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GOOD[Civil Service on October 1, 2024.]
MORNING EVERYONE.THIS IS THE, UH, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 REGULAR MEETING OF THE DALLAS CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THERE ARE SIX OF US HERE TODAY.
SO WELCOME EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING IN ONLINE.
UH, ANNA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY.
OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OUR SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024 SPECIAL CALL, CIVIL, UH, CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEETING.
HAVE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES? ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, MODIFICATIONS, REVISIONS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE? NONE.
HEARING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024 SPECIAL CALL MEETING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
HAVE A MOVE BY PAM, SECONDED BY CURTIS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE THE RIGHT HAND OR SAY YES.
MOTION TO IMPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, OUR NEXT ITEM, AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, WE HAD A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK, UM, BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ASK, UH, JARED, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UH, OF THE, UM, UH, OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.
JARED, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU, SIR.
UM, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT, UM, WE, UH, HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER A, A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES, PARTICULARLY AROUND OUR SWORN SERVICE.
I BELIEVE IN OUR FRIDAY PACKET THAT WAS SENT OUT WITH BOARD MATERIAL.
I SENT YOU OUT A MEMO, UM, CONTAINING THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS, UH, MINOR AMENDMENT WITHIN THE CONTENTS OF THAT MEMO.
UM, WE LOOKED AT COMPARISON CITIES AND LOOKED AT WHAT THEY WERE REQUIRING.
WE SEE WHERE WE WOULD BE LEADING AND LAGGING WITH THIS AMENDMENT.
IN SHORT, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW AN ADDITIONAL PATH TO EMPLOYMENT FOR, UH, ENTRY LEVEL SWORN DALLAS POLICE OFFICER.
UH, WITHIN THE MEMO, I WILL ADMIT, THIS MORNING, I DISCOVERED, I, I THINK I DID A, I HAD A COPY AND PASTE, UM, SNAFU OF SORTS.
SO YOU SEE UP IN THE TEXT OF THE MEMO THAT YOU RECEIVED ON FRIDAY, IT SAYS, PAGE EIGHT OF THE CODE OF REGULATION THAT SHOULDN'T, THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
AND I JUST DISCOVERED THAT THIS MORNING.
SO, ANNA, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO BRING THE, THE, THE EXACT LANGUAGE, THE EXACT, THE EXACT LANGUAGE AS IT SHOULD APPEAR WITHOUT, WITHOUT THAT.
SO IF YOU BRING THAT MEMO UP JUST HERE VERY BRIEFLY, AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TOGETHER.
AND SO IN RULE FOUR OF THE SWORN SERVICE APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF YOUR RULES WITHIN THE CIVIL SERVICE CODE OF REGULATIONS, IT LAYS OUT, UM, ALL OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, UM, WHICH ARE WITHIN YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, UM, TO, TO ESTABLISH.
AND SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITH WHOM WE ORDINARILY PREPARE OURSELVES AND OR WE WHOM WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE SHARE A COMMON JOB MARKET.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, HERE WITHIN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX, WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OTHERS WERE DOING.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT COMPARISON CHART WITHIN THAT MEMO.
BUT WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THE RED LETTERED EACH CHANGE, UM, WOULD BE WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD BE ASKING A TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC IF WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER, BUT ALSO ASKING YOU TO ADOPT.
AND, UM, SO THAT I CAN NOW MOVE FORWARD TO A COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL.
THE WHOLE GOAL BEHIND THIS IS A, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY MANAGERS A HUNDRED DAY PLAN, WE WANT TO EXPAND THE AVENUES, UM, IN WHICH, OR BY WHICH INDIVIDUALS CAN BECOME EMPLOYED IN OUR SWORN SERVICE.
AND YOU WILL SEE COMPARED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, I THINK THIS CHANGE WOULD PUT US ON PAR WITH OTHERS.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT, UM, REQUIRE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT ARE LAID OUT.
