Civil Service Board Meeting

Civil Service Board Meeting — July 21, 2026 - 10:27 AM

[Music] [Music] Good morning everyone and welcome to the JULY 21st 2026 civil service board meeting. We will begin with the pledge of allegiance. Allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. And. We will begin with the adoption of the agenda. Entertain a motion motion motion by board member solimon second. Second by board member jimenez. All in favor? Aye. Approving of the minutes. Motion. Motion by board member lannier. Second. Second by board member solimon. All in favor? Aye. Be personnel matters. Be one copy of a memorandum from chief robert gebbia, director fire rescue department requesting an extension of probationary period for ricardo vieira, firefighter for six additional months beyond AUGUST 4th, 2026. Good morning. >> good morning sir. Please state your name and your position. Uh. >> firefighter. Uh firefighter if you could pull the. Uh firefighter ricardo vieira. Firefighter badge number 2124. Anyone from the city? Good morning. Good morning, board members. >> steve perez, chief city of miami fire rescue. Morning. Uh, do you. Understand. What's being proffered here today? Yes, sir. Are you in agreement? Yes, sir. All right, city, we. >> have reason I guess why we're extending for probation here. Yes. So we have a few members here today. Um, the purpose of this member in particular is extension is going to be the purpose of this members extension. Particularly is we have identified some. Deficiencies on performance areas that we'd like to evaluate further and therefore um once we have some more time . >> we hope to. >> have all. >> these members become permanent wonderful. Board members. I'll entertain a motion. I have a question. You asked are you requesting an. >> extension for how long? This one is for six months. All right. Motion. Motion by board member jimenez. Second. Second by board member suleiman. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All right. Good luck out there. We look forward to having you out here for a long time. Thank you sir. B two copy of a memorandum from chief robert hevia, director for fire rescue department requesting an extension of probationary period for danielle cortez, firefighter. >> for six additional months beyond AUGUST 4th, 2026. Good morning everyone. Firefighter daniel cortez good morning sir. Um. Do you understand. >> what you're here. >> for today? Yes. >> sir I agree. You're in agreement. Yes, sir. Wonderful. Uh, chief. Same board members member is, uh, no different than the last one we just spoke of. We've identified some areas we can improve on. Uh, we want to evaluate. >> them a little bit longer. >> just to make sure that they reach those. >> standards. >> that we're expecting. Excellent. >> I will entertain a motion. Motion. Motion. Motion by. >> board. >> member jimenez. Second. Second by board member lanier. All in favor? Aye. Thank you sir. B three copy of a memorandum from chief robert director fire rescue department requesting an extension of probationary period for joshua quintana. Firefighter for six additional months beyond AUGUST 4th, 2026. Good morning sir firefighter joshua quintana. DECEMBER 2121. Excellent. Do you understand why you're here for? Yes, sir. Are you in agreement? I agree. All right. Same type. Yeah similar. These are these members of all uh have all been. Identified through their. >> monthly evaluations to have. >> some deficiencies. >> we want to address. All right. We'll entertain a motion. Motion. Motion by board member soliman. Second. Second by board member cabrera. All in favor? Aye. >> good luck sir. How's it going, sir? Before copy of a memorandum from chief robert javier, director fire rescue department requesting an extension of probationary period for jalen shepherd. Firefighter for six additional months beyond AUGUST 4th, 2026. >> good morning everyone. My name is firefighter jalen shepherd. Good morning. Uh do you understand? Do you understand why you're here today? Yes, sir. Are you in agreement? Yes, sir. All right. Can you just one more time state your name position here for firefighter jalen shepherd. All. Right shepherd. Same same thing here, chief. Yes, sir. Board members. Uh, MISS Shepherd here as, uh we'd like to evaluate her a little bit longer. We have requested that six month. Extension so that we can evaluate and see if we can get these members up to standards. All right. Excellent. >> uh, we'll entertain a motion. Motion. Motion by board member lanier. Second. Second by. >> board member jimenez. All in favor? Aye. >> aye. Good luck ma'am. Thank you sir. B5 copy of a memorandum from chief robert javier, director fire rescue department requesting an extension of probationary period for jesus torres, firefighter. For six. >> additional months. >> beyond AUGUST 4th, 2026. Morning. >> morning, sir. Morning. Please state. >> your name. Position. Firefighter. Jesus torres. All. >> right, MR. Torres, do you. >> understand why you're here today? Yes, sir. >> are you in agreement? Yes, sir. All right. Um. >> motion. Motion