planning and development director

[sickntired]

The city and their hiring process is a big joke. Why does anyone even fill out applications anymore? It seems to me, they always know who they want in advance. Rather than being sneaky about it, just hire who they want right off the bat. Sure, they look like even bigger jerks by doing this, but what else is new? 

[True]

Now I hear that all 60 + fire candidates are being sent through the physical agility test AND THE LIE DETECTOR TEST!  Don do you know if this is true?  At $300 buck a pop I sure hope not!    

[tooold]

True, you hit the nail on the head. The civil service commission does what the administration tells them to do

[Don T.]

If I remember correctly the City was charged $300.00 for each test. If any civil serv. members want to post the correct amount be my guess.

[True]

This is insane!  The lie detector does not get figured into the list.  There was only a test to determine the standings.  If a candidate is interviewed and liked, send them to get a lie detector.  If they pass they get the job.  No where does it mention in the hiring process that there are other test steps.  Just like the physicals do not count towards your position on the list.  Why would we spend money on a candidate that isn't getting a job?  Don do you know how much a lie detector test cost?    Try common sense and do it in a timely manner and maybe people won't think it Corrupt!  Everytime this City gives a test it is screwed up.  The Civil service is part time and they do what the administration tells them to do,  instead of following the rule of law!

[unhappy]

i still think it's crazy.  Maybe that shouldn't be part of the score, especially since they don't really go by the score anyways.  It always boils down to who certain people want in that position.

[Don T.]

The "scoring" of the lie detector has to be "figured" in .

[unhappy]

I know some people have moved on to take lie detector tests, which really confuses me why you would spend all that money on all those lie detector tests, why would you wait until it was narrowed down to one person and have that person take the test, if they fail, you move to the next person and then have them take the test.  Just seems like a waste of money having people take a lie detector test when they may not even have the job.  I love how this city knows how to waste money.

[Don T.]

As far as I know there is no list yet. Civil ser meet in exec session to develope a list last night but I do not know if they have a list or not.

[sickntired]

What does "qualifications" have to do with anything? Have you noticed who runs the city? Good ole boys and good ole St. Bernard politics.

[True]

Apparently the Mayor doesn't like anyone on the list that isn't named Gerry.  There is more than enough qualified people that would be good for this city.  There are architects, engineers, city planners on the list, but none named Gerry?  Again this city is going to pass up hiring from an extremely qualified group to rehire a good ole boy.  I thought this mayor was going to be above board and be a positive change for this City......guess not.

[Valley Cat]

I know a guy who passed the lie detector test but failed to get the job as a police officer. He admitted he walked into his dead neighbor's house, found a bunch of money and took it.

Mike

[Don T.]

At the last Civil ser. meeting they said not all the lie detector testing was done. They will have a list to certify at their meeting in Aug. Then interviews etc.

[tooold]

Does anyone out there know the status of the Code Assistance Officer/Planning and Development Director? The exam was given months ago and nothing was announced.