The City of Miami Civil Service Board on Oct. 28 approved a report to the city manager arising from a grievance filed by Police Sergeants Raul Delgado and Maximiliano Valdez concerning the 2024 lieutenant promotional examination.

The board reviewed the proposed findings, which cited potential violations of civil service promotional rules—specifically references to rule 6.2 (promotional examination), rule 6.3 (contents of examination), rule 6.5 (method of rating) and rule 6.6 (rating of examination results)—and accepted revisions submitted by the city attorney that corrected the proper names of the tests used in the report (for example, situational judgment test, technical knowledge test and written in‑basket test).

Board members agreed to retain one contested sentence in the draft findings that described the chief’s belief that one panel could test all 35 candidates, rather than the city attorney’s inserted alternate wording. The board chair said the city would withdraw the added sentence and leave the board’s original wording in place. After a motion by Board Member Cabrera and a second by Board Member Jimenez, the board voted unanimously to accept the findings as amended and forward the report to the city manager.

Board members did not record further amendments to the substance of the report during the Oct. 28 meeting. The board clerk will transmit the findings and the board’s record to the city manager as its formal report on the grievance matter.