HOWEVER, I THINK THIS WOULD A, UM, BOLSTER DPDS ABILITY AS, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL IN THE FUTURE POLICE, UH, WORKFORCE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND SO I'LL STAND HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS, BUT AS YOU SAW WITHIN THE MEMO, UM, ALL WAS, UH, WAS LAID OUT IN TERMS OF OTHER CITIES THAT WE LOOKED AT, AS WELL AS WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS
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ARE.BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THE LANGUAGE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS WHAT'S ON YOUR, WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN, UM, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, MINUS THAT FOOTNOTE FROM THE ACTUAL RULE, UM, PROVISION, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET BACK ON THE GRID? CAN WE GET BACK ON, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO TOUCH A LAYOUT, UH, BOARD MEMBER GERBER.
SO MY ONE QUESTION IS, IS THERE A REASON WHY IT WAS THE OTHER WAY WITHOUT THIS AMENDMENT TO, 'CAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE ORIGINALLY THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT GIVEN TO THAT.
WELL, I THINK THAT OVER, QUITE HONESTLY, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE DONE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH OUR SWORN ENTRY LEVEL SWORN FIRE, AS WELL AS ENTRY LEVEL, UM, POLICE.
I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THE JOB MARKET AND, AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THE CAREER ATTRACTIVE TO THE NEXT GENERATION, WHAT WE'RE NOW LOOKING FOR IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A HIGH SCHOOL, UM, DIPLOMA OR GED AS WELL AS 36 MONTHS OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR NEAR NEIGHBOR IN FORT WORTH, UM, THEY, THEY REQUIRE A SIMILAR REQUIREMENT.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK, YOU KNOW, AT OUR COMPARATORS, EVEN AS WE LOOK DOWN, WILL WE ORDINARILY COMPARE OURSELVES TO AUSTIN JUST FROM A STATE BASIS, UM, THEY REQUIRE SOMETHING SIMILAR.
SO AS WE LOOK MORE BROADLY TO RECRUIT THE NEXT GENERATION OF POLICE, UM, AND FIRE FOR THAT MATTER, UM, ONE OF THE RULE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU ALL SUPPORTED THAT WE PUT FORWARD WAS ALLOWING THE ADDITIONAL PATH THROUGH THE TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ON THE FIRE SIDE THAT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE ACADEMICALLY READY AND OTHERWISE, UM, ABLE TO SIT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PARAMEDICS EXAM.
SO I THINK IN THIS VEIN, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FRESH OUT OF, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE AND SHOWS THAT PROMISE AND POTENTIAL, UM, TO PROTECT AND SER UM, UH, PROTECT AND SERVE ON, ON, ON OUR, ON OUR POLICE FORCE.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S BEHIND THAT.
AND AS YOU NOTICE BETWEEN, QUITE HONEST, BETWEEN ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR E, THOSE ARE THE MULTIPLE PATHS TO EMPLOYMENT, UM, BOARD MEMBER GERBER, UM, FOR ENTRY LEVEL POLICE.
AND SO THIS IS JUST EXPANDING ADDITIONAL, AN ADDITIONAL TRIBUTARY, I THINK, TO THAT EMPLOYMENT STREAM.
JARED, IF I COULD ADD ONE QUICK THING IS, AS, AS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBURBAN, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THIS IS NOT AT ALL UNUSUAL WITH SOME OF OUR COMPETITOR SUBURBAN CITIES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CHAIR.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, ORDINARILY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE, WE NORMALLY LOOK TO EL PASO, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THE JOB MARKET AND THE COMPETITION.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE GARLANDS AND THE ARLINGTONS AND THE OTHERS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY, NORMALLY SEE.
UM, WITHIN THIS BOARD MEMBER PID.
IS THIS APPLICABLE ALSO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT, AT, AT, AT, AT RIGHT NOW THIS A RULE AMENDMENT WOULD JUST APPLY TO, UH, POLICE.
WE'VE MADE SOME RECENT CHANGES, UM, I THINK A LITTLE BIT RIGHT BEFORE YOU CAME ON BOARD TO EXPAND, UM, THE PATHWAY FOR, FOR FIRE IN TERMS OF THEIR ENTRY LEVEL RECRUITMENT.
