* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] OKAY, [CALL TO ORDER] WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. ARE WE GOOD? YES. ALRIGHT. THE TIME IS 9 0 3. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S TODAY'S DATE? IT IS THE NINTH. YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALMOST CHRISTMAS. YEAH. OKAY. NO. SO, UM, GOOD MORNING. IT IS NOW 9:03 AM AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE, UM, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. [ROLL CALL] COMMISSIONER COLMAN, PRESIDENT PETERSON. HERE. COMMISSIONER CORDERO. HERE. COMMISSIONER WEISMAN. HERE. MAYOR COURT. WONDERFUL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE PLEDGE OF THE [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] ALLEGIANCE. AND THE FLAG IS RIGHT THERE. AND I ACTUALLY, PHILIP, HE'S ON IT. ALRIGHT. PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO GO PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY, THIS NOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Civil Service Commission on agenda items. ] THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, UH, ON AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE HEARD? OKAY. NONE SHALL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION [1. 25-55142 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Civil Service Commission Special Meeting of April 17, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION MEETING. SPECIAL MEETING OF APRIL 17TH. IF I COULD GET SO MOVED. THANK YOU. AND I'LL NEED A SECOND, PLEASE. I'M NOT HERE, BUT I CAN SECOND. THANK YOU. SO THE RECORD, THAT WAS A MOTION BY VICEMAN. A SECOND MAY CORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, MAY I GET A VOTE PLEASE? COMMISSIONER COLEMAN. PRESIDENT PEARSON HERE, I MEAN, YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER WEISMAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER CORDERA? YEAH. MOTION. CARRIE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ITEM TWO, WHICH IS, UM, WE'RE [2. 25-55135 Closed Session – Personnel Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(B)(1).       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] GOING TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION AND THIS IS PURSUANT, UH, TO PERSONAL SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 49 5 7 B ONE. GET A MOTION PLEASE. I'M SORRY TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. WHAT ARE WE? UH, I BELIEVE WE COULD JUST GO TO CLOSE SESSION. YEAH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A MOTION A SECOND. OH, OKAY. UM, DID YOU, DID YOU WANT US TO, UH, UH, VACATE WHY YOU GUYS DISCUSS? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S EASIEST GIVEN THAT THE, NOT TOO MANY, UH, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY. OKAY. IT'S FAR EASIER FOR THE COMMISS TO STAY HERE TO VACATE. WELL, NO, WE'LL, WE'LL VACATE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US AND WE'D HAVE TO MAKE ALL OF YOU GUYS LEAVE. I DON'T, WE DON'T MIND. WE'D HAVE TO GET A SECONDARY ROUND. OKAY. BE EASIER JUST FOR OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THIS ISN'T GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME. I'M SO SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN WE TURN THIS, UH, RECORDER OFF? SORRY ABOUT THIS, PHILLIP. I SET THE RECORD IN THE HARBOR COMMISSION FOR MY FARM SEVEN. OH. BECAUSE I'D HAD TO DO IT FOR THIS, SO IT WAS LIKE BASICALLY DONE. AWESOME. I'M GONNA HEAR IT. OKAY. WE ARE, UH, HAVE CONCLUDED OUR CLOSED SESSION [3. 25-55136 Recommendation to approve protest of written examination – Fire Captain.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] AND WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD AT 9 46. UM, WOULD YOU GET A QUICK, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE? CHIEF COLEMAN? UH, PRESENT? PRESENT. ROBERT PETERSON PRESENT. COMMISSIONER WEISMAN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CORDERO. DO WE HAVE FOUR? THANK YOU. UM, SO WE WENT INTO CLOSED SESSION AND TO REPORT OUT THAT, UM, WE TOOK CARE OF NEEDED BUSINESS. DO I HAVE TO BE EXACT MR. RAMOS, OR IS AM I GOOD? UM, YOU JUST WANT TO REPEAT THE MOTION AS, AS, AS STATED AND THEN WHAT THE INTENT OF, UH, THE, HOW THE COMMISSION FOR RULE ON 24 AND 29. THAT ALL BE UNDER THE SAME MOTION. ALRIGHT, SO, AND WE HAVE TO DO THE MOTION NOW OUT HERE, OR IS IT OKAY? YES. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, THE COMMISSION, UH, MET REGARDING, UM, THE, UH, PROTEST FOR THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR FIRE CAPTAIN AND [00:05:01] WE, UH, DID UPHOLD STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO FOUR, UM, AND TO, UH, DISPROVE ITEM NUMBER 29. UM, AND, UH, IF WE'LL MAKE A MOTION AGAIN PLEASE. SAME. UH, SO, UH, I MOVE THAT WE, UM, APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, TO ACCEPT THE, UM, PROTEST FOR ITEM 24 AND TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THE PROTEST ON QUESTION 29. THANK YOU. SO MOVED. UM, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE, MR. COLEMAN. AYE. PRESENT PETERSON AYE. COMMISSIONER WISE? AYE. COMMISSIONER CORD? