Legislation Details

File #: 26-644    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Business Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/22/2026 In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority
On agenda: 8/3/2026 Final action:
Title: SUBJECT: Request to Remove a Member of the Personnel Board and Appointment to the Personnel Board to Appoint One Employee Nominated Individual REPORT IN BRIEF Considers removing a Personnel Board member due to violating the attendance policy and appointing one Employee nominated individual to the Personnel Board. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion: A. Removing Jessica Fernandez as the Employee Appointed Personnel Board Member; and, B. Appointing Pamela Toconis to serve as the Employee Nominated member for the Personnel Board with a partial term expiring on July 1, 2027, respectively.
Attachments: 1. Personnel Board Roster.pdf, 2. Application.pdf, 3. Attendance Record, 4. Attendance Policy.pdf
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Report Prepared by: Jennifer Parsley, Assistant City Clerk, City Clerk's Office

Title
SUBJECT: Request to Remove a Member of the Personnel Board and Appointment to the Personnel Board to Appoint One Employee Nominated Individual

REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers removing a Personnel Board member due to violating the attendance policy and appointing one Employee nominated individual to the Personnel Board.

RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:

A. Removing Jessica Fernandez as the Employee Appointed Personnel Board Member; and,

B. Appointing Pamela Toconis to serve as the Employee Nominated member for the Personnel Board with a partial term expiring on July 1, 2027, respectively.

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ALTERNATIVES
1. Remove the Personnel Board Member; or
2. Refer to staff with direction to resume recruitment of applicants.

AUTHORITY
Article VII, Sections 700, 702, 702.1, 707, and 708 of the Merced City Charter.

CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Not applicable.

DISCUSSION
The Personnel Board, created by City Charter, recommends to City Council the adoption, amendment, or repeal of civil service rules and regulations, in addition to other personnel matters. The Board consists of five members who serve four-year terms of office.

The members of the Personnel Board shall be nominated and appointed in the following manner:

Two members shall be appointed by the City Council from a list of five persons to be nominated by election by the employees in the classified service; two members shall be appointed by the City Council directly, and the fifth shall be appointed by the City Council from a list of three persons nominated by a majority of the four thus appointed. In the event the majority of the four thus appointed is unable to nominate three persons after sixty (60) days, the City Council may appoint from a list of less than three persons nominated. In the event the employees are unable to nominate five persons after sixty (60) days, the City Council may appoint from a l...

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