City Hall

Meeting Minutes

601 4th Avenue E

Olympia, WA 98501

Civil Service Commission

Contact: Telli Norton

360.709.2775

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

8:30 AM

Room 112

In person or via Zoom:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89590024094

CALL TO ORDER

Meeting called to order at 8:32am.

ROLL CALL

1.A

Linda Villegas Bremer - Commission Chair, Reiko Callner - Commissioner,

Oscar Soule - Commissioner, Telli Norton - Senior HR Generalist/Chief

Examiner, Nicole Anderson - HR Program Specialist, Hillory Flowers - Interim

Fire Chief, and Ray Brady - Deputy Police Chief

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Commissioner Reiko Callner moved to approve. Approval was seconded by

Commission Chair Linda Villegas Bremer. No questions or comments. All

voted aye. The agenda was approved.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Approval of February 17, 2026 Civil Service Commission Meeting

Minutes

Commissioner Reiko Callner moved to approve. Approval was seconded by

Commission Chair Linda Villegas Bremer. No questions or comments. All

voted aye. The February 17th minutes were approved.

PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment received.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Telli Norton shared four (4) announcements.

1. Shelby Parker was sworn in last Tuesday at the City Council meeting as the

City of Olympia Police Chief.

2. Fire Chief Matt Morris retired.

3. Hillory Flowers has been selected as Interim Fire Chief and Chad Boulay

has been selected as Interim Deputy Chief.

Discussion: Reiko Callner congratulated Hillory and asked if the city has ever

had female chiefs. Telli Norton shared that Shelby Parker is the first female

Olympia Police Chief and Hillory Flowers shared that she is the first female to

hold a rank of Assistant Chief or higher in Olympia Fire.

4. Commissioner Reiko Callner has been reappointed for a 6-year term.

Discussion: Group shared congratulations and excitement for Reiko to

continue her work with the commission.

BUSINESS ITEMS

Approval of Entry Level Police Officer Register

Commissioner Reiko Callner moved to approve. Approval was seconded by

Commissioner Oscar Soule. Telli Norton walked through the staff report and

All voted aye. The Entry-Level Police Officer Register was approved.

Approval of Lateral Police Officer Register

Commissioner Oscar Soule moved to approve. Approval was seconded by

Commissioner Chair Linda Villegas Bremer. Telli Norton walked through the

staff report and register.

Discussion: Commission Chair Linda Villegas Bremer asked who the newest

addition to the register was. Telli Norton explained that the number two (2)

candidate is the new addition and that can be determined by looking at the

Discussion: Commissioner Reiko Callner asked about the gender of candidate

one (1) on the register. Deputy Police Chief Ray Brady shared the candidate

is male.

All voted aye. The Lateral Police Officer Register was approved.

Approval of Entry-Level Firefighter-Paramedic Register

Commissioner Oscar Soule moved to approve. Approval was seconded by

Commissioner Reiko Callner. Telli Norton walked through the staff report and

Discussion: Telli Norton shared that Reina Pineda should not have been

removed from the register and will be placed back on with a ranking of four

(4).

Discussion: Commissioner Oscar Soule asked about the increased number of

candidates. Telli Norton explained that the application process has shifted

away from Thurston County Medic One to applying through Public Safety

Testing (PST) and this change reaches a larger number of applicants.

All voted aye. The Entry-Level Firefighter-Paramedic register was approved.

Approval of Lateral Firefighter-Paramedic Register

Commissioner Reiko Callner moved to approve. The approval was seconded

by Commissioner Oscar Soule. Telli Norton walked through the staff report

and register.

Discussion: Commission Chair Linda Villegas Bremer asked why twelve (12)

candidates did not participate in the hiring process. Interim Fire Chief Hillory