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<br />THE CITY OF LA PORTE MEET & CONFER COMMITTEE MET THE 2nd DAY <br />OF DECEMBER, 2010, 4:00 P.M. AT CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 604 <br />WEST F AIRMONT P ARKW A Y, LA PORTE, TEXAS. <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at 3 :57 p.m. <br /> <br />2. INTRODUCTION OF MEET AND CONFER MEMBERS FROM THE CITY <br />OF LA PORTE AND THE LA PORTE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION <br />(LPPOA) <br />Committee Members: <br />Ken Adcox, Chief of Police <br />Ron Parker, Assistant Chief of Police <br />Heather Weger, Human Resources Manager <br />Matt Novosad, Patrol Officer - LPPOA President <br />Matt Daeumer, Patrol Lieutenant - LPPOA Member <br />Marcus Upchurch, Support Services Sergeant - LPPOA Member <br />Sherman Moore - PAR Officer - LPPOA Member <br />Other Attendees: <br />Tom Barby, Representative from CLEAT <br /> <br />,.~ <br /> <br />Ken Adcox advised that the City is reserving the right to have the new Assistant <br />City Manager to be added to the committee once they begin work with the City. <br />The role of Tom Barby from CLEAT was also discussed and decided that he <br />would not actively participate in negotiations, but be available to advise the <br />Association as a subject matter expert should the need arise. <br /> <br />3. DISCUSS AND ESTABLISH GROUND RULES IN WHICH THE MEET AND <br />CONFER PROCESS WILL BE CONDUCTED <br /> <br />a) Chief Adcox distributed the minutes from the March 25,2008 meeting <br />in which ground rules were discussed, as well as some information <br />pulled from outside resources regarding ground rules for the Meet and <br />Confer process. <br />b) Spokesman for the City of La Porte (City) and the La Porte Police <br />Officer's Association (LPPOA) were established. Ken Adcox was <br />designated as the Spokesman for the City, Matt Novosad was <br />designated as the Spokesman for the LPPOA. <br />c) The LPPOA would like to change item 3 b) from the last rules <br />regarding pay status. This was discussed and decided that the meeting <br />would take place after normal working hours of the LPPOA committee <br />members to avoid having to reschedule their hours to attend the <br />meetings. <br />d) It was agreed that all research should be completed before reaching <br />tentative agreements. <br /> <br />Meet and Confer Meeting <br /> <br />December 2, 2010 <br /> <br />IIPage <br />