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[Civil Service on March 7, 2023.]
TO ORDER THE, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE DALLAS CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, AND WE HAVE EVERYONE PRESENT TODAY EXCEPT, UH, WE, OF COURSE, WE HAVE ONE VACANCY.AND, UH, MS. COLE IS UNABLE TO BE HERE, SO THERE'LL BE FIVE OF US TODAY.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY ARE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
AND ANNA, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER THREE.
APPROVAL THE MINUTES, APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023 REGULAR CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEETING.
HAVE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES AND YOU HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, OR CHANGES? NO.
HEARING NONE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023 MEETING.
AND THEN WHO IS THE, WHO WAS THE SECOND CHAIR? OKAY, WE HAVE A, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 7TH MEETING.
ARE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE.
THE MOTION PASSES FIVE TO NOTHING.
UH, WE HAVE NO HEARING ITEMS TODAY, AND, UH, WE GO TO ITEM FIVE ON OUR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. UH, FIRST THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES, REVISIONS, AND NEXT STEPS.
AND JARED, UM, I'M THINK GONNA TURN THAT OVER TO YOU OR TO JENNIFER, OR TO BOTH OF YOU, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO WANT TO DO THAT.
I'M SURE IT'LL BE A, A, A COLLABORATION OF SORTS.
UH, GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, UM, I HOPE YOU, I HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING GOOD THIS MORNING.
UM, COUPLE THINGS AS IT RELATES TO OUR RULE REVISIONS.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE SENT OUT A COUPLE VERSIONS AND JUST WANTED TO BRING EVERYONE UP TO SPEED, UM, WITH, WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR DRAFT RULE REVISIONS.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WILL PROBABLY RECALL IN OUR LAST BOARD MEETING AND PRIOR TO OUR LAST BOARD ME MEETING, UH,
AND, AND, AND ONE WAS ABOUT ITEMS THAT WERE MISSING FROM THE NEW RULES AND JUST WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND CLARIFICATION.
AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM, UM, UM, IN HER, IN HER MEMO, IF YOU WILL RECALL, WAS THE, YOU KNOW, NEW RULES WITH ADDITIONS THAT ARE NOT IN THE OLD RULES.
AND SO, UM, MS. HUGGER AND I WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH BOARD MEMBER COLE AND WALK THROUGH THOSE, UM, THROUGH HER MEMO AND WHAT SHE OUTLINED.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL GOOD THERE.
UM, YOU WILL SEE SOME CHANGES IN THE RULES THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF THAT.
ONE OF 'EM, AS YOU WILL SEE, UM, IN, IN SECTION SEVEN, WE ADDED THE, UM, THE SECTION, UM, PUT IT BACK INTO THE, UM, RULES ABOUT THE ABILITY FOR EMPLOYEES TO JOIN, UM, ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ALSO IN THE NEW RULES, YOU WILL, IN THE NEWEST VERSION OF THE RULES.
UM, YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT WE HAVE, UM, PARTICULARLY IN SECTION THREE, I JUST WANNA POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO IN SECTION THREE, UM, WE ADDED SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDIC RANK.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY BRIEF TO WORK WITH DALLAS FIRE TO ESTABLISH THOSE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND ALL OF THAT.
THAT'S AROUND THE SINGLE, SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDIC.
AND SO THAT PROVISION YOU'LL FIND IN THE, IN THE RULES, UH, TODAY.
UM, ALSO WE WANTED TO ADD SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE IN, IN SECTION 4.3, UH, SWORN SERVICE AND CERTIFICATIONS.
JUST CLARIFYING THAT AS, AS YOU MOVE FROM PROBATIONARY TO A FULL-TIME POSITION, THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED A PROMOTION, BUT JUST MOVING FROM A PROBATIONARY STATUS INTO THAT, INTO THAT MORE PERMANENT STATUS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, AND SO YOU SEE THOSE CHANGES, UM, IN THE RULES.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE, UM, AND STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I CIRCULATED THOSE ON MONDAY AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I, BEFORE I TALKED ABOUT NEXT STEPS, UM, ENTERTAINED AND OPENED THE FLOOR FOR ANY, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE CIRCULATED WITH THIS VERSION AS OF TODAY.
AND, UH, MR. DAVIS, THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT, UM, WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE WE BROUGHT OUT, IS IN DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR HIRE, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW LATERAL HIRES OF, IN THE SWORN SERVICE WITH DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE CREATION OF THE SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDIC OFFICER RANK, UM, D P D, UM, MODIFIED THEIR RULES A FEW YEARS AGO TO ALLOW LATERAL HIRES FOR DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER AND DALLAS FIRE RESCUE WANTED TO, UM, DO THE SAME
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THING.AND SO THAT RULE WAS ALSO ADDED.
MY, MY APOLOGIES, I FORGOT ABOUT THE LATERAL TRANSFER COMPONENT.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UM, I, I DO HAVE A FEW QUICK COMMENTS, AND THAT IS THAT IT IS, IT IS, I AM DELIGHTED THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS, UH, UH, SHANDRA, I KNOW YOU DID A KIND OF DEEP DIVE ON THIS.
I KNOW KYLE, UH, UH, KYLE DID AS WELL.
I THINK THE REST OF YOU ALL HAVE DONE YOUR OWN DEEP DIVES ON THAT AS WELL.
I HAVE ONE VERY, VERY, VERY MINOR SUGGESTION ON THE INTRO.
UH, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A NOTATION ABOUT, UH, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE INTRO, IT SAYS, IF THESE RULES CONFLICT WITH THE DALLAS CITY CHARTER OR CHAPTER, UH, 34, UH, THE CHARTER AND CHAPTER 34 SHOULD PREVAIL, THAT IS AL AS, AS HAS BEEN NOTED, I THINK BY LAURA, THAT THAT IS ALREADY IN THE RULES.
SO I THINK WE CAN JUST DELETE THAT SENTENCE COMPLETELY, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE, SINCE IT IS IN THE RULES, UH, IN THE DRAFTS THAT GO FORWARD.
UM, AND, AND THE TOP PAGE HAS CHANGED.
THE DATE ON, ON THAT INTRO PAGE CHANGED THE DATE TO 2023.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE MINOR, MINOR ISSUES, BUT, UM, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A, I THINK, A, A GREAT EFFORT BY THIS BOARD TO BRING THE RULES INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
AND I THINK THEY WERE, WE, WE, THEY WERE LAST LEFT AND SOMEWHERE IN THE MID 20TH CENTURY.
SO THIS IS A, IS A BIG CHANGE.
UM, AND, AND JARED AND JENNIFER, I ASKED YOU JUST KIND IF YOU COULD GIVE US A, UH, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.
NOW THAT, THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE SOME ACTION TODAY.
I KNOW IT MAY COME BACK TO US, BUT IF YOU'LL GIVE US SOME MORE IN INFORMATION, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
SO, UM, AS, AS, AS WE'VE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED BY, UM, MS. HUGGER, UM, AND I BELIEVE MS. MORRISON, BOTH IN OUR SUBCOMMITTEE, THAT THESE RULES EVENTUALLY WILL BE ADOPTED BY FULL COUNSEL, BY RESOLUTION.
AND SO, SO BACKING INTO WHAT THE NEXT STEPS LOOK LIKE, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF OUTLINE FOR YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE DO WE, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO TODAY, YOU ALL, I'M REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE APPROVING THIS, THIS, THIS DRAFT VERSION TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT WILL, THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO DO A COUPLE THINGS IS TO, IN BETWEEN HERE AND A, AND, AND BRIEFING A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, IT WILL, I WILL WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, THE LIAISON, UM, THAT'S ASSIGNED TO ME WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO, TO BRIEF THESE CHANGES, UM, AND THE APPROPRIATE WAY BY WHICH TO BRIEF THESE CHANGES.
UM, GIVEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE OF THEM, IT MAY BE QUITE POSSIBLE TO BRIEF BY, BY MEMORANDUM OR, OR, OR, OR, OR AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION.
