Civil Service Commission

Meetings

• 1:00 p.m.
• 3rd Thursday of every month
• City Hall
  865 SE Barrington Drive
  Oak Harbor, WA 98277

Dates, times and locations may be adjusted to accommodate a quorum. If there is no notice posted the Monday before a scheduled meeting, then that meeting has been canceled. If you would like to receive prior year meeting notices or have questions about Civil Service please email Jedidiah Wilson, Civil Service Secretary or call 360-279-4560.

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.
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Overview

Civil Service state laws help assure that firefighters and law enforcement officers are recruited through open competition, hired and promoted based on merit, and demoted, suspended, removed from office, or discharged only for cause. Civil Service in local government seeks to curb political favoritism and remove the coercive pressures that once caused public employees to contribute money and time to partisan political candidates, to the detriment of the work for which they were paid. 

The Civil Service Commission Rules are promulgated pursuant to the authority granted by Chapter 41.08 RCW, Civil Service for City Firemen; Chapter 41.12 RCW, Civil Service for City Police. The rules are applicable to proceedings before the Civil Service Commission and should be read in conjunction with the specific provisions of the referenced RCW chapter, and the enabling ordinance providing for the civil service.