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Kirkland Civil Service Commission chair emphasizes testing, recruiting for police and fire workforces
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Karen Grabeel, chair of the Kirkland Civil Service Commission, described her background and said the commission focuses on testing, recruiting and retaining personnel for the city’s police and fire departments.
Karen Grabeel, chair of the Kirkland Civil Service Commission, said she was appointed a little over a year ago and that the commission’s work centers on testing and workforce issues for the city’s police and fire departments.
Grabeel, a retired nurse administrator and healthcare consultant, told interviewer Penny Sweet that she joined the commission after participating in the inaugural Kirkland Initiative and chose civil service because of its overlap with statutory and collective-bargaining frameworks that affect…
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