, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REVISED QUARTERLY UPDATE EXAM RESULTS.

UM, YES, AT THE, OOPS, SORRY.

WAITING FOR THE MOTION.

UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING, YOU HAD JUST ASKED ME TO COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOTAL APPLICATIONS, AND SO I DID, UM,

[16. 24-53086 Recommendation to receive and file– Revised Quarterly Update –  Exam Results.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

BUT WE HAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER, 4,366 APPLICATIONS THAT CAME THROUGH THAT STAFF PROCESSED, UM, REVIEWED THAT GAVE THEM THE 1,343 CANDIDATES THAT ACTUALLY, UH, WERE DEEMED QUALIFIED THROUGH VARIOUS BATTERIES OF TESTS, UM, AND ASSESSMENTS AND THEN, UH, SUPPLIED TO THE DEPARTMENTS.

SO THEN THE UPDATE IS THE 4,366 APPLICANTS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AGAIN, AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER AND, UH,

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IMAGINE THAT .

YES.

IMAGINE ALL THE WORK THAT STAFF DOES.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON THAT.

THANK YOU ALL , AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE GOOD EYE COVERAGE IN OUR BENEFIT PLAN.

UH, ANYWAYS.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING FURTHER? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NOTHING, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM 17, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE EXTENSION OF ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 1 5 3 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS.