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Spokane County civil service office outlines testing, staffing and record-retention pressures
Summary
Civil service staff told county commissioners their 2.6‑person office administers more than 50 job‑specific exams for the sheriff’s office, must comply with RCW requirements and is seeking modest budget adjustments to cover medical costs and PTO cash‑outs.
Torres, chief examiner for Spokane County Civil Service, told county commissioners on Sept. 29 that the office runs hiring and promotion eligibility lists for the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management and must follow state law for competitive examinations.
“We are in charge of establishing all of the hiring eligibility lists for the sheriff's office as well as emergency management,” Torres said. She described a department of 2.6 full‑time equivalent staff members that manages more than 50 job classifications and performs screening, testing and record retention.
The office said most examination materials are job specific and administered using a mix of written Scantron forms, oral boards, training‑and‑experience forms and, for some higher‑level positions, day‑long assessment centers. Civil…
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