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City of New Brighton Civil Service Commission Commission Meeting Minutes 4 April 2005 Attending: Commissioner Kaufhold, Commissioner Kerns, Commissioner Mann, Director Jacobson, Assistant City Manager Troha Roll Call/Call to Order: At 5:15 pm, April 4, 2005, the Police Civil Service Commission 'ng was called to order by new Chair Bill Kerns. Commissioner Kerns noted that bers of the Commission were present. Approval of Minutes: w Commissioner Mann motioned and was seconded b5f Commissioner Kaufho to accept and approve the minutes from the previous meeting of February 24, 2005. The motion was approved unanimously. N A-.... Civil Service Commission Viability: Assistant City Manager Troha repo t ommisioners her research on the requirements for a Civil Service Commis on. s. Troha reported that Civil Service Commissions are not requireby StatStatute, but elimination requires a unanimous vote of the City Council or a petition and eventual vote by citizens. An informal survey revealed that more than 50% of citbs that responded reported that they no longer had Civil Service Commissions. M4Jroha did indicate that union representatives (Police Officef and Sergeants) were opp ed to elimination of the Civil Service Commission. After much discussion, it was decided teat no recommendations would be forwarded to the City Cou>lhjl at this time, and that viability of the Commission should be an ongoing discussion for future meetings. Review of ' Servi ule Assistant City ager Troha discussed recent work in reviewing the Rules and Regulation with City Attorney with focus on the definitions of protected groups/classes as well as full discussion on the intent of Section 5 (d)regarding disparity of composition. Discussion also included an overview of the City Affirmative Action Plan. Ms. Troha indicated that the Affirmative Action plan was outdated and that it was determined to recommend to the City Council, based on our city attorney's recommendations, to remove/eliminate the Affirmative Action plan. Further, Ms. Troha recommended that rules referring to affirmative action plans be eliminated from the Police Civil Service Rules.