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AND WE DO HAVE A, A SHORT MEETING TODAY, I BELIEVE.
[Civil Service on February 3, 2026.]
UH, THE FIRST THING I'M GONNA CALL TO ORDER THE TIME IS NOW 9 51.I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE, UH, FEBRUARY MEETING ON THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
TODAY IS FEBRUARY 3RD, THAT'S 2020 SIXTH, AND WE'RE AT, AT JANUARY, UH, 9:51 AM UM, EMMA PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, SECOND ITEM, AGENDA APPROVAL MINUTES.
THESE WILL BE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 13TH, 2026 LETTER OF CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEETING.
UH, THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
ANYBODY, ANYBODY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? HEARING DONE? I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY, UH, 13TH, 2020 SIXTH, UH, UH, BOARD MEETING.
WAS THAT, WAS THAT REGINA? THAT REGINA? OKAY.
UH, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? HEARING? DONE? ALL IN FAVOR? YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA THIS MORNING.
UH, WE HAVE TWO, UH, ELIGIBILITY APPEAL HEARINGS, THREE HIGHER ELIGIBILITY APPEARING APPEAL HEARINGS, UH, THE FURTHER ONE.
AND, AND, AND MS. DANIELLE, I, IF YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I, IF I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECT CORRECTLY.
IS IT O'HARA? UH, CLOSE SRA O'HARA.
UH, SO OUR FIRST ITEM, HEARING ITEM TODAY IS TO RE HEAR THE REHIRE ELIGIBILITY APPEAL TO MS. O'HARA DANIEL, A FORMER EMPLOYEE IN THE BILLING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, MS. DANIEL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR WAITING PATIENTLY FOR US TO GET OUR WARRANT TODAY.
THANKS FOR, UH, I GUESS GIVING ME THE, THE, THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BE RE ELIGIBLE FOR REHIRE.
UM, LET ME EXPLAIN THIS BRIEFLY, UH, KIND OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS IS THE INFORMAL HEARING, UM, WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU WHY YOU WANNA COME BACK TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TELL US THROUGH THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING YOUR DEPARTURE FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND, UH, AND THEN AT THAT, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHEN YOU CONCLUDE, UH, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS, I'LL ASK THE BOARD IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, TO ASK OF YOU AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND ANY ANSWERS WE MAY GET FROM YOU, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE IT, WE'LL MAKE HAVE A VOTE ON WHETHER TO, UH, APPROVE YOUR ELIGIBILITY.
SO AGAIN, IT'S AN INFORMAL PROCESS.
SO, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FIRST? UH, NO.
I WOULD NEED YOU TO, I GUESS, REPEAT WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO EXPLAIN OR GO.
YEAH, I'D LIKE, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE, THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING YOUR SEPARATION FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND, UH, AND THEN WHY YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE HAVE THE LETTER THAT YOU WROTE.
WE HAVE THE LETTER, UH, AND THAT'S ON PACKET, AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS.
SO, AGAIN, THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING YOUR, YOUR DEPARTURE FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THE REASON WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, I GUESS THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT, UH, I GUESS, UH, HAD ME FROM, HAD ME LEAVING, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS MAINLY MY ATTENDANCE.
UH, I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR, I GUESS, MY ATTENDANCE AND NOT FOLLOWING THE ATTENDANCE POLICY, UM, WITH, UH, CONTINUING MY EMPLOYMENT, MOVING OVER TO DALLAS, ISD, UH, TAKING CARE OF STUDENTS, UH, REINFORCED MY COMMUNICATION, MY ATTENDANCE, AND MY, UH, I GUESS DOCUMENTATION JUST IN GENERAL.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL BE A, UH, GOOD SKILLS AND, UM, GOOD REINFORCEMENTS THAT I'VE DONE FOR MYSELF TO BRING BACK TO THE CITY OF DALLAS TO ADD A PROFESSIONAL, UM, A MORE PROFESSIONAL AND I GUESS, SORRY, GETTING A LITTLE TONGUE TIED, UH, UH, JUST TO BRING BACK, UH, PROFESSIONALISM TO THE WORKPLACE, FOLLOWING ALL THE POLICIES, ATTENDANCE, AND ALL OF THAT BEING A GOOD ASSET.
