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MUSKEGON BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS
Regular Meeting Minutes
Thursday, September 11, 2014
4:00 p.m. City Hall, Room 203
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I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Commissioner David George Newsome at
4:05 p.m.
Also present: Commissioner David Wendtland, Commissioner Pamela Lynk,
Deborah Groeneveld, Human Resources Director, and Mary Mansfield,
Administrative Secretary.
II. MINUTES
Motion was made by David Wendtland and seconded by Pamela Lynk to
approve the regular minutes of the May 8, 2014 meeting.
Motion Carried.
III. ACTION AGENDA
A. Review of Ballot Language. Debbie gave the commissioners a copy of the ballot
language for the charter amendment for review. The group agreed that it was
clean and well written. The goal of the charter amendment is to attack the rule
of one.
Commissioner Wendtland question the eligibility list portion, and asked if it
means some qualify, and some don’t. Debbie added that only qualified will be on
the list, and that the eligibility is based on the results of the test or interview.
Commissioner Newsome added that this requires a 70% or better. He added that
he’s hopeful that with the cooperation of getting this rule looked at, that the rule
of three will be next to be eliminated.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
The Civil Service contract for the next fiscal year has been signed effective July
1st.
IX. OTHER BUSINESS
Debbie added that she has a meeting with Steve Kloosterman of the Muskegon
Chronicle. She added that she is going to give him a pitch regarding how the
amendment is good for the City of Muskegon and that it will allow more people
to come through. The goal would be to have a nice article written regarding this
topic.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 4:14 p.m.
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