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[Civil Service on June 4, 2024.]
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.IT'S 9:34 AM AND I'M CALLING THE DALLAS CIVIL SERVICE BOARD RECORD.
AND ANA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR OUR MEETING TODAY? UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKER.
UH, THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 7TH, 2024 REGULAR CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEETING.
HAVE Y'ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM? ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, CORRECTIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? NO.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY 7TH MEETING, UH, MEETING MINUTES.
I THINK WE HAVE THREE MOTIONS THERE.
I'LL GO WITH COLIN MAKING THE MOTION AND ANGELA'S SECONDING MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE MINUTES, MINUTES PASSED ON A FOUR OH VOTE.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM TODAY IS WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE APPROVED OUR CIVIL SERVICE, AMENDED CIVIL SERVICE RULES, AND, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME THOUGHT THEY MIGHT WANT TO COME BACK AND MAKE SOME CHANGES TO WHAT, WHAT WAS PROPOSED.
UH, THEY HAVE DONE THAT, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND, UH, WE HAD HAD A NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING FOR ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS, FROM ANY, ANYBODY WORKING WITH THE CITY OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
AND, UH, JARED, I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST A QUICK UPDATE, KIND OF WHAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD AND TO ANYBODY WHO MAY BE LISTENING IN WHAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN BEFORE THAT, THAT YOU'VE UNDERTAKEN FOR THESE, UH, AMENDMENTS? YES.
UM, UH, THANK, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED BY THE
YOU ALL HAVE HAD THE, ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, I CIRCULATED FOR YOU BACK A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE DRAFT OF THE RULES, UM, AS THEY WERE AMENDED.
YOU ALL PROVIDED THAT FEEDBACK.
WE POSTED ON THE 24TH OF MAY, UM, THE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC POPULATION.
AND SO TODAY, MR. CHAIR CIRCULATED WITH YOUR BOARD
THESE HAVE ALSO BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND SO TODAY THEY'RE READY FOR YOUR ADOPTION UPON, UM, HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC.
IF SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE HEAR ANYBODY? I'M NOT ON NOTICE THAT WE HAVE ANY GROUPS DESIRING TO SPEAK, BUT IN EITHER CASE, UM, THE RULES, UM, REFLECT THOSE DESIRED AMENDMENTS, UM, UPON YOUR APPROVAL.
WHAT I WILL THEN DO FROM HERE IS I'LL WORK THROUGH COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO GET THESE ALSO RATIFIED, REVIEWED AND RATIFIED BY COUNCIL, UH, IN DUE COURSE AS WE DID WITH THE, WITH THE ORIGINAL SET OF AMENDMENTS.
AND I'LL CALL THEM THE ORIGINAL SET OF AMENDMENTS BECAUSE THEY WERE THE LARGE, THE LARGE UNDERTAKING THAT WE DID, UM, ALMOST A YEAR AGO, UM, TO DATE.
SO I, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, MR. CHAIR.
AND, AND JUST FOR PURPOSES OF, UH, UH, INFORMATION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE REVIEWED THESE AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE HAVE BEEN FULLY VETTED BY, BY THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IF WE, IF WE UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, I THINK WE WOULD HEAR THAT BEFORE TODAY, BUT MOST CERTAINLY TODAY.
AND ONE OTHER QUICK NOTE, AS I RECALL, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MADE THE CHANGES.
IT, IT WISHED LAST YEAR WHEN THE, THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES WERE AMENDED AND FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID, OR DFR CAME BACK AND SAID, WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS SOME MORE AND GET BACK WITH YOU, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
IS, IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR RENDITION? YES.
AND, AND WE, AND WE'VE, AND WE SOMEWHAT KNEW THAT KIND OF GOING INTO THE MAJOR OVERHAUL CHANGES THAT WERE DONE, PRIMARILY SUPPORTING, UM, DPDS PROMOTION AND RECRUITMENT.