UM, WHY I WANT TO COME BACK, UH, WITH MY BACKGROUND.
UM, I, I GUESS I'M FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.
UM, I'VE WORKED FOR OTHER CITIES, UH, ALSO TDOT AND I JUST HAVE A THING FOR, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE.
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UH, HELPING OUT, UH, BEING A CITIZEN AND ALSO SERVING THE CITIZENS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I'M INTO AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING.WE'VE LOST MS. WALTON ON THE SCREEN.
IF SHE'S BACK, I, MS. WALL, IF YOU COULD WE GET YOUR PICTURE BACK ON THE SCREEN, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, WHILE MS. WALL IS, UH, TRYING TO GET BACK ON THE SCREEN, UH, UH, LET ME ASK AISHA, HOPE SHE CAN HEAR US AT THIS POINT.
MS. WALL, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOUR PHONE? UH, YOU, YOUR SCREEN? HMM.
SHE'S HAD SOME TECHNICAL, SHE'S JUST, LEMME KNOW.
UM, WELL, HOW ABOUT WE TAKE A SHORT RECESS, UH, LET'S SAY ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE RECESS WHILE WE TRY TO GET MS. WALTON BACK ON THE SCREEN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A FORUM PRESIDENT AT ALL TIME DURING OUR PRE, DURING, DURING OUR, OUR MEETING.
I HAVE 9:58 AM WIL WE'LL, UH, GAVEL BACK TO ORDER AT 10 0 3 AND WE'LL WORK WITH SOME OF THE TECHNICAL DETAILS.
THE, UM, MS. WALKER, WE SEE YOU.
UM, CAN YOU HEAR US? THUMBS UP, REGINA, CAN YOU SEE US? AND SHE'S SAYING HER LAPTOP IS HAVING SOME ISSUE.
DANIEL, HOW DOES IT WORK ON MUTE?
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I FEEL LIKE IT'S NEW YEAR'S EVE WHEN WE'RE DOING THE COUNTDOWN.WE'LL GET, GET BRIDGET BACK ON.
LET'S ROLL THROUGH, THROUGH THE, UH, MIRACLE OF TECHNOLOGY, I THINK WE'VE GOT THIS WORK OUT AT LEAST, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.
SO, UH, THE TIME THAT IT'S 10 0 3, WE'RE BACK AFTER OUR BRIEF RECESS DUE TO TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES.
UH, AND JUST BRING EVERYBODY UP TO DATE.
MS. DANIEL HAD PREPARED AND MADE COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, HER WORK FOR DISD AND GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHY SHE WANTED TO COME BACK TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M GONNA ASK THE BOARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DANIEL? I DO, YES, MA'AM.
MY, MY QUESTION IS, YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE DEVELOPED BETTER HABITS.
I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT HAS CHANGED IN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES OR HAS ANYTHING CHANGED IN YOUR SU UH, IN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU, ENABLE YOU TO HAVE A BETTER ATTENDANCE RECORD? UH, YES.
I, I GUESS, UH, REFERRING BACK TO WORKING WITH DISD, BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR STUDENTS EVERY DAY, IT MAY, IT, IT'S LIKE A NON-NEGOTIABLE OF, I GUESS, MISSING WORK.
SO YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BE THERE.
UH, I KNOW IT'S THINGS LIKE GETTING SICK OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT INSTILLED IN ME, LIKE, I HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS.
SO TO SHOW UP TO WORK, TO DO THE JOB, AND TO SUCCEED.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION, MS. NOW I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE, UH, YOUR SERVICE RECORD WITH DISD AND IT, AND IT SHOWS THAT YOUR SERVICE WAS BEEN CONCLUDED LAST YEAR IN 25 IN, UH, MAY OF 25.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING FROM MAY OF 25 TO THE PRESENT TIME? UH, I'VE BEEN, I GUESS, UM, AN ENTREPRENEUR.
