Res 112-2020 Meet & Confer Alternate Hiring 12.01.2020 12/1/2020Resolution No. 112-2020
Resolution approving an agreement under the Meet and Confer
process to alter the recruiting and hiring process for the Wichita Falls
Police Department
WHEREAS, the Wichita Falls Police Department wishes to fill Police Department
vacancies with quality applicants in the most expeditious manner possible; and,
WHEREAS, under the State Civil Service Statute, the Civil Service Director cannot
administer an entry-level examination until the current eligibility list expires or is
exhausted and only one eligibility list can be in effect at one time; and,
WHEREAS, a Meet and Confer Agreement between the City and the Wichita Falls
Police Officers' Association allows the Civil Service Director to administer multiple entry-
level examinations and create eligibility list for each examination; and,
WHEREAS, for public safety, the Wichita Falls Police Officers' Association wishes
to have vacancies filled as quickly as possible; and,
WHEREAS, the Wichita Falls Police Association conducted a secret ballot election
in which the majority of the Police Officers favored ratifying the Meet and Confer
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
1. The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, approves the attached Meet
and Confer Agreement between the City and the Wichita Falls Police Officers'
Association.
2. The new Agreement will go into effect immediately and will remain in effect for
five (5) years or unless and until either the City or the Association wishes to terminate the
agreement in writing upon 90 days' notice.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1st day of December, 2020.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT TO MODIFY SECTION 143.025 OF THE TEXAS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE (MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE) AND SECTION 143.025
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS' CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR CREATION
AND MAINTENANCE OF MULTIPLE ELIGIBILITY LISTS FOR BEGINNING
POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made pursuant to Section 142.059 of the Texas Local
Government Code, memorializing an agreement previously made by and between the
city of Wichita Falls and the Wichita Falls Police Officers' Association.
Section 1. INTENT. The Parties agree to modify the hiring process as specified in
Section 143.025 of the Texas Local Government Code for entry-level positions in the
Wichita Falls Police Department to allow the City to recruit and place a sufficient
number of applicants in the Wichita Falls Police Training Academy.
Section 2. ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN ENTRY-LEVEL EXAMINATIONS. The
Civil Service Director may initiate multiple examination processes before the current
eligibility list expires or is exhausted. The Police Department must exhaust the most
current eligibility list before hiring any candidates from the next eligibility list.
Section 3. SUNSET PROVISIONS. This Agreement shall remain in effect for five (5)
years from the date of ratification by the City Council unless either Party requests
termination of this Agreement with 90 days' written notice.
Section 4. AGREEMENT SUPERCEDES SECTION 143.025 of the Texas Local
Government Code and the City of Wichita Falls Firefighter and Police Officers'
Civil Service Commission Rules and Regulations to the extent necessary to
implement this agreement.
SIGNED this Z�l day of November, 2020.
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TE
By: l
WICHITA FALLS POLICE OFFICERS'
ASSOCAATION
PresidInt, Wichita As Police