National City Civil Service Commission files personnel report; approves several job classification revisions, defers recreation coordinator

National City — The National City Civil Service Commission on Wednesday, May 14, filed the personnel report and voted on a package of job classification updates and new classifications submitted by city departments.

The commission approved revisions to multiple fire department job descriptions — firefighter, fire engineer and fire captain — and separately approved a revision to the battalion chief classification with a stipulation to add language making an associate degree in fire science (or comparable education) explicitly comparable. The commission also approved a revised police records supervisor description and voted to create a senior crime and intelligence analyst classification. The panel approved a title change from "City Librarian" to "Director of Library Services" and updated that job description. The proposed recreation program coordinator classification was not approved at the meeting; the commission voted to return that item to a future meeting with interim Community Services…