by board. >> member jimenez. Second. Second by board member cabrera. All in favor? Aye. >> thank you sir. B six copy of a memorandum from chief robert gebbia, director of fire rescue department, requesting an extension of probationary period for joseph garcia, firefighter for two additional months. >> beyond AUGUST 4th, 2026. Chair he's on zoom. Zoom. >> all right, MR.. Garcia, can you hear me? Yes, sir. Um, I don't think we can hear you. Yeah, I don't think we can hear you very well. Stand by. >> there. Any better now? No. >> very faint. Turn your volume up. Can you turn your volume up? No. I. >> can't hear him. There's something. >> on the way up. All. >> right, now we're here just fine. Good morning. All right. Good morning sir. How's it going? Good. >> can you please state your name and your position? Uh. Yes, sir. My name is. >> joseph garcia, firefighter. Uh, badge number 2112. Excellent. Um, do. >> you understand what's being. >> proffered here today? Yes, sir. Are you in agreement? Yes, sir. All right. City on this one you're asking for two additional months? Yes. This case is a little bit different. Firefighter garcia. Was on light duty for a couple of months while he was in probation. Uh, we'd like some additional. >> time specifically that two month period that he was out to evaluate him further. Understood. All right. Thank you. Motion. Motion. Motion by board member. Was it solomon? Second. Second by board member lanier. All in favor? Aye. All right, MR. Garcia. B7 copy of a memorandum from chief robert heriot, director fire rescue department requesting an extension of probationary period for nicholas. >> grant firefighter for six additional months beyond AUGUST 4th, 2026. Good morning, sir firefighter nicholas grant. Morning. Uh, do you. >> understand what's being proffered here today? Yes, sir. Are you in agreement? Yes, sir. All right. Um, this follows with like the rest of his. Uh, yes, MR. Chair. This is a similar case to the previous ones. Uh, he is, uh, identified again some deficiencies within their evaluation periods. We just want to make sure we can bring these members up to standard. Also just to add, um, if uh if at any point we recognize that they can be made permanent, uh, before. >> that six month period that is that is that is an availability that we have. Thank you. Understood. >> board. >> members uh, is there a motion? Make the motion. I'll second. Motion by board member jimenez. Second by board. >> member solomon. All in favor? Aye. Good luck. Good. >> luck, MR. Grant. Thank you. B8 board members. Thank you chief. Good to see, uh, wilbur jackson in the house here with us. Good morning. Good morning b8. Copy of memorandum. Good morning. Copy of memorandum from chief edwin lopez, director, department of police requesting a second extension of probationary period of janita mahoney, police officer for. >> three additional months beyond. JULY 24th 2026. >> good morning. Good morning, officer milhoan. Good morning, officer millen. Do you understand why you're here today? Yes. Okay. Are you in agreement? Yes. >> all [Laughter] Right. Do we have anybody here. From the city? Oh. Yes. >> you have to come to the podium. Good morning. Good morning. Kiana sanders, bell police department personnel manager. Okay. Um, can you elaborate on the. >> request for the probationary period? The second probationary period? It's just for a light duty. She was assigned light duty for approximately a month and a couple of days. So we're. >> just extending the probation in accordance with the cba. Excellent. All. >> right so we're asking for three months and if it can be done before. >> then correct. Awesome. >> entertain a motion. Motion motion motion by. >> board member lanier. Second. >> second by board member jimenez. All in favor? Aye. Thank you. Thank you. C military leaves of absence. C one james klein detective request active duty military leave effective. >> JUNE 25th 2026 for a period of 400 days. Copies of orders submitted. Motion motion by board member. >> jimenez second. Second by board member lanier. All in favor? Aye. C two. Michelangelo rojas, police lieutenant request active duty for training without pay. Effective JUNE 29th, 2026 through JUNE. JULY 10th 2026. Copy of. >> order submitted. Motion. >> motion by board member jimenez. Second. Second. >> by board member solomon. All in favor? I I as always thank you to the men and women that serve our country here from our city. D disciplinary matters board members please take note. E general items e one and e two board members take note e three status update concerning the appeal hearing of alfonso davila heavy equipment mechanic helper former as it relates to his. >> termination. >> effective. >> JULY 11th, 2025. Good morning. Good morning. And we. >> have a c a aguirre on zoom. Excellent. A um. >> both f MR. Davila you can, uh, state your name. Position? >> my name is alfonso davila. Heavy. Equipment mechanic helper. >> for gsa. Good morning. And good morning. MR. Aguirre. Yes. >> good morning. Linnette aguirre on behalf of the city. Good