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<br />Chairman Keith Trainer <br />City of La Porte <br />Commissioner Deb Gallington <br />Civil Service Commission Commissioner Les Bird <br />Director Patrice Fogarty <br />604 W. Fairmont Parkway <br />La Porte, Texas 77571 <br />281-470-5019 <br /> <br /> <br />Minutes of the City of La Porte <br />Civil Service Commission Meeting Held February 11, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. <br /> <br />The Civil Service Commission of the City of La Porte met in a meeting on Thursday, <br />February 11, 2016, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, <br />La Porte, Texas, at 1:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business: <br /> <br />1. Call to Order <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. Members present: Keith Trainer, Les Bird, and <br />Debra Gallington. Director Patrice Fogarty was also present. <br /> <br />2. Consider approval of minutes from the February 2, 2016, meeting. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gallington made a motion to approve the February 2, 2016, minutes as presented. <br />Commissioner Bird seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. <br /> <br />3. Open hearing and take action concerning the appeal of certain test questions missed by a <br />candidate on the Promotional Examination for Rank of Sergeant which was administered <br />on January 18, 2016, in accordance with Chapter 143, Local Government Code, and the <br />City of La <br /> <br />Officers present: M. Novosad, R. Gonzalez and J. Plemons <br /> <br />Question 13, appealed by Officer Novosad: Officer Novosad had no further response to this <br />appealed question. Commissioner Bird made a motion to keep the answer the same as the <br />original test key. Chairman Trainer seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. <br /> <br />Question 44, appealed by Officer Novosad: After discussing this question, and taking into account <br />comments from Justex that the correct answer is B and not D as was on the grading key, there is <br />a change on the correct answer to this question. Commissioner Gallington made a motion stating <br />B is the correct answer. Commissioner Bird seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. <br /> <br />Question 45, appealed by Officer Novosad: After discussing this question, and taking into account <br />comments from Justex that both A and B are acceptable answers, the dual correct answers are <br />both A and B. Commissioner Gallington made a motion stating both A and B are correct <br />answers. Chairman Trainer seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. <br /> <br />Question 54, appealed by Officers Gonzalez and Novosad: Going off the record at 1:17 p.m., <br />Director Fogarty left the meeting to retrieve the test questions. Back on the record at 1:19 p.m. <br />After discussing this question, Commissioner Gallington made a motion to keep the answer the <br />same as on the original test key. Chairman Trainer seconded the motion. Motion passed <br />unanimously. <br /> <br />Question 56, appealed by Officer Novosad: After discussing this question, Commissioner Bird <br />made a motion to keep the answer the same as on the original test key. Commissioner <br />Gallington seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. <br /> <br />Question 66, appealed by Officer Gonzalez: After discussing this question, Chairman Trainer <br />made a motion to keep the answer the same as on the original test key. Commissioner Bird <br />seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. <br /> <br /> <br />