I HAVE A BUSINESS CALLED DABS EATERY.
I'VE KIND OF BEEN RUNNING, UH, ALONG WITH SUBBING AS WELL.
UH, I STARTED BACK SUBBING, UH, LAST MONTH.
SO IT'S KIND OF, I GUESS A, A MIX OF THAT, OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND, UH, LITTLE SIDE GIGS.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MS. DANIEL? OKAY.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME THOUGH, THOUGH, UH, WE WILL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS MATTER.
CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, ALLOW MS. DANIELS TO APPLY AGAIN FOR, FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY.
AM I INCLUDED IN THAT OR NO? NO, NO, NO.
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OKAY.AND YOU CAN BE IN CONTACT WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
OUR NEXT IS, UH, TO TIME ON THE AGENDA IS TO HEAR THE REHIRE ELIGIBILITY APPEAL AT MR. UH, EDGAR MCNA, UH, FORMER EMPLOYEE IN THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
MR. MCNA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS MORNING.
WHILE WE'VE HAD OUR TECHNICAL ISSUES, UH, I, I, I THINK YOU HEARD ME EXPLAIN TO MI TO MS. DANIEL KINDA WHAT THE FORMAT WAS.
ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FORMAT? PLEASE ASK ME OR OTHERWISE WE'RE READY TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT, ABOUT THE REASONS FOR, FOR YOUR SEPARATION FROM THE CITY AND THE REASONS WHY YOU'D LIKE TO RETURN TO THE CITY.
UH, AS FAR AS MY REASONS FOR SEPARATION WITH THE CITY, I WAS WITH THE DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I WAS ALSO VERY YOUNG AT THE TIME.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME I ACTUALLY, I, UH, I WAS TAKING A DRUG TEST, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT WAS FOR MARIJUANA.
UH, AND THEN I JUST WAS UNPREPARED FOR IT.
AND THE THING THAT ACTUALLY GOT ME TERMINATED DURING THAT TIME, IT WASN'T THE FACT THAT I, UH, FAILED A DRUG TEST.
IT WAS THE FACT THAT I ATTEMPTED TO COVER IT UP.
UH, AND THEN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT WAS A LIFE LEARNING.
IT WAS A LIFE ALTERING LESSON.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE OF MY DREAMS TO BE BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS MY DAD WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GROWING UP.
SO IT WAS A DREAM JOB OF MINE.
UH, WHEN I LOST THAT, IT WAS AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE FOR ME, YOU KNOW, AND I USED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY GROW IN MY CAREER.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DEVELOPED A, WHEN I LEFT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LOST AN IDENTITY, SO I HAD TO ACTUALLY GROW, BECOME A PROJECT MANAGER, BECAME A TEACHER, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE OCCUPATIONS.
I JUST KEPT DEVELOPING AND GROWING ON.
UH, RECENTLY LAST YEAR, UH, 2025 IN AUGUST, I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING AS A PROJECT MANAGER, UH, MANAGER.
YOU KNOW, I DID PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST AS WELL.
UH, DURING THAT TIME, THEY ACTUALLY DID, MY COMPANY JUST HAD A FINANCIAL SETBACK, AND THAT WAS A HICCUP FOR ME.
AND I SAW A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, I THOUGHT I WOULD, I WOULD FIT VERY WELL FOR WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND I WANTED TO THROW MY HAT BACK INTO THE RING.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS I WANTED TO REAPPLY.
AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH I'VE GROWN AND DEVELOPED SINCE THAT TIME, UH, DURING THAT TIME SINCE I DEPARTED.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE, A FEW REASONS WHY I AM HERE TODAY.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'LL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO THE BOARD FOR ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
UH, AND MR. MACK, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR THE DOCUMENTATION YOU PRESENTED.
IT WAS, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL READING THROUGH THAT.
AND, UH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THE OTHER JOB ABOUT BEING, GETTING LAID OFF.
I KNOW THAT CERTAINLY WASN'T, THAT WAS BEYOND YOUR CONTROL, SO THANK YOU.