SO WE'VE KIND OF DONE, AT ONE TIME WE WERE DOING PROMOTIONAL EXPANSION FOR POLICE WHILE WE WERE LOOKING AT ENTRY LEVEL AT FIRE, THEN WE WERE LOOKING AT PROMOTION AT FIRE, AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ENTRY LEVEL, UM, AT, AT POLICE IN TERMS OF TAKING A LOOK AT THESE RULES.
SO JARED, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA GIVE AN A 19-YEAR-OLD WHO'S WORKED AT MCDONALD'S FOR THREE YEARS, A BADGE AND A GUN, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY MEET THIS CRITERIA? I MEAN, SO WHAT ARE THE STEPS? SO SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY MEETS THIS CRITERIA, WHAT ARE THE STEPS BETWEEN THIS AND THEN BEING ON THE STREET WITH A BADGE AND A GUN? SURE.
WE'RE JUST ESTABLISHING THE BASELINE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.
AND SO, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS THE THREE YEARS FULL-TIME, UM, WORK EXPERIENCE, WHEREVER THEY MAY HAVE GAINED THAT WORK EXPERIENCE, UM, PROVIDED THAT THEY MEET, YOU KNOW, 19 AND A HALF YEARS OLD, THEY'VE DEMONSTRATED ALL OF THAT.
ONCE THEY APPLY, THEN THEY GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND SCREENING PROCESS WHERE DPD LOOKS FOR THOSE BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS, LOOKS FOR THEIR FIT FOR JOB, FOR READINESS FOR THE JOB, AND ALL OF THE BACKGROUND SCREENING COMPONENTS.
AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE FOUND EVEN, YOU KNOW, QUALIFIED TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP, THEN YOU WOULD ENTER IN, YOU KNOW, YOU'D GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WHERE YOU'RE SITTING BEFORE A PANEL OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALSO SCREENING AND EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE FIT AND READY FOR, READY FOR
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THE OPPORTUNITY.AND THEN EVEN AFTER THAT, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY AND SUCCESSFULLY COME THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY WHERE YOU ARE NOT ONLY GETTING, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY FIT, BUT OTHERWISE, UM, UM, PREPARED AND EDUCATED ON, ON, ON HOW TO ENFORCE, ENFORCE THE LAW AND PROTECT AND PROTECT OUR, OUR INTEREST HERE IN THE, IN THE CITY.
AND SO I THINK THERE ARE MULTIPLE HURDLES, IF YOU WILL, BEFORE A 19 AND A HALF YEAR OLD TO USE YOUR EXAMPLE, UH, WITH THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, UM, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, DEPUTIZING THEM AND PUTTING THEM ON THE STREET AS YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED.
SO, UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE HURDLES AND I THINK AS WE LOOK AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND CITIES, I THINK THEY'VE ALSO GIVEN PROBABLY THAT SOME CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
IF I COULD, IF I COULD ADD ONE THING TOO.
ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM THE ACADEMY, ASSUMING THEY PASS ALL THE BACKGROUND TESTS, THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS, GONE THROUGH THE INTERVIEWS, PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST AND THE ACADEMY, THEN, THEN THEY THEN GO THROUGH THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE EVALUATED ON THE JOB AS WELL.
THEY'RE NOT OUT ON THE STREET BY THEMSELVES IMMEDIATELY AT, UPON GRADUATION FROM THE ACADEMY.
SO, UM, AND JARED, CAN I ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION? AND THIS IS, THIS IS WITH THE BLESSING OF THE DPD AND THE ASSOCIATIONS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
NO, THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT TELECOMMUNICATORS AND WE'RE IN LOCKSTEP AND WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND THE POOL, UM, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER, UH, QUALITY OF CANDIDATE ON, ON THE BACKSIDE.
SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, THIS IS, THIS HAS HAD INPUT IN, I THINK ALL ON BOARD WITH, UH, TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION IN ORDER TO EXPAND THAT POLL.
MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR JARED ABOUT THIS? OKAY, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I, I'M GONNA NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.
I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I CAN'T SEE ANYONE ON MY SCREEN WHO'S WANTING TO SPEAK, SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS.
BUT, UH, WE'RE TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CURRENT CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? AND AGAIN, I'M SORRY, I, I JUST SEE THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.
