06-24-13 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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is completed following six (6) months of continuous service in the new classification. Should a police officer fail to successfully complete their probationary period, they shall be returned to the rank they held immediately prior to the promotion. 6) In accordance with applicable Civil Service Law as established in Texas Local Government Code Chapter 143, Section 143.035, an alternative promotional testing system may be used. The City and the Association agree that an alternative promotional testing system will only be used if it is (1) proposed by the Chief prior to a promotional test notification from the City AND (2) accepted by a majority of the candidates for promotion who submit the required letter of interest in participating in the promotional process. This process must be repeated with each promotional test the City intends to administer and shall not carry over from one promotional test to the other. If an Assessment Center is selected as part of the alternative testing system, it shall be administered following the below procedures: A) Positions in the rank of Sergeants and Lieutenants shall be filled from an eligibility list created by a promotional procedure consisting of a written examination and an Assessment Center conducted in accordance with this Agreement. B) Officers who pass the Sergeant's or Lieutenant's written promotional examination with a score of seventy percent (70%) or higher will proceed to the next step of the examination process, which is an Assessment Center. C) The score for the Written Examination and the Assessment Center shall be between 0 and 100 points each. As such, after the Assessment Center scoring has been completed for the rank of Sergeant and/or Lieutenant, the eligibility list shall be calculated as follows: 1. Written examination 0- 100 points 2. Assessment Center 0- 100 points 3. Seniority Points 2 — 10 points 4. LMP Participation Points 0 — 2.5 points 15