UH, HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, DO, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I AM, I, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, I'M SORRY, IS THE LAST NAME ANTHONY OR MC MCNA? UH, ANTHONY'S MY MIDDLE NAME.
SO EDGAR, ANTHONY, AND THEN MCNA IS GONNA BE MY LAST NAME AS WELL.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, SUPPORT MR. MCN AND HIS RE ELIGIBLE, HIS RE ELIGIBILITY FOR HIRE BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR AS RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
THE MOTION IS, THE MOTION IS UNANIMOUS IN THE BOARD CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MCAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND AGAIN, WE, I FATHER UNDERSTAND TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY YOU ENCOUNTER THIS MORNING, BUT IF YOU'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL KIND OF TAKE YOU FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME TOO, AS WELL, AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
MOTIONS, THE HEARINGS, EVERYTHING, MAN.
I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
YOU HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE DAY AND GOOD LUCK.
THAT
THE FIRST BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ITEM IS THE FISCAL YEAR 24, 25 ANNUAL REPORT WITH FEEDBACK AND UPDATES.
UH, AND, AND I I HOPE YOU ALL GOT A COPY OF THAT AND REVIEWED IT.
UM, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO JARED FOR ANY COMMENTS HE MAY HAVE ABOUT IT.
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UM, I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY.UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE CIRCULATED, UM, A DRAFT OF THE, A FINAL DRAFT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR EDITS.
UM, AS WE'VE CORRECTED THAT AND UPDATED, YOU SHOULD HAVE A FINAL COPY AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AND CIRCULATING BETWEEN OUR LAST TWO READY TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS.
AND SO, UM, WHAT YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR MATERIALS WOULD BE THE, UM, REPORT THAT UPON YOUR, UH, APPROVAL, WE DO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM SECTION, MR. CHAIR.
AND YOUR TRANSMITTAL, UH, MEMO, READY TO GO TO FILE THE CITY SECRETARY.
IF, IF, IF THE, IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE, OF THE BOARD BOARD MEMBERS, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR ISSUES? I KNOW I THINK WE'VE LOOKED AT IT A COUPLE TIMES, UH, SINCE LAST MONTH OR THIS MONTH OR SO.
AND, UH, UH, I'LL JUST MAKE MY COMMENT THAT I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ANNUAL REPORTS THAT ANY DEPARTMENT PROVIDES OR ANY, ANY BOARD COMMISSION PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S EASY TO READ, IT'S COLORFUL, UH, UH, AND I THINK IT'S VERY WELL DONE.
I SEE A COMMENT FROM MS. WALTON ABOUT, NO, NO ISSUES OR, UH, THANK YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS? NOT ABOUT, NOT ABOUT LAYOUT AND CATEGORIES.
I JUST HAVE STUFF WITH, UH, CONVERSION RATES, BUT THAT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT.
BRIDGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT IT? NO, I DON'T.
UH, I WANT, I'M GONNA MOVE UP THE ACTION ITEM ON THIS JUST SO WE CAN GET THAT, UH, KIND OF OUTTA THE WAY.
UH, SO I'M GONNA GO DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.
UM, UH, VOTE TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25 ANNUAL REPORT.
I MOTION FROM PAM ABOUT APPROVAL OF THE, THE 20 24 25 ANNUAL REPORT.
BY ME AND YOU? IT'S ME AND YOU.
AND ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE MOTION? HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY AYE.
AND I THINK THAT IS A FOUR OH VOTE APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR BRIEFLY AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. UH, LEMME JUST SAY ON THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT JARED HAS ASKED, PUT, PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS AND, AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION THAT, THAT HIM TO HIS TEAM, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH, THERE'S LOTS, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA IN HERE, AND IT'S COMPILED, IT'S REVIEWED, UH, AND, AND IT CHANGES A LITTLE BIT YEAR FROM HERE.
I, THE NUMBERS CHANGE YEARS FROM HERE, BUT JUST THE INFORMATION THAT'S PRESENTED, I THINK IT REALLY OUTLINES THE MISSION OF CIVIL SERVICE, WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE, UH, AND SOME AREAS WHERE WE CAN SEE THE AREA WE'VE DONE WELL, AREAS WE NEED TO GET, HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN PERHAPS.
BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT'S JUST AN EXCELLENT WORK PRODUCT.
AND, UH, IT'S KIND OF A BLESSING TO ME THAT WE COME IN HERE, JARED SENDS OUT A COUPLE DRAFTS OR WHATEVER, PEOPLE WERE PROVIDING COMMENTS.
AND I KNOW I, I'VE PROVIDED COMMENTS A COUPLE TIMES.
AND, UH, SO WE GET THIS AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A, IT'S JUST A FINISH PRODUCT WHEN WE, WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR US TO APPROVE THIS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THIS.
SO I, I WANT TO JUST GO ON THE RECORD.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REPORT THAT'S EXCELLENT.
AND IT COULD, IT'S, IT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE EXCELLENCE THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED OVER THE YEARS IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT.
LET ME JUST SAY, YEARS AGO OUR ANNUAL REPORT WAS ALL TYPEWRITTEN AND IT WAS 40 TO 50 PAGES LONG, AND IT WAS, UM, I WOULD GUARANTEE YOU, WE NO ONE, I GUARANTEE NO ONE'S READ THAT FROM COVER TO COVER.
SO, SO THIS IS A, IS A, A DRAMATICALLY, UH, IMPROVED PROCESS.
THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD IS TWO THINGS.
AND SECONDLY, JARED, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, I WILL SAY WHOLEHEARTEDLY MAKE ME PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS BOARD.
AND, UM, THANK YOU, UM, BOARD MEMBER GERBER.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND I ARE ON TO HAVE SOME OTHER CONVERSATION, UH, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
AND SO I, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT CONVERSION, UH, AND SOME OF THE DATA SPECIFICS, BUT NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, IT IS THE, IT'S THE, IT IS THE COMBINED EFFORT OF EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM WHO PULLS TOGETHER, UH, TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR DEDICATION AND THEIR PROFESSIONALISM YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I SHARE YOUR REMARKS AND SENTIMENTS WITH, WITH THE
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TEAM AS WELL.'CAUSE IT DOES TAKE, YEAH, IT TAKES EVERYONE'S TIME.
OUR NEXT MINUTES ON THE AGENDA, GOING BACK TO A BRIEFING DISCUSSION, ITEMS ARE SWORN PROMOTION, PROMOTION, FORECAST, AND DEPARTMENT UPDATES.
UM, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT A WHOLE LOT HERE.
WHAT I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW IS BE ABLE TO JUST TELL YOU THAT, UM, I, I LIKE TO EVERY SO OFTEN JUST GIVE YOU A FORECAST OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN TERMS OF OUR PROMOTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OUR SNORING SERVICE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK ON THE, THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU, UM, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE FINISHED, UM, AS OF CHRISTMAS EVE, UM, THE, UH, SENIOR CORPORAL FINAL SCORES ARE POSTED.
SO WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE PROMOTIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BE COMPLETE IN, IN, IN THAT AREA.
SO NOW WE'VE ALSO TURNED OUR ATTENTION IN THE NEXT SLIDE TO, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH, OR JUST MOST RECENTLY WORKED THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT WE SUPPORT FIRE OPERATIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE NOTICING IN YOUR REPORT, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE FIRE PREVENTION OR FIRE INSPECTION, UH, PROMOTIONS.
NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE OPERATIONS SIDE, WHICH OF COURSE INVOLVE A, UM, A LOT MORE INDIVIDUALS, UM, PER TOUCH.
BUT WE'VE MOVED THROUGH SECTION CHIEF, LIEUTENANT AND WRITTEN EXAM.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR ASSESSMENT CENTERS AND OUR WRITTEN EXAMS. AND SO WE AS, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CONVENTION CENTER IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION.
