Civil Service Board Meeting – July 19, 2021
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Civil Service Board Meeting – July 19, 2021
The Sacramento Civil Service Board held a teleconference meeting on July 19, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., chaired by Gwynnae Byrd. The board addressed one appeal, approved the previous meeting’s minutes, and revised the 2021 meeting calendar. Commissioner Shalinee Hunter was absent.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes (June 21, 2021): The board voted unanimously (3-0) to approve the minutes from the June 21, 2021 meeting.
Discussion Items
- Appeal of Henry Galan, Jr. (Item 2): This item was withdrawn by the appellant prior to the meeting, so no board action was taken.
- Appeal of Richard Taylor (Item 3): Richard Taylor appealed his disqualification from the Dispatcher III recruitment, citing a possible technical issue with uploading his POST certificate. Staff recommended denial, noting that Mr. Taylor did not provide proof of the required certification by the filing deadline and that NeoGov had no record of a technical problem. Mr. Taylor acknowledged that he had attached the same documents in previous years without issue, but this time he did not receive an error message and assumed the upload was successful. He also stated that the hiring process had already concluded and that a late addition would be inequitable. The board affirmed the Director’s disqualification unanimously (3-0).
- 2021 Meeting Calendar (Item 4): The board discussed rescheduling the December 20, 2021 meeting because City Council is in recess that week. Members approved a motion (3-0) to move the meeting to December 6, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. A broader discussion about changing the regular Monday afternoon time slot was deferred pending input from the absent member.
Key Outcomes
- Minutes approved for June 21, 2021 (3-0).
- Appeal denied: Richard Taylor’s disqualification was affirmed (3-0).
- Calendar revised: The December 20, 2021 meeting was rescheduled to December 6, 2021 (3-0).
- Staff will work with the Clerk’s office to identify alternative dates that may better accommodate all board members, with follow-up at a future meeting.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon, everyone. I think we're ready to start the meeting. Uh, Chair Byrd, if you're ready to call it to order. Yes, thank you, Mindy. Let's um please call the uh we'll call the meeting to order and please call the roll. Yes. Here. Vice Chair Amand for Member Miola. Here. And Member Hunter. Member Hunter did inform us that uh she would not be may not be able to make the meeting today or may be joining us late. Okay, thank you. Um and do we have any word on whether or not we will have another member appointed any? I'm sorry, can you I can't hear you? Could you repeat that, please? Did is there any word on whether or not we would have another member appointed anytime soon? I don't have feedback on that. We can check and get back to you. Okay, just curious because it would be nice to have a full board for once. Um there's no closed session report. I see that's a part of the agenda, but I don't I mean, we weren't in closed session. Is there anything that needs to happen under that agenda item? No, you're correct. Okay. Um consent calendars approval of the minutes. Uh has everyone had a chance to look at the minutes from last time. Member uh Chair Byrd, can I interrupt for just a second? This is Cynthia. Yes. We do have announcements. The two appeals that were brought over from last month's meeting, both of those people uh withdrew their appeal, including the one that is currently on item two. So we do have one more appeal today. Okay. Wow. So um all right, thank you for that. So uh if we could go into the minutes, that if we could have a uh a motion to approve the minutes from last time. Um a second. All right. Okay, um, any discussion on the minutes. Uh we approving the minutes separately or approving the consent calendar as one item. Well, sorry, I apologize. I I guess I they appeared to be one and the same to me, but maybe I'm not um correct about that. Did I miss something? Oh, I'm sorry, go ahead. Yes, you're right. Okay, so either way, can uh call it as as we wish. We're either approving the consent calendar or we're approving the minutes. Uh I guess we should say we're approving the consent calendar. Um so uh all in favor. Um I guess we should call the roll.
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