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Meeting Minutes of the City of La Porte
Civil Service Commission meeting held on January 21, 2014, at 2:30 pm
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:30 pm by Director Allison Curry. All Members were
present: Keith Trainer, Les Bird, and Debra Gallington.
2. Consider approval of minutes from February 13,2013.
Les Bird made a motion to approve the minutes as presented. Debra Gallington seconded.
The motion passed unanimously.
3. Consider action to appoint the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Civil Service
Commission
Keith Trainer made a motion to appoint Les Bird as the Civil Service Vice-Chairman. Debra
Gallington seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Les Bird made a motion to appoint Keith Trainer as the Civil Service Chairman. Debra
Gallington seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
4. Consider approval or other action concerning the appeal of certain test questions
missed by a candidate during the Police Sergeant Promotional Examination that was
administered on December 3, 2013, in accordance with the Chapter 143 Local
Government Code, and The City of La Porte Police Officers' Civil Service Rules and
Regulations
Question 39, appealed by Officer Brisco: Keith Trainer made a motion to keep the answer the
same as the test key. Debra Gallington seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Question 77, appealed by Officer Boles: Debra Gallington made a motion to keep the answer
the same as the test key. Keith Trainer seconded.The motion passed unanimously.
Question 84, appealed by Officer Boles: Debra Gallington made a motion to keep the answer
the same as the test key. Keith Trainer seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Question 98, appealed by Officer Brisco: Keith Trainer made a motion to allow more than one
correct answer, with B and D both being correct. Debra Gallington seconded. The motion
passed unanimously.
Les Bird made a motion to approve test scores with the aforementioned updates. Keith
Trainer seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
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5. Consider approval or other action concerning the appeal of certain test questions
missed by a candidate during the Police Lieutenant Promotional Examination that was
administered on December 3, 2013, in accordance with the Chapter 143 Local
Government Code, and The City of La Porte Police Officers' Civil Service Rules and
Regulations
Question 41, appealed by Sergeants Krueger and Ditrich: Debra Gallington made a motion
to change the test key answerfrom A'to C. Les Bird seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
Question 51, appealed by Sgt. Krueger: Les Bird made a motion to keep the answer the same
as the test key. Debra Gallington seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Question 95, appealed by Sgt. Ditrich: Debra Gallington made a motion to accept all answers
of A, B, C, and D. Les Bird seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Les Bird made a motion to approve test scores with the aforementioned updates. Keith
Trainer seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
6. Administrative Reports
Les Bird requested early notice for the annual Civil Service Seminar.
7. Board Comments—Matters appearing on the agenda; Recognition of community members,
city employees, and upcoming events; Inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or
existing policy
There were no Board comments.
8. Adjournment
At 3:15 p.m. Les Bird made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Debra Gallington seconded.
The motion passed unanimously.
Approved and passed this 12th day of February, 2015.
Keith Trainer, Chairman
Civil Service Commission
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