AND SO THIS TIME WE'VE TAKEN, UM, DFR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE PROMOTION AND RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AND FACTOR THOSE IN.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL NOTICE, UM, IN YOUR EDITED RULES, THE RED LINE VERSION THAT WERE CIRCULATED TO YOU, THE, THE BULK AND THE ONLY CHANGES ARE IN THAT, IN CONCENTRATED IN THAT SECTION.
AND FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS, FOR OUR AGENDA PACKET PURPOSES, THE CHANGES, THERE'S A MINOR CHANGE ON PAGE 15 AND IT GOES 16, 17, AND
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SOME ON 18.AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE CHANGES.
UH, JUST REGARDING DFR, UH, BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, I WANT TO ASK THE, UH, IF BOARD MEMBERS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JARED ABOUT THIS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS.
AND, UM, WHEN WE DID THIS A YEAR AGO, I CAN'T SEE ON MY SCREEN IF THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE WAITING TO SPEAK.
SO ANNA, I'M GONNA RELY ON YOU BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.
IS THERE ANYONE, UH, WHO THAT, THAT HAS REGISTERED OR IS ONLINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY.
WELL, I WILL THEN NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:39 AM AND WE WILL, WILL GET TO THE ACTION ITEM ON THAT SHORTLY.
UM, LET'S GO TO THE BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE, THE CIVIL CIVIL SERVICE RULES REVISION UPDATE.
AND JARED, IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER TO SAY ON THAT
AND CAN I ASK YOU, JARED? UH, I WOULD ANTICIPATE SINCE COUNCIL DOESN'T MEET IN JULY, THIS WOULD BE ON AN AUGUST AGENDA, CORRECT? UM, THAT, THAT IS MORE THAN LIKELY, UM, WILL BE ON AN AUGUST AGENDA.
AND, AND SO I ALSO, UM, WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE ORIGINAL BRIEFING THAT I PROVIDED TO YOU ALL ORIGINALLY THIS ITEM, UM, WITH, WITH, WITH SOME CREDIT TO US BEING ABLE TO MOVE THIS ALONG.
THIS ITEM WASN'T OR ORIGINALLY PROJECTED TO V TO YOU ALL UNTIL AUGUST.
AND SO, WHICH PUSHED US FURTHER DOWN TO A COUNCIL AGENDA DATE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO AUGUST, UM, GET THESE CHANGES MADE.
WE, WE'VE RE WE'VE RENEWED OUR, UM, CONTRACT WITH OUR THIRD PARTY VENDOR TO PROVIDE PROMOTIONS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PROMOTIONS UNDER THESE NEW RULES.
AND SO WE'LL START THAT PLANNING PROCESS AND MOVE FROM THERE.
JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, SINCE YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP TO SPEAK THIS TIME, WE'VE HAD NOBODY, CAN YOU JUST TELL US FOR THE RECORD WHAT WE DID TO ADVERTISE THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK? SURE.
AS WE DID IN THE LAST CASE WE POSTED IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, OF COURSE, IT GOES OUT TO ALL OF OUR POSTING LOCATIONS TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE CHANGES AND WHAT THESE ITEMS ARE.
OF COURSE, THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED WITHIN PRIMARILY, UM, THE, THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT REQUESTING THESE CHANGES.
SO
UM, AND, AND, AND THE PUBLIC, IN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, YOU KNOW, REGARDING THE SAME OF WHERE THIS MEETING WOULD BE HELD, MUCH LIKE WE NOTICED THE GENERAL MEETING, UM, TO, TO THE PUBLIC, WE ALSO TOOK THAT EXTRA STEP, UM, MOST CERTAINLY TO COMPLY ON BOARD MEMBER CODE WITHIN THE PROVISION WITHIN OUR CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
THAT REQUIRES SUCH A, SUCH A NOTICE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO THE DEPARTMENT UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE'LL TURN THAT OVER TO YOU, JARED.
RIGHT? I, UM, I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A, A GREAT DEAL HONOR IF YOU CAN BRING UP REALLY QUICKLY TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FROM, UM, THE LAST MONTH, UM, ON THE 8TH OF MAY, UM, DALLAS, UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT MEANS TO SAY THAT THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CAREER FAIR WAS HELD ON MAY 8TH, WHICH HAD ROUGHLY 1500 JOB SEEKERS.
