Residents interested in serving as a volunteer on Broomfield’s Personnel Merit Commission are asked to complete this application and submit it to the City Clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on Friday, February 2, 2018. You may attach extra pages to the application if you need additional space in answering the questions below. You may also attach a resume, if you wish. Applicants will receive a confirmation email with a link to schedule an interview online. Interviews will be conducted as needed on one of the evenings of February 22, February 28, and March 1, 2018, with additional evening interview dates as needed. If you are applying for multiple committees, please call 303-438-6332 to schedule your interview. Official appointments will be made at a public meeting of the City Council on March 13 or March 20, 2018.
Meeting Schedule: The Personnel Merit Commission meets on an “as-needed” basis, typically in the late afternoon. Hearing appeals occur during business hours, beginning at 9 a.m. and may last all day. (Hearing appeals are very infrequent: no hearings in 2016, 2015, 1 in 2014, 3 in 2013, and 1 in 2012.)
Purpose: As provided by the City Charter, to have final jurisdiction and final authority to hear and determine appeals by any aggrieved employee who has been subject to disciplinary action of any kind.
The ideal candidate for the Commission would be a person who can objectively look at each side of a situation, examine and analyze the facts, and effect a fair, impartial decision. Commission members with a background in employment law have a shorter learning curve when learning the ins and outs of the Commission, but this is not a required trait.