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Commission reviews budget and testing costs; requests departmental policy manual for test development
Summary
The commission heard a budget update that noted 12.9% of the clerk's budget had been used, reviewed advertising and recruitment expenditures, and discussed testing costs and study materials. Staff requested the sheriff's departmental policy manual by March 1 so Standard and Associates can draft promotion test questions.
Commission staff presented a budget update and outlined recruitment and testing-related costs during the February meeting of the Berkeley County Deputy Sheriff Civil Service Commission.
The clerk reported the civil service budget currently stood at 12.9% allocated for the fiscal year and identified recent recruitment-related expenditures: a newspaper advertisement package costing $710 to run eight insertions in three newspapers and an online job-board posting that cost $210 and runs until the application cutoff. The clerk said two invoices remain outstanding for…
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