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Spokane civil service commission upholds reclassification of facilities employee after complaint
Summary
The Spokane Civil Service Commission on June 17 upheld a classification change that reclassified Kelly Long from administrative specialist to administrative manager after an administrative complaint and executive-session review, finding Long did not meet the burden to overturn the survey outcome.
The Spokane Civil Service Commission on June 17 upheld a classification determination that reclassified Kelly Long, a facilities department employee, to administrative manager after hearing Long’s administrative complaint and reviewing the job survey in executive session.
Long, an executive assistant in the Building Maintenance Department, told the commission she was not given adequate notice about who requested the job survey or why and said she would have answered the questionnaire differently if she had known the requester. "I should have been informed of the changes of the job description prior to approval by commission in March of 20 24," Long said during her testimony.
The dispute centered on whether the job-survey process and internal communications met the…
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