May 1, 2008 Commission Meeting
Bob Welch called meeting to order at 11:00am. Secretary Bill Fulton took roll call. Present were Commissioners Bob Welch, John Camardo and John Brennan. Also present were City Manager Mark Palesh, Fire Chief Mike Hammon and Human Resource Director Karen Green.
Old Business:
Budget: The 2008 & 2009 budget will be presented to the city council tonight.
Commis. Camardo asked City manager Mark Palesh if there was anything he wanted to discuss with the commission.
Palesh replied that they could all meet today if you wanted.
55 A Act: Bill Fulton stated that he spoke to his representative from Albany and the Attorneys in Albany have made a decision and they will mail a letter either today or tomorrow.
New Business:
For informational purposes a list of personnel changes since Jan 1 – present was distributed.
Commis. Welch: Chief Hammon has requested some disqualifications for certain people as in result of their background checks.
Motion made by Commis. Brennan to go into executive session 2nd by Camardo for personnel purposes.
Motion made by Commis. Welch to return to general session Seconded by Brennan. Return to general session at 11:35am.
Welch: We discussed the removal of 2 candidates to be removed from the firefighter eligible list. We will send each of them a letter to respond in 15 days to come before the commission or write a letter on their behalf.
Hammon requested clarification. Will you vote on this after 15 days or at your next meeting?
Welch: If they respond we will do it right away. We have to wait the 15 days though. Then we could call a special meeting.
Bill Fulton: June 5th is our next scheduled meeting. We have a Firefighters agility test on Friday, May 9th and the open house on Thursday, May 8th. We will need to hire a couple of staff that will take them through the stations.
Camardo requesting a work session for the budget with city manager.
Palesh: What we normally do is meet, I make my changes and then I present to the council. We can meet today.
Welch: We used to go to the council meetings that discussed the budget
Palesh: Council request that dept. heads are not present.
Brennan: Can you explain why Bill is not funded.
Palesh: Over a year ago I presented to the council the HR Director replace the secretary. I have a budget I need to balance.
Welch: To take the secretary out is just vindictive.
Camardo: We want to talk about this with council.
Welch: A secretary is the commissions choice is required by civil service rules and regulations.
Brennan: Motion to adjourn 2nd by Welch. Motion adjourned at 11:45am.
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