DALLAS WATER UTILITIES HAD A HIRING EVENT ON THE 21ST, SE, UM, GENERATING 115 JOB SEEKERS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE BOTTOM LINE BEING 16, UM, ON THE SPOT JOB OFFERS.
DESOTO WORKS WAS A LARGE JOB FAIR THAT WAS HELD ON THE 21ST, UM, GENERATING 517, UM, JOB SEEKERS, BOARD MEMBER GERBER AND OTHERS.
UM, AS WE LOOK TO, UM, FORECAST WHAT OUR HIRING EVENTS AND OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WILL BE IN THE FALL, WE WILL MOST CERTAINLY, UM, AND, AND GOING NOT NEC NOT NECESSARILY THE FALL, BUT GOING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR RATHER.
UM, WE'LL MOST CERTAINLY BE CIRCULATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR YOU ALL TO COME ALONG AND WE CAN, WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT NIGHT.
THAT'S NOT LOST ON ME, NOR HAS THAT FORGOTTEN, BUT WE ARE RIGHT NOW UNDERTAKING A CLOSE REVIEW OF OUR HIRING EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND THAT OUR, ACTUALLY OUR INVESTMENT
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IS KIND OF WORTH OUR TIME AND EFFORTS, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE HIRING EVENTS, UM, ON CA, WHICH IS OUR, OUR CANDIDATE PHYSICAL ABILITIES.UM, UH, TWO SESSIONS WERE HELD IN MAY, A NUMBER OF 48 PARTICIPANTS AND, AND 23 PASSED.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL JUST POINT OUT IS THAT, UM, IF YOU NOTICE WITHIN THE PROPO PROPOSED RULE CHANGES, THAT WE WOULD BE GIVING THE PHYSICAL CANDIDATE ABILITY TEST OVER TO DALLAS, UH, FIRE RESCUE UPON THE, UH, ADOPTION AND RATIFICATION, UM, OF THESE RULES.
AND SO IT'S EVENTUALLY YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER GO AWAY, UM, AS WE TRANSITION THAT OVER TO THEM IN THEIR CAPABLE HANDS IN TERMS OF TESTING, UM, UH, CANDIDATES PHYSICAL ABILITY.
SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT SINCE I WAS ON, ON THE SUBJECT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UM, THE DEPARTMENT UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, MR. CHAIR.
AND I'LL STAND, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF OUR EVENTS OR ANY ITEMS THAT I'VE SHARED.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JARED? OKAY.
WE HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO ON TO, UM, OUR ACTION ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS ADOPT THE, ADOPT THE AMENDED CODE, UH, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, WHICH IS OUR VERY SHORT PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND JARED'S EXPLANATION OF IT.
UM, UH, IS THERE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM FIRST BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? OKAY.
HEARING NO DISCUSSION, WOULD THERE BE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, PRO THE PROPOSED AMENDED RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD? I MOVE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY PAM IN DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, WE, BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ACTION ITEM, IS TAKE ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE HAVE TO HOLD THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FIRST.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, ANNA FOR HER ASSISTANCE, UM, THE, UM, THE, UH, ITEM IN FOR IT TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A FORM TO FILL OUT HERE TOO.
THE ITEM FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO CONDUCT THE FISCAL YEAR 23 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE SECRETARY TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
AND, UH, IT IS NOW GIVE MY 9:46 AM ON JUNE 4TH, 2024, THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO CLOSE SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
UH, CONDUCT THE FISCAL YEAR OF 23, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, SECRETARY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
AND ANA, WE LOOKED FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH, UH, GIVING US THE CORRECT, UH, NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN HERE.
I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY THE BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I MOVED THE REST TO THE, TO THE HALL AND, UH, I'M NOT GONNA CLOSE THE SECTION.
I, I, UM, I MOVED THE MR. DAVIS, UH, MS. LAKE AND, UH,
SO IT'S ONLY YOU THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THE SESSION.