09-14-81 Civil Service Commission Meeting minutes

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• • Civil Service Meeting September 14, 1981 Page 2 Trainer: You know, they ought to write those statutes in the spirit of EEOC too, and take out those masculine pronouns. Does that mean you're going to get her out of Purchasing and concentrate on Personnel then? _H~ud~en~s: That's right. We're splitting it this budget year. I'm looking for a ur~P chasing Agent. Trainer: I might---I might help you out there, on the side. We've got some people come through the office. No, I think htat would be good. Hudqens: So, beginning in October, well, as soon as we hire a Purchasing Director, s~ie~wi~ have no other responsibilities except Personnel . Trainer: O.K. The--ah--I understand, I called Jim after we had the--ah--the-- we were confirmed by Council and--ah--asked him who had drawn the black bean and got the three year term, which turned out to be me, which I--I think he said he pulled straws or something, and I had decided even before I found that out that I was going to suggest at our first meeting that whoever had drawn the longest term, provided everybody was---it was ok with everyone, that that person would be appointed Chairman, because I felt like he would end up living with this thing a little longer than the other two. Randall: Sure. ~J~ner: That's fine. Randall: That's fine. "Trainer: I don't--I don't want to--ah--you know, take on more than anyone else wants to do. I don't think I am any more qualified to do it than anyone else, it's just that I--I got the shortest straw or the longest straw---however you want to look at it. Randall: I felt like the long term--ah--had the experience to be working with it-- a --Keith, same idea; whoever had the longest term would ah---- Joyner: That's fine. Trainer: (to Randall) Which term did you get, just out of curiosity? Randall: I got two terms. Joyner: I got the one-year trrm. Hud ens: And I'll be perfectl~~ candid with you, you know, in trying to determine ow to do that. There was n~~~lood way. I put the names in alphabetical order and said one, two, three. Joyner: That's fine.