EITHER WAY, WE WILL, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT AND GET ON WHAT THEY CALL THE FORECAST TO MAKE A COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL START PURSUING AFTER TODAY, UH, PENDING YOUR APPROVAL TO, TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE INTERVENING TIME, I WILL ALSO START TO CIRCULATE THESE TWO MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT TO OUR ASSOCIATIONS AND TO OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS.
THERE'S RULE 21, UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO EVENTUALLY GET TO THIS BOARD WHERE YOU ALL WILL, WILL HAVE TO HAVE A, A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, TO, TO HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BUT IN THE, IN THE INTERVENING TIME, I PLAN TO, TO, TO MAKE THOSE, GET THOSE ROUNDS, TO GET THAT, THAT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK IN, IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL EDITS OR BRING ANYTHING BACK TO YOU ALL, UM, BE BEFORE YOUR FINAL APPROVAL.
AND SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT, OR I PLAN THAT, SO IT WOULD GO CIVIL SERVICE BOARD TODAY, UH, A COUNCIL COMMITTEE BRIEFING FROM A COUNCIL COMMITTEE BRIEFING BACK TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD FOR YOUR FULL APPROVAL, UM, AND A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, PURSUANT TO, TO THE CURRENT RULES.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A FINAL, AND THEN IT WOULD GO BACK TO COUNSEL FOR ADOPTION BY, BY BY RESOLUTION.
JENNIFER, IS THAT, IS THAT ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? OR, OR LAURA, IS THAT, IS THAT GOOD? I LAURA'S MORE, UH, IN TUNE TO THE PROCEDURAL PROCESS, SO I'LL LET HER TAKE THAT ONE.
YEAH, NO, UH, I THINK JARED SUMMED IT UP PRETTY WELL.
UM, THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD IS RIGHT AFTER THE INTRO AND THE RULES THAT YOU'LL SEE A TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND THAT'LL BE THE LAST, UM, THING THAT I GO THROUGH JUST TO MAKE ALL THE PA MAKE SURE ALL THE PAGE NUMBER CORRESPONDS.
SO IF YOU SEE ANY MISTAKES IN THAT, THAT'S JUST ALWAYS THE LAST THING THAT WE CLEAN UP, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ADD THINGS OR DELETE THINGS, UM, I'LL BE WORKING ON THAT.
BUT, AND THE, THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS GONNA READ IS THAT THE OLD RULES WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION AS AN EXHIBIT.
AND SO WE'LL JUST SAY THAT THAT EXHIBIT IS BEING REPLACED BY THE NEW RULES, WHICH WILL BE
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A SECOND EXHIBIT.SO THE OLD RULES WILL GO AWAY AND WILL BE REPLACED BY THESE RULES WHEN IT GOES TO COUNSEL.
BUT MS. MORRISON, MY STEPS MEMBERS, BUT, BUT MS. MORRISON, OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, ARE, ARE WE ARE, ARE WE GOOD THERE? YES.
WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL GET ON THE FORECAST FOR A, A COUNCIL COMMITTEE BRIEFING.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA JUST BECAUSE IN, IN CASE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE HAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, A PARTICULAR SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE, OR, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BOARD TO VOTE ON IT, THAT WE GET THAT FEEDBACK FIRST.
UM, BEFORE WE DO THAT, NOW, IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MAY WANT US TO DO THIS IN THE OTHER ORDER WHERE THE BOARD WOULD HOLD THE HEARING AND THEN PUSH THE FINAL RULES UP TO THE COMMITTEE BEFORE THAT.
BUT I THINK, UM, MR. DAVIS'S ACTION PLAN IS, UM, MAKES MORE SENSE BECAUSE WE CAN GET THAT FEEDBACK, AT LEAST BY THE COMMITTEE, UM, EARLY ON AND MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T OVERLOOK OR ANYTHING THAT THEY, THAT THEY WERE PARTICULARLY WANTING BEFORE WE HAVE THE HEARING.
SO THAT, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE, BECAUSE I JUST WANNA, I THINK I SHOULD, I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIR.
