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Tumwater commission asks staff to rewrite job description for proposed executive assistant reclassification
Summary
After extended discussion about duties, confidentiality and pay impact, the Civil Service Commission asked staff to produce a revised job description before deciding on reclassifying a Fire Department administrative assistant to an executive assistant. The city budget already includes the pay change.
The Tumwater Civil Service Commission voted to request a revised job description for a proposed reclassification of one Fire Department administrative assistant to an executive assistant rather than approve the reclassification at Monday’s meeting.
Commissioners spent roughly an hour debating how the city had mapped existing job-class specifications onto a Fire Department position that now includes confidential contract and labor‑negotiation support. The commission’s request directs staff to update the executive assistant specification to better reflect the confidential duties and supervisory expectations cited by the Fire Department.
The issue surfaced after the Fire Chief described how the employee’s responsibilities have shifted toward “strategic support” and confidential work related to labor negotiations and contracts with partners including Thurston County Medic 1. The chief said the position…
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