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE'RE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Civil Service Commission on non-agenda items. ] THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE HEARD? OKAY. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? [ANNOUNCEMENTS] I WOULD, UH, JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE PORT IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SPONSORSHIPS AND WILL BE THROUGH THE END OF MAY FOR NONPROFITS THAT HAVE A, OR GOVERNMENT, UH, AGENCIES THAT HAVE AN EVENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR SPONSORSHIP. NOW IS THE TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT'S IN A NONPROFIT TO DO SO. UM, IT'S JUST AN ADVANTAGEOUS WAY TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND I THANK THE BOARD FOR THAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WE YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. YEAH. UM, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WILL BE HOSTING A YOUTH WEEK, UM, ON MAY 16TH THROUGH 18TH, I BELIEVE. UM, I WILL BE SPEAKING AT ONE OF THE PANELS. UM, AND SO IF YOU KNOW ANY MIDDLE AGE, UH, MIDDLE AGE, MIDDLE, MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, COULD BE INTERESTED IN, IN YOUTH WEEK AND SUGGEST THAT, UH, WE LET THEM KNOW AND INVITE. THANK YOU. WE JUST LIVE IN A AWESOME CITY. I'M SO PROUD OF OUR CITY. WE, OUR CITY DOES SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S TRUE. AND I, I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH. I JUST LOVE LONG BEACH AND, UM, A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, OUR MAYOR FOR ENSURING THAT WE DO ALL OF THESE THINGS TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH. THEY ARE OUR FUTURE. UM, SO I JUST SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND, AND I ALWAYS WANT TO SAY, UM, YOU COULD HAVE SPENT YOUR TIME THIS MORNING ANYWHERE ELSE AND YOU CHOSE TO SPEND IT WITH US. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR CONTINUED, UH, DUE DILIGENCE IN TRYING TO GET THE WORK OUT. UM, UH, THIS HAS NOT BEEN EASY, BUT YOU HAVE MADE IT SEEM LIKE IT'S EASY AND YOU DO IT WITH A SMILE. AND I RESPECT YOU FOR THAT. YOUR PROFESSIONALISM MEANS THE WORLD TO ME IN IT SOMETIMES. UM, WE DON'T GET TO SAY THANK YOU, BUT KNOW FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART I APPRECIATE YOU. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE STAFF SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM YOU EVERY WEEK WHEN WE COME TO OUR MEETINGS, UM, YOU GUIDE ME AND, UH, NEVER EVER GIVE ME THAT LOOK OF YOU IDIOT. YOU'VE DONE THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, NO, I'M SERIOUS. YOU, YOU CAN BE CONDESCENDING WHEN YOU'RE TELLING THE SOMEONE THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND YOU GO, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T CLICK IN. YOU DON'T REALIZE MY BRAIN IS NOW 70 YEARS OLD AND I'M FORGETTING THINGS. BUT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ME, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO, UH, READ SOMETHING. THIS IS A GIFT THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE COMMISSIONERS. UM, IT WAS GIVEN TO US BY MR. RAMOS AND I, I, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO SHOW YOU THIS, BUT IF YOU CAN SEE IT, I'M GOING TO READ THE INSCRIPTION FOR YOU BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED AT A MEETING THAT WE HAD. AND I REMEMBER BEFORE EVEN COMING HERE, I WAS IRRITATED. UM, AND I WAS IRRITATED BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THE COMMISSION WAS GOING TO CLEAN UP SOMETHING I FELT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND, UH, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. HOWEVER, MR. RAMOS SAID SOMETHING THAT DAY TO ME, UM, AND IT JUST RESONATED. AND I READ IT INTO THE RECORD. I'M GOING TO READ IT AGAIN. HE SAID, IS IT BETTER TO BE RIGHT OR IS IT BETTER TO DO THE RIGHT THING? I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE THE PERSON THAT I GET TO SUNSET THIS COMMISSION WITH. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. AND ON OUR LAST MEETING, I WILL EDUCATE YOU GUYS ON THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO BE PREPARED TO STAY A LITTLE BIT LONGER. AND I'M ALSO GOING TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO A FEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO'VE SUPPORTED THE COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AND SO THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED. [ADJOURNMENT] THANK YOU MR. RAMAS. I I WILL KEEP THIS, THIS 9 5 9 32. THANK YOU, SIR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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