AND SO WE ARE HAVING TO FIND ALTERNATE LOCATIONS TO HOST MANY OF THESE, UM, WRITTEN EXAMS. AND THE ASSESSMENT CENTERS, WE HAVE PRELIMINARILY IDENTIFIED SPACE AT FAIR PARK FOR OUR WRITTEN EXAMS. AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING TO FINALIZE OUR PLANS FOR OUR LIEUTENANT ASSESSMENT CENTER, BUT I'M WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CONVENTION, UM, CENTER DEPARTMENT TO HELP US WITH THIS TRANSITION AS THE CONVENTION CENTER.
UM, ROOMS ARE OFFLINE RIGHT NOW, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS TO SOLIDIFY THOSE DATES SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THOSE AND SUPPORT, UM, THE FIRE OPERATIONS SIDE AS WE ROUND OUT THEIR, THEIR, UH, PROMOTIONS.
UM, IN THE SPIRIT OF PROMOTIONS AND, AND FORECAST, I'LL JUST SIMPLY SAY STAYING TRUE MR. MOORE TO, TO OUR AGENDA ITEM.
UM, YOU CAN EXPECT ME TO COME BACK WITH SOME BENCHMARKING AND SOME OTHER THINGS AS WE LOOK AT PROMOTIONAL NEEDS FOR BOTH, UM, FOR POLICE AND FIRE IN TERMS OF, UM, CIVIL SERVICE RULES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO I'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ALL WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
I'M WORKING THROUGH THAT CURRENTLY NOW.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT PLUG IN.
UM, NOW AS, AS, AS THAT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
I'M NOT FINDING THOSE DOCUMENTS.
UM, IS THAT IN THE ANNUAL REPORT? WHERE IS THAT? I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CIRCULATE THE SCORECARD AND THOSE DOCUMENTS TO EVERYONE JUST FOLLOWING THIS.
IF YOU HAD IT NOW THAT I, NOW THAT I THINK BY YOUR QUESTION I THINK, YEAH, I DON'T REPORT WAS, UH, AGENDA MATERIAL.
THIS IS JUST IN PRESENTATION, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE, UM, BOARD MEMBER GERBER, THAT YOU GET THOSE, THAT FORECAST AS WELL AS WHAT'S BEFORE YOU NOW, WHICH ARE OUR QUARTER ONE, UM, SCORECARD, UM, WHICH WAS INTENDED TO BE IN THE AGENDA MATERIAL.
SO WE'LL MAKE MAKE SURE GET THAT.
YOU ALREADY MAKE ME FEEL BETTER BECAUSE I'M THINKING AM I OUTTA MY MIND? 'CAUSE I WAS, I READ IT AND THEN I'M GO AND I WAS REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF FOR, YOU KNOW, MY TECHNOLOGICAL HANDICAP.
UH, SO YOU MAY, I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW.
OKAY, YEAH, I'LL GO MAKE SURE YOU GET IT.
AND SO BEFORE YOU, AS OUR FIRST QUARTER, OF COURSE I HEARD OUR Q1 STARTED OCTOBER ONE AND RAN THROUGH THE 31ST OF DECEMBER.
UM, HERE'S HOW WE ARE TRACKING.
YOU'LL NOTICE QUARTER OVER QUARTER, THESE NUMBERS, UM, WILL CHANGE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME, UM, BOARD MEMBER WALTON HAS SEEN THIS QUARTER, UH, QUARTER SCORECARD.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, I'LL JUST SAY IN TERMS OF ORIENTATION, UM, TO, TO, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE CHARTER DRIVEN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS BOARD AND THIS BODY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY QUARTER I'M PROVIDING YOU ALL WITH THOSE KEY METRICS ON WHAT ARE WE DELIVERING ON.
AND SO IN TERMS OF REQUISITION MANAGEMENT, HOW MANY REQUISITIONS ARE WE PROCESSING? HOW QUICKLY ARE WE MOVING TOWARDS OUR CHILD AND HIGHER GOAL? WHICH IN THE END ALL FEEDS INTO THE DATA THAT WE SEE IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT.
IF YOU LOOK OVER AT ASSESSMENT AND TESTING, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS TESTS ARE WE ADMINISTERING TO CIVILIAN AND TO MENTION TO THE SWORN.
