Civil Service Board Meeting

Civil Service Board Meeting — August 4, 2026 - 10:32 AM

good morning and welcome to the AUGUST 4th, 2026 civil service board meeting. We will begin with the pledge of allegiance. Allegiance to the flag of the united states of. Are indivisible with liberty and justice for all. All right. We will begin with the adoption of the agenda. Entertain a motion. Motion. Motion by board member lanier. Second. Second by board member solomon. All in favor? Aye. Approval of the minutes. Motion. Motion by board member lanier. Second. Second by board member solomon. All in favor? Aye. B personnel matters. B one copy of a memorandum from eduardo santamaria, director department of building requesting an extension of probationary period of karen facey, environmental resource specialist two. >> for six additional months beyond AUGUST 4th, 2026. Excuse me chair just for the record board member would like you. >> all to know he is appearing via zoom board member rodrigo board member jimenez. Good morning. Good to see you here. So we have a full panel board member jimenez is. Available via zoom. Good morning. Good morning. Please state your. >> name and position for the record. Karen. Facing environmental resource specialist two. Okay. Good morning. Um, do you understand? Uh, what's what's. >> being proffered here before you? Yes I do. Are you in agreement? No, I do not object to the extension of my probationary period. I have enjoyed working in the environmental resources department for the last four years and looking forward to continue to contribute to the. Department and working closely with the acting chief of environmental. Resources sean smith during this extension period. I understand and. Respect the purpose for the extension and. >> appreciate the opportunity. >> it. >> provides for. >> continued growth and development. Thank you. Good morning. Good morning. Sean smith acting chief of environmental resources. Oh sorry. Yes. Sean smith acting chief of environmental resources. Um we're just seeking an. Extension to. Continue um you know, to assess. Improvement in regard to MRS. Facey's. Communication . >> and. >> interpersonal skills. Um so okay. Um. Is this a new position for her. >> or. The environmental. >> resources specialist to. Yes it is. Okay. >> so how long has she been in that position? Uh, almost six months. Almost six months? Yes. >> and so you're. >> asking for an additional six months, correct? To evaluate. All right. If she. >> meets the requirements before that you'll be able to. Yes. And before. All right. Um okay. Um we'll entertain. >> a motion. Motion. >> motion by board member solomon. Second. Second. Second. >> by board member cabrera. Um, all in favor? Aye aye aye. Good luck. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you all. See military leaves of absence. See one. Melvin gomez castellanos 911. Operator request military leave without pay from JULY 2nd 2026 through SEPTEMBER 30th 2026. Copy of. >> orders submitted. Motion. Motion by board member jimenez. Second. Second by board member lanier. All in favor? I see two daniel quintana stable attendant. Request military leave without pay from AUGUST 28th, 2026 for a period of 278 days. Copy of orders submitted. Motion. Motion by board member solomon. Second. Motion. >> second by board. >> member lanier. All in favor? Aye. Aye. As always, thank you to the men and women that serve our country here from the city. The disciplinary matters d one board members take note. E general items e one copy of a joint request for continuance from isabella dubon attorney one call legal and tiffany ruth brooks, assistant city attorney city of miami concerning the appeal hearing of jose mina crespo heavy equipment mechanic former as it relates to a termination. Effective MARCH 13th, 2026. It's. >> okay the attorneys on zoom. Yes. >> good morning isabella. Good morning. Um I. >> understand that, uh, it's. >> a joint continuance request. It is? Yes. Okay. Um, you're both in agreement. And we'll have it, I guess. Uh, rescheduled. Yes. >> we're seeking some time after. OCTOBER 13th of. >> this year. Um, it's the mic on sometime after. I'm sorry. Sometime after OCTOBER 13th, 2026. Okay. Does that timeline work for you, ma'am? Yes it does. Okay. Um, any. >> motion? >> motion. Motion by board member solomon. Second. Second by board member lanier. Any discussion? Any questions from board members. Seeing none. All in favor? Aye. All right. We'll have it rescheduled and try to do it for some time after OCTOBER 13th. See you all. Take care. Thank you. Perfect. Thank you. E two copy of a request for continuance from lynette m aguirre, assistant city attorney, city of miami concerning the appeal hearings of marcelle jackson, former police officer relating to the ten hour suspension effective DECEMBER 13th, 2025 40 hours suspension effective DECEMBER 14th, 2025 and 60 hour suspension. >> effective DECEMBER 21st, 2025. Yes, this uh we are seeking a continuance for the AUGUST 4th. AUGUST 18th hearing. Uh. We're currently working on resolving all matters. Okay. >> so this is a city request for continuance. It is. >> has. Has the employer or his counsel been notified? I'm sorry. Has. >> his. Has the. >> employer or his counsel been notified? The union? >> yes. >> we're working with the union to resolve all matters. >> so yes. Okay. Is there. >> anybody here from the. >> union. >> or the employee? Were they notified? No, not at this time. But he. >> does not object. He does not object. That's correct. Okay. >> we do have. >> we have confirmation that he was in agreement. There was an agreement. Okay. Um and our executive secretary said yeah that there's no. There's no objection. So. >> with that we'll entertain a motion. Motion. >> motion by board member lanier a. Second second. Second by board member jimenez. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Excellent. Ef reports ef one hearings pending list. Board members, please take a second to review and advise me if there's any, um, comments or anything that we. >> notice on there. If not I will say sorry but. >> if you notice this would remove all hearings for AUGUST 18th. So the executive has brought to our attention that um with the latest uh e two uh item the all the hearings that are scheduled for our next board meeting on AUGUST 18th, um, are now removed. So we have right now no hearings pending for our next board meeting on AUGUST 18th. Um, so we can entertain a motion. For the AUGUST 18th meeting if we would like to maybe cancel that and move all business order to. >> our next meeting which would be. SEPTEMBER the 1st. I'd like to make a. >> motion motion by board member lanier. I'll second that motion second by board member suleiman. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor? Aye. All right. Um so please take note the next civil service board meeting will be scheduled for SEPTEMBER 1st 2026. Um, any other items on the hearing list? Seeing none. We'll move forward. Uh, and then our next item was h one but that's been continued previously so. We'll entertain a motion to adjourn. Motion motion motion by board member. >> lanier second. Second by board member suleiman. All in favor? Aye. We'll see. >> everybody SEPTEMBER 1st. Take care. [Music]