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Civil Service staff reports large firefighter testing cycle, budget status and modernization plans

3365544 · May 16, 2025
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At the May 14 Civil Service Merit Board meeting, staff summarized a month dominated by firefighter testing, budget line-item status and modernization steps including a records digitization contract and negotiations to extend an online-testing contract.

Mr. Bradshaw, civil service staff, told the Civil Service Merit Board on May 14 that the office spent most of the past month running firefighter assessments and is wrapping up a large round of written and physical-performance exams.

The board was told the referral list for firefighter candidates has been sent to the fire department and that staff expect to provide final testing statistics at the June meeting. “We did several hundred firefighter written exams and physical performance tests,” Bradshaw said.

Board members were given a budget update showing operating categories generally in line with plan. Bradshaw said…

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