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From YouTube: July 27, 2021 Civil Service Commission
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B
All
right
good
afternoon
welcome
to
this
live
broadcast
of
our
virtual
meeting.
This
is
the
civil
service
commission
of
the
city
of
minneapolis.
B
This
meeting
includes
remote
participation
of
members
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statute,
section
13
d
.021,
due
to
the
declared
local
health
pandemic
for
the
record,
my
name
is
ellen
mcvay
and
I'm
the
president
of
the
minneapolis
civil
service
commission.
I
now
call
this
meeting
to
order
and
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role,
so
we
can
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
B
B
Lims.Minneapolismn.Gov
all
right
item
number
one
on
the
agenda
today
is
acceptance
of
the
minutes
of
may
25th
the
20th
2021
meeting.
Could
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
those
minutes?
Okay,
so
move
that
we
approve
the
minutes.
All
right
can
I
have
a
second
a
second
all
right,
all
in
favor.
Oh
actually,
I'm
sorry
melody.
Would
you
call
the
role
please.
A
B
All
right,
thank
you,
then
those
minutes
are
approved
and
I've
lost
my
agenda.
B
Oh
they're,
in
okay
item
number,
one
under
policy
and
administration,
an
update
regarding
the
actions
taken
by
the
chief
human
resources
officer,
patience
ferguson
regarding
the
delegation
of
authority
granted
to
her
during
the
pandemic
and
just
for
the
record,
the
commission
granted
ms
ferguson,
the
authority
to
waive
civil
service
rules
last
spring,
so
that,
because
of
the
emergency,
if
there
were
actions
that
needed
to
be
taken
between
meetings,
she
would
have
the
authority
to
do
it
in
order
to
respond
to
unusual
and
and
unprecedented
events
in
the
city.
B
So
so
this
this
report
will
be
a
final
report.
I
believe,
of
the
actions
that
have
been
taken
under
that
delegation
of
authority.
Patience.
C
C
C
C
C
There
it
is
so
what
what
you
have
in
front
of
you
is
the
work
that
ensued
when
we
were
in
our
public
health
emergency
and
earlier
this
month.
As
you
know,
both
the
governor
and
the
mayor,
I
rescinded
the
health
public
health
emergency.
What
you
have
in
front
of
you
is
all
of
the
activities
that
were
related
to
the
civil
service
commission
that
we
took
on
during
that
pandemic
time.
C
So,
regarding
the
eligible
lists
that
were
approved-
and
we
do
have
more
detailed
information,
if
you'd
like
to
see
it,
there
were
23
eligible
lists
approved,
and
I'm
happy
to
report
that
we
had
151
individuals
that
work
for
the
city
that
were
reassigned
and
joe
hatch,
who
actually
is
on
here.
He
was
really
the
person
who
led
a
lot
of
those
activities.
C
So
I
want
to
personally
thank
him
and
melody,
and
one
of
the
other,
his
other
staff
tracy
for
doing
that
work,
and
that
was
we
were
able
to
give
you
a
quick
example
of
one
that
happened
we
had
to
during
the
the
civil
unrest
resulted
in
quite
a
bit
of
heightened
activity
with
our
311
staff,
and
so
we
had
to
get
some
additional
staff
to
really
help
to
deploy
them
to
be
able
to
support
all
of
the
different
types
of
calls
that
they
were
getting
and
so
joe
was
able
to
work
with
our
hr
business
partners
work
also
with
tracy
to
actually
get
employees.
C
Who
could
do
some
of
the
non-essential
functions
of
the
job
deployed
to
do
those
and
then,
through
the
work
of
the
civil
s
through
the
work
of
the
city,
clerk's
office
and
convention
center,
we
were
able
to
create
a
makeshift
site
for
those
folks
to
work,
and
that
took
a
great
deal
of
coordination,
but
it
also
provided
some
much
needed
help
to
part
of
our
workforce
and
also,
ultimately
the
community.
So
that's
an
example
of
a
reassignment
that
occurred.
That
was
very
successful.
C
We
also,
as
you
know,
went
through
a
hiring
freeze,
and
so
that
was
in
effect
from
march
31st
through
december
30th,
and
that
was
as
a
result
of
the
cost
containment
measures
we
had
to
put
in
place
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic.
Our
goal
was
to
save
approximately
23
million
dollars
in
salary
savings
of
which
21
million
were
realized,
and
so
we,
through
the
work
of
deb
kruger
and
a
team
including
this,
the
human
resources
department,
also
the
city
coordinator's
office
and
the
budget
office.
C
We
ultimate
approval
had
to
be
with
the
mayor
and
the
council
president.
There
was
a
total
of
152
waivers,
seeking
the
exception
to
the
hiring,
freeze
and
141
waivers
were
approved
and
11
were
denied,
and
those
waivers
granted
consisted
of
approximately
well
up
exactly
about
one
193.5
permanent
positions.
C
The
other
part
of
the
cons
cost
containment
strategy
was
to
offer
early
retirement
incentives,
and
so
we
did
that
in
two
phases.
We
thanks
to
the
leadership
of
a
team
of
hr
folks,
including
deb,
kruger,
holland,
atchison
and
ricka
stennerson
and
lori
johnson
in
the
finance
department.