AND THEN ALSO AROUND UNIFORM PROMOTION.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT PROMOTIONAL FORECAST, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA
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MAKE SURE IS WE KEEP HEALTHY, ACTIVE, ROBUST LIST, UH, FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO, FROM WHICH TO PROMOTE.AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ACTIVITY IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER IN OUR TALENT OUTREACHES.
WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND LINKEDIN IMPRESSIONS AND, AND THOSE THINGS.
AND WHAT TYPES OF HIRING EVENTS ARE WE PARTICIPATING IN? RECRUITMENT EVENTS ARE WE PARTICIPATING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DRIVING INDIVIDUALS, UM, IN TERMS OF TALENT POOLS AND SOURCING INDIVIDUALS TO, TO OUR OPEN OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO WE PROVIDE THIS EVERY QUARTER.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND I CAN DISCUSS IT IN MORE DETAIL WITH ANY OR ALL OF YOU ALL, UM, AS YOU NEED, WE'LL, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THAT TODAY.
I THINK THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE FORECAST WAS AFFECTED BY LAST WEEK'S FORECAST.
YES, YES, WE DID HAVE TO PUSH SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES BACK, UM, DUE TO, DUE TO THE WEATHER, WEATHER.
BUT FORTUNATELY WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PLANNED ASSESSMENT CENTERS AND, UH, EXAMS ON EITHER OF THE DAYS WE EXPERIENCED THE, THE HEAVY WEATHER.
SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.
WHERE, WHERE WE, WE HAD TO PUSH SOME ACTIVITIES OUT, BUT THEY WERE FINER IN, IN, IN COMPARISON TO WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN.
SO, SO WE'RE, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL IN THAT REGARD.
UM, JUST QUICK UPDATES AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE SHARE THESE AS WELL.
THE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN THREE WE'RE REALLY SUPPORTING AND, AND ATTEMPTING TO SUPPORT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HIRING EVENTS AND PARTICULARLY AROUND COMMUNICATION.
SO 9 1 1 DISPATCHER AND POLICE REPORTS REPRESENTATIVE ARE POLICE COMMUNICATIONS, UM, POSITIONS.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY ATTEMPTING TO SUPPORT, UH, AND STRATEGIZE WITH THEM AROUND THAT.
AND YOU'LL SEE ACTIVITIES THERE.
WE ALWAYS ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO, UM, OUR WORKFORCE CENTERS AND PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AND SO WE HAD A HOW TO APPLY EVENT AT THE REDBIRD WORKFORCE CENTER.
AS YOU SEE HERE, OUR UNIFORM PROMOTION ACTIVITY, WE'RE SUPPORTING ALMOST 200 CANDIDATES.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WE WELCOME TWO NEW TEAM MEMBERS.
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER OR SINCE THE LAST TIME I PROVIDED YOU WITH THIS UPDATE, I SHOULD PROBABLY SAY MR. ROBERTO GARCIA, WHO IS OUR TEST VALIDATION SPECIALIST, DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND, UM, HOW WE SUPPORT POLICE AND FIRE IN TERMS OF PROMOTIONAL EXAMS AND THE VALIDITY OF THOSE TESTING EXAMS. UM, IO PSYCHOLOGISTS JOINING US WE'RE, UM, VERY, UH, FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM AWARD.
AND THEN WE HAVE MISS REGINA GRAY, WHO'S AN INTERNAL TRANSFER TO ANOTHER FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT HERE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TWO SPECIALIST, UM, WITH A WEALTH OF INTERNAL CITY OF DALLAS, UM, EXPERIENCE THAT REALLY HELPS US DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO, UH, WELCOME THEM ABOARD IN TERMS OF TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MR. CHAIR THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT I'M WHAT I'VE FLOWN THROUGH? OKAY, THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JARED? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
I THINK OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 3RD.
WE ALL SURVIVED THE WINTER WEATHER OF 2026 AND UH, I FEEL CONFIDENT BY MID EARLY MARCH WE WON'T HAVE SIMILAR WEATHER.
SO, SO THANK YOU ALL TODAY FOR BEING HERE.
AND UH, THE TIME IS 10 24 AND WE STAND ADJOURNED.