IF THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND WE, WE'LL TURN THE MIC OVER TO THEM FOR A BIT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ANA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF WHO IS ON, IN, IN THE QUEUE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY.
OKAY, SO THE TIME IS NOW 9 47 AND WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, WE ARE BRIEFING OUR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. ONE OF THEM WAS TO BRIEF PROPOSED CIVIL SERVICE ROYAL REVISION REVISION, AMENDING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINEE POLICE OFFICER.
JARED, I THINK WE'VE JUST DONE THAT.
HAVE WE NOT? YEAH, WE, WE'VE DONE THE ONLY, THE ONE.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN.
ONE ONLY THING I'LL ADD, IF, IF I MAY, THE O THE ONE ONLY THING I, I I'LL ADD AND, AND SPARE YOU THAT, THAT PORTION OF THE SLIDESHOW, UM, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PENDING YOUR APPROVAL TODAY.
UM, WHAT WE WILL DO FROM HERE IS WE WILL TAKE, UM, THE, UM, AMENDED RULES FROM YOU ALL, MOVE TO A COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL AND OF COURSE BRIEF THAT COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL SO THEN WE CAN MOVE TO A FULL COUNCIL.
IT IS MY HOPE AND GOAL THAT, UM, IF IT'S YOU ALL'S PLEASURE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND WE'RE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS, IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THIS IN PLACE NO LATER THAN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE NEW YEAR IN, YOU KNOW, IN 2025, UM, WITHIN THAT FIRST QUARTER.
SO WE CAN START TO EXPAND THAT APPLICANT POOL AND START DEALING WITH APPLICANTS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE MEET THAT.
SO THAT'S MY LONG WAY OF SEEING.
UM, THE HOPE IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THIS LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER THROUGH COUNSEL, UM, AND APPROVED.
AND SO THOSE WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING TODAY.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, THE ENVELOPES BEFORE YOU.
UHHUH,
UH, BUT DANIEL WILL BE TAKING, UH, THE PLACE OF SUZANNE AND, UH, I GUESS SUZANNE CAME IN MOST OF OUR MEETINGS.
AND, UH, DANIEL IS POPPING UP ON THE SCREEN NOW.
THERE'S, JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO DANIEL.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THREE YEARS AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM WITH US IF WE, AND YOU MAY SEE A PICTURE OF HIM.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO ASSIST THE BOARD.
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UM, OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS IS TRIAL BOARD HEARINGS, ROTATIONAL SCHEDULE.ANNA, IF YOU WOULD BRING UP THE BOARD PRESENTATION AND WE CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE ROTATIONAL SCHEDULE.
UM, WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT PRESENTATION, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH COVERED WHAT WAS IN THE TOP PORTION.
UM, WE ARE OUR TRIAL BOARD ROTATIONAL SCHEDULE.
I'LL, I'LL JUST USE BOARD MEMBER COLE AS, AS A REFERENCE.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT USED TO LOOK.
UM, BUT I, I DID WANT TO BRING THIS UP, UM, TO YOU ALL TO SHOW WE ARE, WE HAVE TWO THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING WITH.
SO OUR HEARING REQUEST, SO WE HAVE TWO THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING IN TERMS OF TRIAL BOARD HEARING, UM, ASSIGNED TO BOARD MEMBER GER.
AND WE'RE WAITING ON TO HEAR BACK FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, BOARD MEMBER AL, WE HAVE YOU.
UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING THAT.
AND SO WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU VERY SOON TO NAIL DOWN SOME DATES AS IT RELATES TO THAT.
AND THEN ON OUR ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE HEARINGS, WE ARE PRETTY ALL, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL SCHEDULED OUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING TO NAIL DOWN THE, THE SCHEDULING DATES AND GET EVERYBODY, UM, ON ONE PAGE AS IT RELATES TO MR. RUIZ AND SO, OR MS. RUIZ.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL AND STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
AND AS YOU SEE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SCHEDULED OUT ON A LJ HEARINGS THROUGH THE END OF THE, THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR JUST ABOUT.
SO, MR. CHAIR, UM, LEMME LOOK.
I DON'T SEE THAT IS QUITE A FEW A LJ HEARINGS.
