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Civil Service Commission: $16,500 promotional testing allocation cut; commissioners weigh using existing funds
Summary
Berkeley County Civil Service Commission members were told a $16,500 training and education line that the commission expected to use to localize promotional tests was cut from the county clerk's budget. Commissioners discussed alternative funding sources and next steps for delivering localized promotional testing for deputy sheriffs.
Berkeley County Civil Service Commission members learned March 19 that the county commission removed a $16,500 training and education line the civil service commission had expected to use to localize promotional tests for deputy sheriffs.
The cut came up during the commission's budget update, when staff reported the commission's current available balance at $13,715.01, including a $10,000 professional-services line. The presenter told members that the $16,500 had been intended "to localize the test, from departmental policies, West Virginia state code," and that the sum represented the commission's projected need for one year of localized test questions.
Commissioners and staff reviewed other…
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