Meeting colors

OPENPUBLICA · PUBLIC MEETING RECORD

Record of Proceedings

New Rochelle Municipal Civil Service Commission Regular Meeting, October 22, 2026

Meeting Portal — Thursday, October 22, 2026

BodyNew Rochelle, New York

SessionMeeting Portal

DateThursday, October 22, 2026

StatusFILED

Video Record

0:00 / 3:44

Transcript — VerbatimClick a timed line to jump · ⧉ to share it

Speaker numbers apply only to this recording.

Speaker 1

0:06

Good afternoon.

Speaker 2

0:07

Good afternoon.

0:08

This is a regular meeting of the municipal civil service commission.

0:11

Today's Wednesday, October 21st, 2026, and the time is 3 34.

0:17

We're in council conference room.

0:22

We have the chairman of the commission, Bishop Fetz and Lee.

Speaker 1

0:25

Yep.

Speaker 2

0:25

And Commissioner Margaret Chadwick.

0:27

Here.

0:30

Waterloo Bay is accent today.

0:33

Today the first item on the agenda are the minutes to our previous meeting, which was held on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 at 337 for your approval.

Speaker 1

0:44

Commissioner.

Speaker 2

0:45

Yes, I move that we accept the minutes as written.

0:48

Okay.

0:48

Approved.

0:49

Approved.

0:52

We're gonna go down to this section for municipal civil service um commission.

0:57

Um we had our budget meetings, and it was asked um if we um would consider raising the fees for the exams.

1:06

Um for our um, you know, when we have exams, keeping in mind that um we keep half the fee and the other half goes to the state.

1:14

Right now the fees are for uniformed exams $50 um per candidate, and at all others are $30.

1:24

So it's just you know, if you want to consider it, we'll bring it up again our at our next meeting.

Speaker 3

1:28

Do we know about other municipalities in the area?

1:30

Like for instance, White Plains, Yonkers, Peaks, and more city.

1:37

That'd be great.

1:38

That would really help me to kind of have an idea.

1:40

Okay, and that'll be wonderful.

1:41

Thank

Unassigned speaker

1:42

you.

Speaker 1

1:43

That's fine with me.

Speaker 3

1:44

Okay.

Speaker 2

1:50

Okay, uh, we've had um non-competitive uh and provisional appointments.

1:56

I just did not bring that information with me today, and um probation area, I believe maybe one or

Unassigned speaker

2:02

two, and

Speaker 2

2:03

I'll bring that for the next meeting.

2:04

For November, okay.

2:06

We have no eligible lists to establish at this point.

2:08

We don't have um any pending exams uh that I'm waiting for results.

2:13

Okay.

2:14

Um eligible least list to be extended.

2:17

I didn't see any that needed this month to be extended.

2:20

Um I'm sure we'll have some for the next month.

Speaker 1

2:23

Okay, okay.

2:24

That's fine.

Speaker 2

2:25

Um we have no exams coming up in September.

2:29

Um sorry.

2:32

We had no exam September.

2:34

We don't have any in October.

2:35

Right now we don't have any exams scheduled.

Speaker 1

2:37

Anything to finish, nothing to finish the year.

Speaker 2

2:40

Nothing to finish the year off of okay.

2:42

So um main reason is because of the way um change is happening at the state and us not getting open exams.

2:51

Um, but I'm gonna um look into what exams I have on order.

2:56

Um, and then I'll check with the state to see if there's anything coming

Speaker 1

3:00

up.

3:00

Yeah, hopefully the first of the year we don't get hit with three four.

Speaker 3

3:03

That's what I was going to say.

Unassigned speaker

3:05

You're gonna be awfully busy when they do have a lot of things.

Speaker 3

3:07

Yes, when they do come up, yes.

Speaker 2

3:11

Um, our next meeting is to be held on November 18th, uh 2026 at 3 30.

3:16

That would be this morning.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting

Procedural█████████████████████████████████████████████100%

Summary of Proceedings

New Rochelle Municipal Civil Service Commission Regular Meeting, October 22, 2026

The Municipal Civil Service Commission held a regular meeting on October 22, 2026, at 3:34 PM in the Council Conference Room. Chairman Bishop Fetz and Lee, and Commissioner Margaret Chadwick were present; Commissioner Waterloo Bay was absent. The meeting was adjourned at 3:38 PM.

Discussion Items

Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes: The commission approved the minutes from the September 23, 2026, meeting as written, following a motion by Commissioner Chadwick.
Proposed Exam Fee Increase: The commission discussed raising exam fees following a request from budget meetings. Current fees are $50 per candidate for uniformed exams and $30 for all others. The commission noted that half of the fee is retained locally and half goes to the state. It was agreed to gather information on fees charged by other municipalities (e.g., White Plains, Yonkers, Peaks, and More City) before making a decision. The item will be revisited at the next meeting.
Non-Competitive and Provisional Appointments: The commission deferred a report on non-competitive and provisional appointments, as the relevant information was not brought to the meeting. It was noted that one or two probationary items may also exist. The report is expected at the November meeting.
Eligible Lists and Exams: No eligible lists were established or extended at this meeting. There are no pending exams awaiting results, and no exams are scheduled for October. The commission attributed the lull to ongoing changes at the state level and a lack of open exams. Staff will check with the state about upcoming exams and review exams already on order.
Next Meeting: The next regular meeting is scheduled for November 18, 2026, at 3:30 PM.

Key Outcomes

Approved the minutes of the September 23, 2026, meeting.
Agreed to research exam fee rates in comparable municipalities before deciding on a potential increase.
Deferred reports on non-competitive appointments and probationary matters to the November meeting.
No exams or eligible list actions were taken; staff will monitor state activity for future exam opportunities.

SUMMARIZED BY OPENPUBLICA AI

TRANSCRIPT VIA PUBLIC VIDEO
openpublica.com