UM, ON, ON THE TRIAL BOARDS, WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY ARE INVOLVED IN, WE HAVE ENNI IN OCTOBER, SO THAT'S ABOUT THREE WEEKS LOWER, THREE WEEKS AWAY.
UM, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ON MS ON THE HARVEY CURTIS TRIAL BOARD HEARING.
WE RECEIVED THAT A MONTH AGO, MORE THAN A MONTH AGO.
WE STILL DON'T HAVE A HEARING DATE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW.
SO AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT MR. CHAIR TO NAIL DOWN ALL THE MOVING PARTS AND MAKE SURE THAT, SO OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A FINAL DATE THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
AND SO HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH IF I BRING THIS BACK, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF WHAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED OUT.
WELL, I'M, I'M ENCOURAGED BY, BY THE FACT THAT WE DON WE ONLY HAVE THREE PENDING TRIAL BOARDS BECAUSE A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WAS ABOUT 15 OR 18 BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THESE SEEM TO BE KIND OF THE NORMAL PRO, THE NORMAL PROGRESS OF, OF, OF, OF HEARINGS.
AND FOR, UH, BRIDGET, PAM, AND CHRIS, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
YOU HAVE THOSE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS IN ALL LIKELIHOOD.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE ON, ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SORRY NOT TO SEE KYLE ON HERE.
WE'VE HAD KYLE ON HERE FOR SO MANY, SO MANY OF THESE HERE.
AND THANK YOU KYLA, AND ENJOY THE TIME OFF.
I'M HAPPY TO GIVE MY, MY HEARING TO KYLA.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAVE A HEARING THAT, THAT GOT RESCHEDULED AND IS NOT, OR GOT CANCELED AND IS NOT ON HERE.
DID THAT JUST RESOLVE? WHICH, WHICH WAS IT? MY, MY APOLOGIES.
I I COULD DO SOME RESEARCH AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
SO IT WAS, UM, CHRISTOPHER HESS.
I SIGNED AN, I SIGNED AN ORDER OF CONTINUANCE AT THE 1ST OF AUGUST, AND SO I WAS EXPECTING THAT TO BE RESCHEDULED.
LET ME, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME TRACK DOWN EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS AND, AND LET YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SORRY, MAY BE JUST A OVERSIGHT ON MY PORSCHE.
IF IT GOES AWAY, IT GOES AWAY.
OKAY, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TRACK IT DOWN.
BUT JARED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING THIS.
I, IT, IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE EVEN IF WE HAVE ONE MORE TO GO, WE ONLY HAVE FOUR, UH, MOST FOUR ON THIS, ON THE HORIZON, SO THAT IS, THAT IS GREAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR JARED ON THIS? OKAY, WELL THAT WILL TAKE US TO DEPARTMENTAL UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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TO SHARE WITH YOU JUST A COUPLE UPDATES.AS I TOLD YOU LAST MONTH, WE WERE ROUNDING OUT THE MONTH AND SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO START THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
TODAY ACTUALLY BEGINS THE NEW FISCAL YEAR AT CITY HALL.
SO, UH, UM, SO DALLAS COUNTY, UM, JUDGE CLAY JENKINS, YOUR HIRED JOB FAIR, WE ATTENDED AND SUPPORTED ON THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER WITH 2,700 JOB SEEKERS.
AND THAT WAS MANY DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS, UM, THE CITY BEING ONE OF THE EMPLOYERS.
UM, BUT, BUT OF COURSE MANY DIFFERENT, UM, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC EMPLOYERS THERE.
UM, AT THAT COUNTYWIDE JOB FAIR, DPD COMMUNICATIONS, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH DPD TO STAFF AND RECRUIT AND OUR DPD COMMUNICATIONS, NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS.
AND SO WE HAD ANOTHER, UM, EVENT ON THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER WITH 11 JOB SEEKERS AND ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE INTERVIEWED.
AND THEN DWU, WE DID AN EVENT ON THE 12TH AND THE 26TH.
UM, IT WAS AN EMPLOYEE TRAINING EVENT HERE, UM, HELD IN, IN OUR EXAM ROOM AND, UM, OVER 40 EMPLOYEES ATTENDED.
