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AMES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
AMES, IOWA MARCH 24, 2022
The Regular Meeting of the Ames Civil Service Commission was called to order by Chairperson
Mike Crum at 8:15 AM on March 24, 2022. As it was impractical for the Commission members to
attend in person, Commission Chairperson Mike Crum and Commission Members Kim Linduska and
Harold Pike were brought in telephonically. Also participating telephonically was Human Resources
Director Bethany Ballou.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 24, 2022: Moved by Pike, seconded by Linduska,
to approve the Minutes of the February 24, 2022, Regular Civil Service Commission meeting.
Vote on Motion: 3-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
CERTIFICATION OF ENTRY-LEVEL APPLICANTS: Moved by Crum, seconded by
Linduska, to certify the following individuals to the Ames City Council as Entry-Level Applicants:
Deputy Fire Chief Karen Tapper 86
Matthew Price 74
Energy Services Coordinator Felicia Tunnah 78
Joel Zook 75
Andrew Fisher 73
Procurement Specialist II Melissa Gruhn 77
Vote on Motion: 3-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
REQUEST TO REMOVE NAMES FROM CERTIFIED LIST FOR TREATMENT PLANT
MAINTENANCE WORKER: Human Resources Director Bethany Ballou explained that the
original List was certified by the Commission on August 26, 2021, with five new candidates and
three who were carried over from an existing List, which was exhausted on May 25, 2021. One
candidate was hired from that List. Out of the remaining seven candidates, two candidates: Shelby
Perrin and Corey Tjaden, have withdrawn from further consideration. Section 4.5 of the Civil Service
Commission Policies and Procedures allows for names to be removed from a Certified List by the
Civil Service Commission whenever the candidate has requested that his or her name be removed
The Commission is now being asked to approve the removal of those two names from the Certified
Civil Service List for Treatment Plant Maintenance Worker.
Moved by Crum, seconded by Pike, to approve the request to remove the names of Shelby Perrin and
Corey Tjaden from the Certified List for Treatment Plant Maintenance Worker.
Vote on Motion: 3-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
REQUEST TO REMOVE NAMES FROM CERTIFIED LIST FOR POLICE OFFICER: The
Commission was informed that the List for Police Officer was certified on September 23, 2021, with
eight original candidates. Ms. Ballou advised that Human Resources staff had received an email from
Daniel Eisenstein withdrawing from the process. Kevin Blaha-Polson and Matt Sander, who were
on the List that was certified by the Commission on December 16, 2021, had emailed Human
Resources staff to withdraw from the process. On January 27, 2022, the Commission had certified
a List containing the names of five candidates. Since then, Benjamin Campos had withdrawn from
the process via email. Section 4.5 of the Civil Service Commission Policies and Procedures allows
for names to be removed from a Certified List by the Civil Service Commission whenever the
candidate has requested that his or her name be removed. Therefore, the Commission is being asked
to remove the foregoing names from the Lists certified on September 23, 2021; December 16, 2021;
and January 27, 2022, respectively.
Moved by Linduska, seconded by Pike to remove the names of Daniel Eisenstein, Kevin Blaha-
Polson, Matt Sander, and Benjamin Campos from the Certified Lists for Police Officer.
Vote on Motion: 3-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
COMMENTS: Human Resources Director Ballou clarified that normally, the Deputy Fire Chief
position would be run as a Promotional recruitment. However, the Civil Service Commission Policies
and Procedures require that there be at least three viable candidates for a recruitment to be run as
romotional. In this case, there was only one internal candidate. Since there were not enough qualified
candidates to run the recruitment as Promotional, the City needed to proceed with an open
examination.
The next Regular Meeting of the Ames Civil Service Commission is scheduled for April 21, 2022,
at 8:15 AM.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 8:26 AM.
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Michael R. Crum, Chairperson Diane R. Voss, City Clerk
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