The Civil Service Commission approved a package of personnel and classification items covering hiring rates, new job series and exam postings during its most recent meeting.

Key approvals included hiring-rate adjustments for Juvenile Justice Intervention Center positions with increases staff said range from 6.25% to 20% to improve recruitment and retention; two new juvenile reentry classifications (lead and supervisor) tied to a grant-funded expansion; and a centralized grants-management job series to be housed in the chief administrative office. Commissioners approved the new executive-level library facilities administrator classification, with a salary indicated in the record at $97,575.

Staff also outlined changes tied to the Department of Labor’s increase to the exempt-salary threshold (cited in the meeting as $58,652 annually) and proposed a mix of minimal pay increases and reclassifications to maintain compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act; the commission approved those recommendations. The commission approved several examination announcements and noted that a newly created utility chief information officer class for the Sewage & Water Board has been posted.

On a personnel appeal, Mubasher Maggull requested retroactive application of Rule 4 § 2.7 (extraordinary or superior qualifications pay) but said he could not provide the dated documentation the commission had requested; staff recommended denial and the commission voted to deny the retroactive pay request.

Most of the routine items were approved by voice vote; the fire-department item proposing special airport EMS certification pay was deferred after a commissioner recused herself, leaving insufficient members to act on that item.