Civil Service Commission Meeting - February 23, 2026
Civil Service Commission Meeting - February 23, 2026
The regular Civil Service Commission meeting was called to order on February 23, 2026, at 1:30 PM. Chair Halliday presided with Commissioners Aguilera, Holliday, and Vice Chair Fitzgerald present; Commissioner Mason was absent. The consent calendar was approved by a unanimous vote. No public comments were made during the general public comment period.
Consent Calendar
- Routine items were approved by a unanimous voice vote (all ayes). No items were removed for separate discussion.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No members of the public addressed the commission on any agenda item.
Discussion Items
- Item 5A: Classification Specification Revisions for Fire Department – Staff (MJ) presented a comprehensive review of five classifications (deputy fire chief, fire battalion chief, fire captain, firefighter paramedic, and firefighter). The revisions aimed to ensure consistency with current state certification requirements, promote uniformity across position specifications, and update language. Both bargaining units (Napa Chief Fire Officers Association and Napa City Firefighters Association) reviewed and agreed with the recommendation. No salary changes were proposed. Commissioner Holliday thanked staff for their thorough work and inclusive process. The motion to approve staff’s recommendation passed unanimously.
- Item 6: Comments by Commissioners and Staff – No additional comments from commissioners or staff.
- Item 6C: Recruitment Status Report – Caitlin provided an update: panel interviews for property technician and phone interviews for purchasing manager are scheduled; applications for water distribution supervisor are being reviewed; recruitments are open for senior traffic engineer and communications manager (promotional); continuous recruitments continue for lateral police officer, trainee, and public safety dispatcher. HR and police department will attend Sacramento State Job Fair on February 24. Chair Halliday noted the police department vacancy rate is nearing full staffing.
- Item 6D: Scheduled Automatic Expiration of Eligible List of Candidates – Five eligible lists (senior planner, budget analyst, water plant maintenance superintendent, recreation coordinator, and police officer trainee) were reported as expiring, all resulting in hires: the trainee list produced four hires, and the recreation coordinator list produced three hires. No action was required.
Key Outcomes
- Item 5A: Motion to approve classification specification revisions for five fire department positions passed unanimously.
- Consent Calendar: Approved without objection.
- Recruitment Updates: Noted; no vote required.
- Eligible List Expiration: Received as information.
- Next Meeting: The regular March meeting is moved to March 9, 2026; the March 16 meeting is canceled.
Meeting Transcript
Let me stop you. Here we go. All right. The regular civil service commission meeting for February 23rd is called to order. Caitlin, can you please take roll? Commissioner Aguilera? Here. Commissioner Holliday. Here. Vice Chair Fitzgerald. Here. Chair Halliday? Here. Commissioner Mason is absent. All other commissioners are present. Thank you. Thanks, Caitlin. Are there any changes to the agenda or supplemental reports? No changes. Thank you. We move to item three, public comment. Public comment provides an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the commission on items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. If your comments pertain to a specific item on the agenda, please reserve your comments until that item is before the commission. Are there any public comments from the audience? Seeing none, we'll move on to any other comments from the public. We'll conclude that uh the public general public comment portion of this agenda and move on to the consent calendar. Item four, these routine items can be approved with one motion and vote. If a commissioner wishes to discuss an item, they can request that the item be removed from the consent calendar. And after the remaining items are approved, items which are removed are considered separately. Is there a motion to approve the consent calendar? I'll move it. I'll make that motion. Thank you. Uh and a second. I'll second it. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed. And the motion passes. So moving on to item five, administrative reports. We're gonna start with a report from staff on item 5A. MJ, you're on. Thank you, Chair Halliday. The item before you is regarding all five of the classification specification revisions in the fire department in the public safety sworn side of the department, including deputy fire chief, fire battalion chief, fire captain, firefighter paramedic, and firefighter. So the intent and the reason for this study was the fire department wanted to look at all the classifications, specifically to ensure consistency with the current state certification requirements to promote consistency across position classification specifications related to policies and procedures, and lastly, to update and clarify existing language. So we took a comprehensive view of all five classes that impacted both of the bargaining units, including the NAPA Chief Fire Officers Association and Napa City Firefighters Association, so NCFO and NCFA, which were both given the opportunity to review and agreed with staff recommendation. Also note that there is no salary um changes being recommended as part of this update, but it is um sort of all five classifications are being updated and aligned for um for operations. Um the fire chief is with us if there's any operational questions, but happy to address any other questions regarding this class study in the five classifications that are recommended for revision. That's it.
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