WE'VE ANNOUNCED OUR SENIOR CORPORAL EXAM, THAT SHOULD BE, I BELIEVE THAT POSTING HAS RECENTLY CLOSED.
AND SO WE'LL BE EVALUATING THOSE SUBMISSIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT'S SUPPLIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROMOTIONAL UM, EVENT ARE QUALIFIED.
AND UM, I THINK I SHARED WITH YOU LAST MONTH KIND OF OUR TENTATIVE PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE, WHICH, UM, CONTEMPLATES WHEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY DELIVER THIS IN YOUR CORPORAL EXAM.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, FOR THIS MONTH, BUT I'LL STAND FOR ANY, FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE.
I KNOW THIS IS GONNA SHOCK YOU, BUT I HAVE ONE NO
UM, I WAS WONDERING, CAN WE DO THIS A SIMILAR PROGRAM OR A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS SO WE KNOW FIRSTHAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO IF YOU COULD SEND OUT THE, LIKE THE CLAY JENKINS, YOUR HIRED FAIR, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ATTEND SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO THAT WE SEE WHAT THE PROCESS IS MOST CERTAINLY.
LET ME, LET ME WORK WITH THAT.
I KNOW THAT, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN PART, LET ME TAKE THAT BACK UP AGAIN.
I THINK THAT THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY EXISTS FOR OUR PROMOTIONAL EXAM PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, SO I I, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
LET ME, LET ME MAKE MYSELF A, A NOTE ON THAT.
CAN I JUST ASK A RANDOM QUESTION? OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE PARTICIPATED ON LOTS OF JOB FAIR EVENTS, SOMETIMES JUST THE CITY AND THIS OBVIOUSLY WITH THE COUNTY AND OTHER, I I ASSUME SOME PRIVATE EMPLOYERS AS WELL.
I MEAN, IT, IT, TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE'VE HAD GOOD SUCCESS IN FINDING FOLKS.
I KNOW WE, WE HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THESE JOB FAIRS AND WE MAKE OFFERS ON, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE SPOT.
AND SO THAT, THAT SEEMS VERY GOOD COMPARED TO THE OLD DAYS WHEN THERE'D BE A POSTING AND YOU JUST WAITED FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY.
DO WE, DO WE GET MOST APPLICANTS THROUGH JOB FAIRS AND THAT FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION? OR DO WE STILL GET 'EM KIND OF THE OLD FASHIONED WAY WHERE PEOPLE WOULD SEE A POSTING ONLINE AND CONTACT US? I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONSTANTLY EVALUATE AND TRY TO WORK WITH HIRING DEPARTMENTS TO GET BETTER AT.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT IT, SO I DISTINGUISH, AND I, AND I'VE OFTEN SAID THIS, I DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A JOB FAIR AND A HIRING EVENT.
A JOB FAIR IS JUST KIND OF TO GATHER INTEREST TO JUST GENERALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THE MARKETPLACE, TO SHARE WHAT YOUR OPPORTUNITY IS.
I, I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF HIRING EVENTS WHERE YOU HAVE SPECIALIZED POSITIONS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO MOVE TOWARDS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE ADVERTISE ONLINE THAT WE'RE HIRING, HIRING EVENT ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 FOR THESE POSITIONS APPLY.
AND SO THAT WAY WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER, WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS WE'RE INTERVIEWING IN FRONT OF HIRING MANAGERS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET OFFERS OUT THE DOOR IN ORDER TO GET THOSE POSITION STAFF.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT HAS BEEN OUR STRONGEST SUIT AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH ON THE SPOT OFFERS.
UM, BUT I THINK BOTH HAVE VALUE, RIGHT? SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT ADVERTISING AND GATHERING INTEREST AND, AND SHARING.
WE'RE IN FAIR ENVIRONMENT, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIAGNOSTIC AND PRECISE IN SAYING, THESE ARE THE ACTUAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR THESE POSITIONS.
AND WE ADVERTISE WITH SOME INTENTIONALITIES SCREEN WITH THAT SAME INTENTIONALITY AND EXTEND OFFERS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE AND SOMETIMES WE DO BETTER THAN OTHERS.