morning. Okay. >> um, do. >> we have a status update on where we're at? Yes. At this time I do not have authority to settle this matter. Um, so I would just request that. >> we. >> schedule the. >> continuation of the hearing so we can finalize it. All right. You guys want. >> to take five minutes on zoom and see if you can figure it out or. No, I just. >> don't have authority. From the the client which is the city at this time. Understood. Understood. Okay. Um so then I guess we will look for um our next available date to schedule our hearing and reach out, uh, to MR. Davila to. Coordinate and the city and see if we can coordinate. >> on a date. I think there's availability on SEPTEMBER 1st. So it looks like SEPTEMBER 1st we have availability. Um, I would ask the city to see if that's available. >> for. >> your. >> remaining I. >> guess. >> witness and yes. Mhm. And that should work for me. Okay. Excellent MR. Davila. SEPTEMBER 1st. >> is that something you can accommodate. >> in your schedule? I understand I mean, the sooner the better. Yeah. Okay. So, um, is that as of now? Can you confirm SEPTEMBER 1st your. >> availability. >> it's important uh, because. >> obviously. >> we schedule it and that will definitely be there. I want to like I said, I've been wanting to get rid of this matter for quite some time now. It's. >> been over a year already. So the faster we can get it done the better. Okay. So um SEPTEMBER 1st it seems like both both parties are in agreement and we have the availability so um I guess we'll set the we'll set the hearing for SEPTEMBER 1st 2026. I'm sure our civil service team will be reaching out and just. Confirming but. >> it's confirmed. >> SEPTEMBER 1st 2026. Thank you. All right thank you both. E four copy of a request to continue from chelsea lewis attorney on behalf of frank roberts legal assistant former as it relates to her appeal hearing concerning. >> three day suspension effective. SEPTEMBER 17th, 2025. Good morning again. I'm not sure if MISS Lewis is present. I believe she was going to be on zoom this morning. Um but I have been in communication with her and her office. She's requesting a continuance at this time because I'm not sure if the board remembers, but the last time this case was up um she had communicated that she had a pending eeoc charge and she wanted to wait until that eeoc charge finalized before going forward with the hearing. Um, and. >> I do. >> not have an objection to that. I prefer that as well. Okay. Thank you. >> MISS Aguirre, is. MISS Lewis online available? She I I know when we spoke her office did inform me that she had a mediation this morning so maybe that's why she's not on um but again I have no objection to a. Continuance and I can show the board the emails if need be. Thank you MR. Gary. Um civil service have we. Been notified have we made contact with MISS Lewis or. She was advised and I sent the link to her and they as a ca gary did state she did say that she. >> had. A court appearance this morning. Okay um so is that something that then we can reschedule based on the fact um she I guess had contact letting us know she. >> might. >> not be available today and MR. Gary has no objection to that. I can reach out to her. >> office because the case is scheduled for today if I'm not mistaken. So. >> maybe we should just table it and and reach out and see. Till the end of the meeting. I mean. I want to move on on the agenda and see if we can get a hold just so we can confirm. Yeah. All right let's do that. We'll go ahead and table e4 e5. Copy of request to continue from daniel laboratory senior building inspector former as it relates to his appeal hearing concerning his termination effective AUGUST 5th, 2025. MR.. >> are you there? Yes I'm here. Good morning. Uh, sir um and members of the board my name is daniel lemaitre and um I was formerly a senior building inspector. Um I I'm requesting a continuance on my case um due to uh not ready for. >> uh I don't have legal representation. At the moment. Okay. >> um, and the city has no objection. This is my matter. Okay. City has no objection. No problem. So board. >> members will entertain. >> a motion. Motion. Motion by board member jimenez. Second. Second by uh, lima board member solomon. Um. All in favor? Aye aye. All right. E six copy request to continue from, uh, lynette aguirre, attorney concerning the appeal hearing of behalf of tashara elaine police sergeant as it relates to her unsatisfactory rating evaluation. Uh, assistant city attorney yeah. Uh, that's what's coming from. Yes. So, um, I know that we've been at this for a while. Um, the reason I'm requesting another continuance before the board is because sergeant eileen actually requested a continuance of her miami-dade hearing, um, so that she can secure counsel. I advised her that I would have no objection to that continuance since I knew it was it was a hard it was hard for us to get a hearing before them, but I had no objection as long as she had no objection to me asking for a. Continuance on her us hearing before this board I know that she previously had an