Civil Service Commission Minutes - 05/05/1964• •
CITY OF WICHITA FAL,L•S
CIVIL SERVICE CO'NEISSION
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The Civil Service Commission met in the Council Rotim May 5, 19(,4, 10.00 A. M.
Those present werez
Lyle Cherry,
James B. The -;,,s, Me�:L-)er
.Johrr Estes, Me- be.r
A. Marti-_ez. Direct,)r of Civil Ser -,ice.
H. P, Fudge, Jr. (°itl; At`.:orne_v
C. C. Daniel., Chief of Folice
Evelv,,, Wyatt, Secretary
Voncille hays, Secretary
J. E. Hickman, Sergea-t
John Cawyer, Sergen.�ut
Archie Lewis,, Serge.,nt.
Truman Lewis;, Sergeant
Charles Train?_, Se ze,TMt
D. E. M_ a o_ ^.=, Serg&,:_).t
Jerry Yeat *s,Patrolma
Harold Elifso.-i:, Patro�l.nan
The meeting was called to order by l:yl.e Cherry, Chairman, E. P. Hodge read a.
portio_7 from Civil Service Rules, Section i_,.
This meeting was requested by serge =- nts of 0c Police Department, protesting
tLe last lieutenant, examination, which w =:s given t"pril 17, 1964 for the F+nrpose of
establishing an eligibility roster. Sgt, Tr': -ter Lewis represented those protesting
the examination. He asked that he be permitted tc, a.sk Director of Ci'd1''i1 Service -i .
few questions. These questions were ir,. regaird to spellir�,.g,, mental maturity and
arithmetic, which were given on this examine= ..tionu, They objected to these
questions because some were gige.n in tle entrance ex,,,miy.ation, before they were
assigned to recrjit patrolman. Also, they objected to Lthe spel -.ing q-_esticns be-
cause no material was furnished for a-en to study before th.e exaf",i7,_ati0r Was given.
The arithmetic questions, they stated, were of 8th grade na t °ire. He stated that
the examination should have been of super, :isory ;n.,ture, n.-..d q%estions given did
not pertain to what they had been taught ire the Police Department.
Sgt, Trusian Lewis read quotations -from the M ,,r.nicipal, 'oli.ce Administration
book., the Vernon's Peral Code of Texas, rnd froTMc Jernon °s Code of Criminal P'roa
cedure. These articles were contradictcry to sozrre of the q,.estions which were
given in the lie,- tenants examination. Sgt, Lewis said he reg� =:rds teaching tech -
niq:e above anything else in order to make a good supervisor,
Sgt. Charles Trainham made the statemert that t!.e iast q,1cstiov o,n the test
was same as one given on the last sergeant's test,
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John Estes asked why D. E. Malone and Archie Lewis's nacre did not appear on the
eligibility roster. Mr. Martinez replied that the men did not sake a passing score,
There was some discussion as to the legality of test, then the Civil Service
Commission members left the room for a session of private conference.
On the return of the commission Mr. Cherry TAde the statement; "It is the
ruling of this commission that the eligibility roster be deleted and that a new
examination be given. We are of the opinion that there were too many questions on
math, spelling and mental maturity, five questions cn each of these subjects would
have been fine." Also, he said that he though the commission was first to take
any fault, that they did not give the Dire.ct.r the supervision that they should
have given. He stated that materials should be furnished for study before examina-
tion is given. On any question of law Mr. Cherry said that the City Attorney, H.P.
Hodge, is to give help in this regard.
Sgt. Lewis thanked the commission and others for their time and consideration
Meeting adjourned 11010 A. M.