Res 040-2023 Agreement Under Meet and Confer for Creation of Eligibility Lists for Beginning Positions 04/04/2023 Resolution No. 40-2023
Resolution approving an agreement under the Meet and Confer
process to allow for creation and maintenance of multiple eligibility
lists for beginning positions in the Police Department
WHEREAS, the Wichita Falls Police Department wishes to fill Police Department
vacancies with qualified 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
WHEREAS, a Meet and Confer Agreement between the City and the Wichita
Falls Police Officers' Association allows the Civil Service Director to create multiple
eligibility lists to run concurrently; one list for entry level applicants and one list for
qualified Lateral Peace Officers; and,
WHEREAS, for public safety, the Wichita Falls Police Officers' Association
wishes to have vacancies filled as quickly as possible.
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 three (3) years or unless and until either the City or the Association wishes to
terminate the agreement in writing upon 60 days' notice.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 4th day of April 2023.
/ MAYOR
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 and have concurrent
eligibility lists, one list for entry level Peace Officers and one list for qualified, lateral Peace
Officers. For entry level applicants, the Police Department must exhaust the most current
eligibility list before hiring entry level candidates from the next entry level eligibility list. The
qualified,lateral Peace Officers can be hired from the lateral eligibility list prior to exhausting the
entry level eligibility list.
Section 3. SUNSET PROVISIONS.This Agreement shall remain in effect for three(3)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 rAday of March,2023.
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS XAS WICHITA FALLS POLICE OFFICERS'
ASSOCIATION
By: i )q, • ./City a Preside ir ichita Falls Police
Officers' Association