Panel approves police exam rosters, sets eligible-list rules and moves personnel discussion to executive session

The Personnel Classification Panel approved exam rosters for candidates scheduled to take the Sept. 20 police officer examination and for other promotion exams and established procedures for eligible lists. Staff explained the lists will be kept open for one year and that results from multiple exam dates will be interfiled into a single consolidated eligible list once results are available.

Panel members discussed provisional appointments, residency and documentation requirements for provisional candidates. Staff clarified candidates may take exams while some paperwork is pending but must submit required documentation to be placed on the eligible list.

After discussing personnel transactions and privacy concerns (for example, social security numbers and test scores), a member moved and the panel voted to discuss personnel transactions in executive session; the panel then recessed to private session to consider those matters. The panel also approved establishing eligible lists from recent exam results by voice vote.

The panel indicated some personnel transactions (names, titles and appointment dates) are public information but said they would handle sensitive documentation in executive session and would post public items after the session as appropriate.