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PERSONNEL BOARD MEETING
Friday, November 16, 2007
Commission Chambers- THIRD FLOOR
MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL - 9:00 A.M.
AGENDA
1. Approval of Minutes- October 19, 2007 Personnel Board Meeting
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Discussion
2. Classified Performance Evaluations= The request from Personnel Board Members for
Department Directors with more than 10% or with 10 or more past due performance
evaluations to appear before the Board
3. Request by Employee Member Paco Basantes for discussion of Personnel Rule I, Section
3, General Provisions and Rule VII, Section 9, Methods of filling vacancies
4. Confirmation of Ramiro Inguanzo as Director of Human Resources
Hearing
5. Appeal of performance evaluation (continued)- Edward Gonzalez, Fire Fighter II
Pending Item
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` " 7 Re uest for hea ri ng of appeal for Performance Evaluation - Elizabeth Gibson, Administrative Aide
1, 18, 2008.
1' °Request for hearing of appeal for Performance Evaluation -Henry Bryant, Fire Fighter I, February
15,._2008.
eview of revised Employee Guide deferred until the addition of the policies and procedures are
:)mpleted.
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PERSONNEL BOARD
DISCUSSION OF November 16, 2007
Attending:
David Alschuler
Vice Chairperson
Zalman Bacheikov
Associate Member
Michael Perlmutter
Associate Member
Alex DeGasperi
Associate Member
Bunny Patchen
Associate Member
Evette Phillips
Employee Member
Paco Basantes
Employee Member
Renato Sejas
Employee Member
Ramiro Inguanzo
Steve Rothstein
Secretary
City Attorney's Office
Absent: Elsa Urquiza
Chairperson
ITEM 1- Approval of minutes
David Alschuler, Vice - chairperson convened the Personnel Board meeting at 9:Obam.
Upon motion of Michael Perlmutter, Associate Member and with all in favor the minutes of the
October 19, 2007 Personnel Board meeting were approved.
ITEM 2- Classified performance evaluations -the request from Personnel Board Members for
Department Directors with more than 10% or with 10 or more past due performance evaluations to
appear before the Board.
The Board recognized the great efforts that have been made with past due evaluations. However, they
specifically mentioned the number of past due eval Boa � that the Pa and Re creat io n Resou e D epartment
Department Fire Department. Ramiro Inguanzo advised the
working with all other City Departments in completing all past due evaluations.
ITEM 3- Request by Employee Member Paco Basantes for discussion of Personnel Rule I, Section
3, General Provisions and Rule VII, Section 9, Methods of filling vacancies.
David Alschuler, Vice - chairperson entertained a motion to add the language below to the Employee
Guide. Upon motion of Zalman Bacheikov, Associate Member and with all in favor the language
below found under Personnel Rule I, Section 3(a)1, Discrimination will be added to the Employee
Guide upon its completion.
"Any person seeking admission to the Classified Service or any employee in the Classified Service,
regardless of employment status, who has been discriminated against in violation of Personnel Rule I,
Section 3 (a)1, Discrimination, shall have a right to report such violation to the Personnel Board within
ten (10) days after such act of the discrimination occurred ".
This item would be further discussed at a future Board meeting.
Paco Basantes, Employee Member also brought up the issue of who determines which job titles are
classified as Unclassified or Classified. Ramiro Inguanzo advised that the determination was made by
the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) a state agency.
PERSONNEL BOARD
DISCUSSION OF November 16, 2007
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ITEM 4- Confirmation of Ramiro Inguanzo as Director of Human Resources.
All Board members voted unanimously to confirm Ramiro Inguanzo's appointment as Human
Resources Director .
ITEM 5- Appeal of performance evaluation (continued)- Edward Gonzalez, Fire Fighter II
Ed Gonzalez, Fire Fighter 11 thanked the Board for their time concerning his performance evaluation
appeal and advised that his legal representative and he had reached a settlement agreement
concerning this matter. Therefore, he will not continue to appeal his performance evaluation before
the Board.
Upon motion of Zalman Bacheikov, Associate Memb and seconded by Michael Perlmutter, Associate
Member and with all in f he meeting was adj rned at 10:46 AM.
Ramiro Inguanzo, Secretary
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