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Board approves streamlined civil-service board appointment process and removes job-spec review duty

Fort Lauderdale Charter Revision Board · November 7, 2025
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Summary

Human Resources asked the board to simplify how civil-service board members are selected and to remove a requirement that the civil-service board review and advise on job class specifications; the board approved HR’s recommendations after public comment.

Deputy Human Resources Director Crystal Milligan presented proposed amendments to the civil-service board process. Under current charter language the civil-service board consists of three members: one appointed by the mayor (with commission approval), one by the city manager and one elected by the classified service (a roughly 150-person employee pool). HR said the nomination and nominating-committee process is administratively cumbersome and can delay recruitment and hiring.

HR proposed eliminating an…

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