objection before um but when I spoke to her and her counsel they both advised that they didn't have an. Objection because she was going to be requesting a continuance to the miami dade hearing the miami dade hearing request. Was granted. So that hearing date of AUGUST 11th I believe it was was canceled. We don't have a new hearing date yet. Um, so that's why I'm asking the board to to either push this off until maybe. OCTOBER NOVEMBER. Or kind of like um, how I had asked in the past hold it in abeyance until we have that that hearing in miami dade. Um but I sergeant eileen is online so she can. >> address it but I she had. >> informed me and her counsel had informed me they had no objection. Okay. Um so the hearing as as it stands right now is scheduled for. >> SEPTEMBER 1st. >> as well or is that what we're continuing from just to be clear. So right now the hearing before this board is scheduled for SEPTEMBER 1st, the hearing for miami dade was originally was going to be scheduled for AUGUST 11th, which it was scheduled and then the request for continuance came in that was granted. >> so now we don't have. >> another date. We're still waiting on them to get us a date. Okay. So um, I guess maybe we can go ahead and just revisit this. I mean we can go ahead and continue it and then revisit again maybe in our AUGUST meeting and see if SEPTEMBER. Second we have our no, we will not have it on SEPTEMBER 1st because we just put davila on. SEPTEMBER 1st. >> so we'll have to reschedule this hearing. Well I'm saying when we should maybe revisit it to see where it's at with miami dade to see if they scheduled their hearing because it seems like we want to see when they schedule theirs to see if we schedule ours. >> sometime after. I think that was the initial intent of how we got here in the first place. Yes, we can do that if. >> the board wishes to just continue the matter and then we'll reschedule it in turn. Okay, so let's continue it and then we'll revisit uh. As we get more clarity of when the county one is scheduled as soon as I get notification like I did the last time, I'll request it be. >> put on. >> as a status for the agenda so the board can be aware of when we get a new hearing date. Thank you, MR. Geary. All right. >> we'll entertain a motion. >> to. Continue motion motion by board. >> member soliman. Second second by board member lanier. All in favor? Aye aye. Thank you. F1 hearings pending list as of JULY 21st, 2026 the notification board members take a look. Um as it stands as it stands right now, our next our next board meeting is scheduled for AUGUST 4th 2026 and it seems we have one case as of right now. Good morning. This is chelsea lewis appearing on behalf. >> of frank roberts. Hi MISS Lewis hello. Good morning. All right so it seems like uh e4 we tabled it and you were able to join us. So um it seems you have a copy of a request on behalf of your client, MR.. >> frank roberts. I . >> think you're on mute. MISS Lewis, can you hear me now? Yes, ma'am. Thank you all. So, um, at the prior hearing we advised that MISS Roberts was filing a charge of. Discrimination um, related to her. Claims that charge has been filed and is pending, so we would just request an additional. Continuance of that process. Continues to work its way through. >> the system. And again I have no objection to that. All right. Um do we want to look I guess for kind of a date or something we'll figure it out I guess we'll reach out, look for a date and then we'll reach out to both sides and make sure we can get an. >> agreement on a date to. >> continue it for. Okay. >> thank you all very much. All right. Thank you. Have a. >> good one. Excused. >> yes, ma'am. Thank you. Take care. Okay. Chair staff need. About three minutes. We have issues technical problems. Okay. So let's uh let's recess for three minutes and we'll continue back up on f1. There are hearings pending. Oh well before when when we when we come back from the recess we'll we'll continue. >> on. >> e4 so we can. >> take a vote up on it. All right. Return from recess pick up on e4 will entertain a. >> motion by any board members. Motion motion by board member. >> lanier second. Second by board member jimenez. All in favor? Aye aye. So we'll look to reschedule that that hearing f1 uh the hearings pending list as of JULY 21st 2026. Um board members take a quick look if there's any comments on anything on the schedule upcoming schedule. Our next board meeting is scheduled for AUGUST 4th 2026. Any board members have any other questions on any of our upcoming board meetings? Seeing none. We'll continue. H one today's hearings appeal hearing on behalf of frankie roberts has been extended has been continued and h two appeal hearing on behalf of daniel lamarche senior building inspector has also been continued as body so I believe that concludes all the business we have for today. So we'll entertain a motion. >> to adjourn. Motion motion motion by board member. >> cabrera second. >> second by board member solomon all in. >> favor aye. >> aye [Music] Aye. We'll see everybody AUGUST 4th. Take care.