C
We
were
able
to
put
a
process
together
based
on
research
based
on
what
positions
were
likely
to
consider
early
retirement
and
then
putting
a
racial
equity
lens
on
that
and
also
a
gender
equity
lens.
We
offered
early
retirement
incentives
in
two
phases
of
the
504
employees,
who
were
eligible.
C
165
opted
to
take
the
incentive
which
is
32.7
and
the
retirements
occurred
from
january
through
april
of
2021,
and
I
again
want
to
thank
the
number
of
people
who
pivoted
deb
cougar
provided
tremendous
leadership
on
that
in
terms
of
getting
the
research
done
actually
presenting.
C
We
presented
that
to
the
mayor
and
the
council
to
show
what
the
actual
savings
would
be
and
then
followed
up
with
a
report
to
them,
and
we
did
that
in
two
phases,
because
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
it
didn't
cause
any
unnecessary
hardship
to
the
enterprise
and
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
but
this
is
a
a
recognition
that
we,
through
the
city
attorney's
office.
Well,
excuse
me,
through
the
public
health
department,
as
well
as
from
the
public
works
department.
C
The
minnesota
orchestra
approached
them
because
both
of
those
departments
had
people
who
were
essential
workers,
and
so
they
wanted
to
honor
them
by
having
a
concert
and
we
went
through
the
necessary
channels
and
that's
the
concert
is
going
to
occur
this
week
on
a
friday.
C
So
it's
a
wonderful
opportunity
for
our
employees
to
get
recognition
by
having
a
free
concert
by
the
minnesota
orchestra,
honoring
them
as
frontline
workers,
and
so
we
reviewed
the
civil
service
rule
11.3
and
determined
that
this
was
strictly
to
recognize
the
critical
work
that
the
department
of
health
and
public
works
employees
have
done
and
continue
to
do
on
the
front
lines
of
the
pandemic,
and
it
was
not
in
direct
conflict
of
that
particular
rule.
C
Only
it
looks
like
a
whole
lot
of
work
that
you
guys
did
I'm
telling
you
it's
beautiful.
It
was
a
lot
of
work
and
it
doesn't
even
begin
to
we.
You
know
the
other
things
that
happened.
We
had
to
pivot
and
create
leave
programs
specifically
designed
for
our
employees
who
were
affected
by
the
pandemic.
So
this
was
definitely
a
year
that
human
resources-
and
I
know
that
our
partners
in
the
attorney's
office.
C
I
can't
begin
to
thank
the
city
attorney's
office
for
being
strong
partners
with
us,
whether
it
was
looking
at
ordinances,
whether
it
was
giving
us
advice
in
terms
of
employment
law,
really
providing
that
great
expertise
that
we
needed.
C
B
Well,
I
I
really
want
to
thank
you,
patients
and
and
also
joe
hatch,
also
deb,
kruger
and
the
other
employees
that
you've
named.
I
mean
this
is
a
remarkable
effort
in
a
in
a
just
horrific
year
for
for
both
the
the
civil
unrest
following
george
floyd's
murder
and
and
also
the
pandemic.
B
It's
just
been
stressful,
beyond
belief
and,
and
it
just
sounds
like
the
human
resources
department
was,
was
just
at
the
at
the
heart
of
that
needing
to
come
up
with
a
timely
and
appropriate
response
that
that
really
took
into
account
the
employees
of
the
city
and
that
you've
done
a
beautiful
job.
C
B
I
really
really
want
to
thank
you
and
on
on
personally
and
on
on
behalf
of
the
commission
as
well
right.
C
Well,
I
will
express
your
thanks
and
definitely
give
the
feedback
to
our
team
in
the
human
resources
department.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
B
All
right
item
number
two
under
policy
and
administration
is,
does
not
really
need
a
vote,
but
I
just
thought
that
it
was
important
to
acknowledge
that
the
emergency
orders,
as
patients
pointed
out
from
the
state
and
the
city,
have
been
terminated
and
so
the
resolution
that
the
civil
service
commission
took
last
spring
to
delegate
authority
to
the
chief
human
resources
officer
pending
the
termination
of
the
emergency
order
that
that
delegation
has
ceased
because
the
the
emergency
orders
have
now
been
lifted.
B
So
the
the
power
to
waive
civil
service
rules
and
to
make
the
the
other
decisions
that
are
within
the
jurisdiction
of
the
commission
has
now
returned
to
the
commission.
Okay,
under
discharges
and
appeals.
We
have
item
number
one
final.
Oh
I'm
sorry
melody.
We
probably
want
to
switch
and
go
to
the
closed
meeting.
Is
that
correct.
A
Correct
commissioner
mcveigh,
you
would
need
to
close
this
meeting
out.
B
Yes,
so
the
next
portion
of
this
meeting
is
contains
private
personnel
data.
It
is
regarding
disciplinary
proceedings
so
that
poor,
this
upcoming
portion
of
the
meeting
will
be
closed
pursuant
to
minnesota
statute.
Section
13d,
.05,
subdivision
3b
and
the
reason
that
that
closure
is
is
allowed
is
to
conduct
disciplinary
proceedings.
Accordingly,
we
will
close
the
open
part
of
the
meeting
and
just
because
of
the
technology
involved,
we'll
need
to
log
back
in,
as
I
believe,
that's
correct,
melody
and
then
we'll
do
the
closed
portion
without
the
without
the
public
being
present.