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RESOLUTION NO. ~'-S'
WHEREAS, on Sunday, October 26, 1980, members of the
La Porte Police Department announced in a front page article
of the Bayshore Sun (copy attached) that they would circulate
petitions on November 4, 1980, to require the La Porte City
Council to call a referendum election on the question of Police-
men's Civil Service.
WHEREAS, said petitions were duly filed with the City Sec-
retary on December 8, 1980, and certified by her as containing
the requisite number of signatures on February 4, 1981, the
La Porte City Council as mandated by State Statute passed
Ordinance Number 1250 on February 18, 1981, calling an election
on April 4, 1981, to consider the creation of a Civil Service
Commission to administer S~ate Statute l269M known as the Fire-
men's and Policemen's Civil Service Act.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte have
reviewed and studied the aforementioned State Statute in relation
to the existing personnel pOlicies, salaries and circumstances
within the scope of City Service and have found, determined and
by this resolution declare that the adoption of Civil Service for
our Police Officers is not in the best interest of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE
THAT the City Council by these presents hereby state their
opposition to the adoption of the aforemention~d Civil Service
Statute for the following reasons, to wit: .
1. The adoption of the policemen's Civil Service Act
will effectively remove personnel policy formula-
tion from local control and vest it with the Texas
Legislature.
2. The City of La Porte adequately compensates its
Police Officers for their services (salary and
benefit schedule attached) both in base salary
and benefits. In addition, the City of La Porte
operates under a uniform personnel policy duly
adopted by the City Council that applies to all
Municipal personnel equally. The adoption of
, the Policemen's Civil Service Act will establish
bY. State Statute a set of personnel policies to
administer for Police personnel that does not
extend to all Municipal employees, thereby
'creating dissention within the Municipal organi-
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3. Of the one hundred twenty-two (l22) Texas cities
over ten thousand (10,000) population according to
the 1970 Federal census only fifty-two (52) are
governed by the Firemen's and Policemen's Civil
Service Act. Many of the employee organizations
of the fifty-two (52) communities that are governed
by the Act are associated with union groups that
lobby the Texas Legislature for collective bargain-
ing and unionization of public service employees.
THEREFORE, by these presents the La Porte City Council hereby
makes known its position of opposition to the passage and adoption
of the Firemen's and Policemen's Civil Service Act; and do hereby
urge the citizens of La Porte to vote against the adoption of said
Act in the April 4, 1981, referendum election.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this
A.D., 1981.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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CITY OF LA PORTE
By:
J. J. Meza, Mayor
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