UM, AND EVEN IN CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN CERTAIN MARKETS, RIGHT? WE TRY TO GO IN AND PARTNER WITH THIS GROUP AND WE MAY SEE A RESULT THAT'S BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED OR, OR, OR, OR WORSE THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
SO I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S THAT CONSTANT LOOP.
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WANT TO DO AND DO AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS TO SAY, WE WENT A LOT OF PLACES OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT WHAT, WHAT WAS BENEFICIAL? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT TRANSLATED INTO TRUE HIRES AND HOW DO WE GET BETTER AT THAT? AND THEN EXPAND THAT FOOTPRINT WHERE THAT MAKES SENSE.AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S THE ONGOING WORK, I THINK IN THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT LOOP.
I I THINK THAT'S BEEN VERY, THE, THE HIRING OF THIS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JARED ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
OUR ACTION ITEM TODAY IS ADOPT THE AMENDED CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
THE, THE, THE RULE THAT, THE AMENDED RULE THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.
UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE A MOTION IS MADE? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, REVISE THE REVISION TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER IN THE MEETING? SO MOVED.
AND WHO I WAS THAT, WAS THAT KYLE OR PAM? PAM.
IS THERE SECOND TO THE MOTION? SECOND LEO.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND AS IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.
THAT MEANS THERE ARE NONE IN OPPOSITION.
AND AGAIN, JARED, THIS WILL GO TO THE COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER AND TO THE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER FOR APPROVAL.
BARRING, I'M OFF, OFF AND RUNNING.
I'M OFF AND RUNNING WITH IT, SO APPRECIATE IT.
UM, ONE REMINDER FROM ANA, YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN YOUR GIFT DISCLOSURE FORMS FOR THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE DUE DUE.
NOW, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED THOSE OUT, PLEASE FILL THOSE OUT AND GET THOSE INTO HER.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NOVEMBER 12TH MEETING, UM, IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE CANCELED THE DECEMBER MEETING JUST BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, I, WE HAVEN'T, I GUESS WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN NOVEMBER, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS TO, TO THAT MARATHON MEETING IN DECEMBER, UH, I WILL PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THAT AS WELL.
UNLESS Y'ALL REALLY WANT TO MEET, IN WHICH CASE WE CAN, WE CAN MEET.
UM, BUT UH, I KNOW JARED WILL BE WORKING ON FOR THE JANUARY MEETING.
IT SEEMS, SEEMS OUGHT TO BE THINKING ABOUT JANUARY, BUT HE'LL BE WORKING ON THE ANNUAL REPORT.
IS THAT IT'LL BE SOON TO BE THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.
AND WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT OF THAT AT OUR JANUARY MEETING TO REVIEW.
IF WE DO NOT MEET IN DECEMBER, IS THERE ANYTHING FURTH FURTHER? YEAH, I, I'D LIKE TO OFFER, UH, SINCE WE WOULDN'T BE MEETING IN DECEMBER, I'D BE HAPPY TO LIKE HOST A LITTLE PIZZA PARTY AT MY PLACE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHER, UH, FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
IF YOU WANNA DO A LUNCH OR A DINNER IF YOU WANT.
WELL, WHILE WE DO THIS, THAT, THAT IS VERY KIND OF YOU.
UM, JERRY, IF YOU WOULD, YOU, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND KIND OF FOLLOWING UP WITH PEOPLE AND I PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING IN DECEMBER ARE THE DATES
SO, UH, I I WILL, I WILL FOLLOW UP.
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN'T DISCUSS BUSINESS.
IT WON'T BE NO, BE NO BUSINESS BEING DISCUSSED.
DON'T WANNA VIOLATE THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND I CANCEL MY OFFER.
MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A TRIAL BOARD WITH A PIZZA PARTY.
ANYTHING FURTHER? WELL, LET ME THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING TODAY.
AND BETWEEN, BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE A, A BIG ELECTION.
SO I URGE EVERYBODY TO GO OUT AND VOTE, UH, ON NOVEMBER 5TH OR EARLIER IF YOU, IF YOU WISH.
SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND UH, UH, WE WILL SEE YOU IN A MONTH.