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Civil Service seeks $10,000 for medical and psychological exams, asks for small restored staffing and training lines
Summary
Civil Service Director Carissa told the council that the 2026 comp budget currently funds less than her 2025 approved budget; she requested modest restorations including $10,000 for prehire medical and psychological exams tied to anticipated police and fire backfills and $4,000 to increase a part-time senior clerk line.
Carissa, the city’s civil service director, told the council the 2026 comprehensive (comp) budget is slightly smaller than her 2025 approved budget and asked for modest amendments to core operational lines to support hiring and testing for public-safety positions.
Carissa said the 2026 comp budget is “actually less than my 2025 originally approved budget by $5,315,” and asked the council to restore several targeted items: a $4,000 increase to the part-time senior clerk line (to cover a 20-hour-per-week minimum and Saturday exams), an increase in postage and office-supply lines, and an increase in the medical-exam line from the comp budgeted $5,000 up to her requested $10,000.
Why this matters: Civil service is the administrative unit that handles prehire medical and psychological screening for police officers and…
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