1981-09-16 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• Minutes, Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting September 16, 1981, Page 9 Jacobs: I'm talking about the Civil Service transition, the complete package. Hudgens: This is the only thing the Council has to act on. The other things are left to the Civil Service Commission. The drafting of the rules and regulations are done by the Commission, not by the Council. Faris: Furthermore, I would like to point out that while this Council did not entertain the possibility of any group of City employees presenting their ideas on pay scales and budgets to us, other than staff people, we did look very carefully look, at all sides of the issues of every group and every single employee was handled as fairly as possible. We went a long way and had a lot of discussion about how we made Civil Service and the police officers program fair and equal to the program we offered the other employees of the City. We spent many, many hours on the subject. Jacobs: As president of the Association, I feel there is one • position that was not looked at fairly, and that was the de- motion of a man that has been the Assistant Chief here 18 years to a lieutenant slot. Under Civil Service, once his retire- ment came up or that position came open, it could be abolished at that time and three lieutenants could be made. Under this, a man that's served 182 years, and I'm sure that apparently there's some people on the Council or in City Hall that feel that he hasn't done what he is capable of doing. Faris: I don't think that has anything to do with it. As I understood it, the change in rank carried no change in salary, no change in authority, and no change in retirement benefits. Is that not true? Hudgens: That is correct. Jacobs: It's the wording. Faris: Our feelings is that it is merely a change in title. It was a recommendation made by an independent study. Inde- pendent of Council, City Hall, staff and the Police Officers Association. Gay: Due to the report we all studied - ah - pardon me, what was the name of the company that did the study? Hudgens: The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards of Education.