ONE OTHER THING I'LL ADD MS HUGGER TO, TO THAT IS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE, THIS BOARD IS, THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE RULES AND THE REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD.
AND SO I WOULD WANT THE BOARD TO HAVE THE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ANY FEEDBACK AND ALL OF THAT BEFORE THE FINAL, UH, BEFORE THAT GOES BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION.
SO, UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL, THAT WILL, WILL GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE AFTER, UH, ALL THIS HARD WORK IN TIME.
AND, AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE BOARD WHEN, WHEN I SAY WE'RE GONNA RELY UPON YOU ALL TO HELP SHEPHERD THIS THROUGH
SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, I, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY ALL PRETTY GOOD WITH, SO, SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT ACTION ITEM IN JUST A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS BY ANY OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ABOUT THE, THE, THE RULES, REVISIONS, AND NEXT STEPS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO TO OUR SECOND BRIEFING ITEM, WHICH IS TRIAL BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE HEARINGS UPDATE.
JARED, I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE TO, UM, HAVE BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR ITEMS HAS BEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUR TRIAL BOARD, UM, PENDING HEARINGS SCHEDULED.
AND SO JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, NINE, UM, TRIAL BOARD HEARINGS AND FOUR ALJ HEARINGS, UM, ON THE BOOKS.
UM, WE ARE, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED ALL OF OUR BACKLOGGED, UM, TRIAL BOARD HEARINGS FROM COVID.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED OUT, MR. CHAIR, AS, AS, AS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, WE ARE PENDING SCHEDULING OF ONE THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE 20, ON THE 6TH OF FEBRUARY.
UM, AND SO WE ARE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT AND, YOU KNOW, CONFIRMING WITH CHAIRS, DATES AND, AND, AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.
BUT I WANTED TO JUST BRING THAT BEFORE YOU AND ALL OF OUR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE HEARINGS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED, UM, FOR ANY OF THOSE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE ON HAND.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I BROUGHT THAT UP TO YOU ALL.
AND IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING TRIAL BOARD HEARINGS OR ADMINISTRATIVE LAW HEARINGS, I, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM.
I THINK THAT IS PHENOMENAL AFTER TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS OF COVID AND BACKLOGS AND NOT HAVING LIVE HEARINGS.
AND, UH, I, I, I WANT TO THANK JARED, YOU AND ANNA FOR GETTING THAT ARRANGED, AND THAT THAT IS WONDERFUL NEWS.
I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBER, OUR BOARD MEMBERS, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE GONNA BE ON TRIAL BOARDS IN THE NEXT, IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO,
I'M HAPPY THAT, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE CHARGING FORWARD AND GETTING THIS, GETTING THESE DONE QUICKLY.
I, I THINK THAT'S, I, I THINK THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
WE'RE ALSO VERY, THE COMMENTS PARDON, MR. CHAIR.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND WE'RE ALSO VERY GRATEFUL AS WELL TO OUR ADJUNCT, UM, TRIAL BOARD MEMBERS WHO ALSO HELP US GET THESE, GET THESE STAFFED.
AND AS WE KNOW, THERE'RE TWO-THIRDS OF A TRIAL BOARD, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
DEPARTMENTAL UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, THIS MONTH, NOT, NOT TERRIBLY, UH, TOO MANY IF ANNA, UH, CLOSE THAT UP FOR US TO, TO RUN THROUGH ABOUT OUR HIRING EVENTS, WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE HAVE HAPPENING,
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UM, IN THE DE IN THE DEPARTMENT.WELL, I WILL READ THEM TO YOU,
UM, WE HAD A TRADE, A CITY OF DALLAS TRADE HIRING EVENT ON FEBRUARY 15TH.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GENERATE 215 JOB SEEKERS AND 43 OFFERS.
I JUST WANNA STOP HERE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, AS WE, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UM, E EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT AND BUILD SERVICES AND SOME, AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES TO REALLY HONE IN AND FOCUS, UM, OUR, OUR RECRUITMENT AND OUR SOURCING ABILITY AROUND OUR TRADE HIRES.
BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, IF YOU CAN LOOK IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, WHEN WE LOOK FOR PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS, UM, AND CDL DRIVERS AND MANY OF THESE LICENSED TRADES, WE HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY IN, YOU KNOW, FINDING LARGE POOLS OF CANDIDATES THAT, THAT SUPPORT US.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK RIGHT NOW, AND SO I'LL BE BRINGING BACK MORE INFORMATION TO YOU ALL AT THE BOARD, UM, ABOUT THIS.
BUT I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE, WE, WE WERE HAVE TRADES HIRING EVENT, UM, ON THE 23RD.
WE HAD SIX PARTICIPANTS IN A HOW TO APPLY WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, EVENTS.
AND THEN WE HAD A DW DISTRIBUTION JOB FAIR ON THE 23RD AS WELL.
UM, 32 JOB SEEKERS AND, AND EIGHT OFFERS.
AND SO, UM, I WANTED TO JUST BRING THAT BEFORE YOU AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT WE'RE INITIATING AROUND THOSE TRADE HIRES.
UM, CAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE VERY CRITICAL AS WE'VE, AS WE PARTNER WITH, NOT ONLY, AS WE MENTIONED, UM, IN OUR PRIORITIES, OUR, UM, K-12 EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, BUT ALSO OUR HIGHER ED AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS AS WELL.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR UPDATES? GREAT JOB.
AGAIN, I THINK I SPEAK FROM THE BOARD AND SAYING THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THESE JOB FAIRS.
WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN HITTING THESE A LOT.
Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HITTING THESE A LOT, AND WE'RE MAKING OFFERS ON THE SPOT PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S JUST, I MEAN, IT'S A, IT IS A TIGHT MARKET OUT THERE, AND I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE US DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ENCOURAGING.
AND IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK TO PUT THESE ON, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF AND TEAM, AS WELL AS THEY'RE REALLY ON THE FRONT LINES WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND REALLY HELPING US MOVE THE MARK THERE AND SUPPORT, AND SUPPORT OUR HIRING MANAGERS, UM, IN THIS WAY.
SO, UM, IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT AS WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OFTENTIMES WE'RE SUPPORTING EVEN OUR SWORN PARTNERS ON THE WEEKENDS AND, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO I DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, I, I EXTEND THAT APPRECIATION TO, TO THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF AS WELL.
AND, AND I SEE
ANY THERE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS? I DON'T SEE.
I'M SORRY IF I, I DON'T SEE YOUR NAME, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? NO.
HEARING, HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO TO OUR ACTION ITEM AND THAT IS THE PROOF OF CIVIL SERVICE RULES REVISIONS.
AND YOU'VE HEARD, UH, YOU'VE HEARD KIND OF THE, THE, THE PROCESS.
AND WE MAY SEE THESE AGAIN WITH MY REVISIONS THAT MAY BE SUGGESTED BY A CITY COUNCIL COM COMMITTEE OR BY, UH, AN EMPLOYEE GROUP.
AND WE'LL CERTAINLY, UH, SO WE'LL SEE THESE ONE MORE TIME, BUT AT LEAST AT THIS POINT IN TIME, DO I HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CIVIL SERVICE RULE, REVISIONIST AS PRESENTED? UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THE, UM, RULE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JOE, THIS TIME BY JONES.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE.
I'LL TAKE A VOTE ON TO, TO APPROVE, APPROVE THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES REVISIONS AS PRESENTED.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
AND, UH, SO, JARED, LAURA, UH, JENNIFER, THANK YOU ALL.
ANNA, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS.
AND IT'S, IT IS GOOD TO SEE SOME, SEE THESE MOVING FORWARD NOW.
WELL, WE PROMISED A SHORT MEETING,
I THINK WE, WE'VE MET OUR GOALS TODAY,
UH, BUT WE'VE, I THINK WE'VE DONE SIGNIFICANT ACTION TODAY WITH THE RULES REVISIONS.
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AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, I WILL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT, UH, 9 55.SO Y'ALL ENJOY, ENJOY THE SPRING LIFE WEATHER AND WE WILL MEET AGAIN, UH, NEXT MONTH.