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Spokane civil service hearing on Kelly Long job survey continued after employee challenges reclassification
Summary
An executive assistant in the Facilities Department, Kelly Long, challenged a civil service job survey that recommended reclassifying her position to Office Clerk Specialist; the commission continued the hearing to June 17 to secure testimony from Facilities Director Jeff Teal.
Kelly Long, an executive assistant in the Spokane Facilities Department, asked the Civil Service Commission on April 15 to nullify a job survey that found her duties align with an Office Clerk Specialist rather than an Administrative Manager.
Long said she was hired from an administrative specialist hire list in May 2022 and that her daily responsibilities still include processing contracts, running bid and RFQ steps, tracking payments and supporting multiple trades and project staff. "I am the Executive Assistant for the Facilities Department," Long told the commission, saying the reclassification would be "a slap in my face" and would cause severe financial harm to…
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