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5 Regular Meeting December 16, 1996 Page 5 because routinely that does occur. There is only one Captain whose oversight is the Patrol Division, and that one individual cannot work twenty-four hours a day. The other three Captains are assigned very specific responsibilities, including Criminal Investigation, Narcotics and Training. The intent of providing this Lieutenant position is to allow some supervisory overflow from the Captain responsible for the Patrol Division to those other shifts for which .~ that Captain cannot be present on a daily basis. We operate on a ( platoon management format, which simply means at any given time on various shifts there may be two or more shifts operating at a time, the Sergeant being the supervisory individual responsible for each platoon. This would bring some overall management uniformity to all the platoons operating during all shifts. Mr. Gilley stated there were management changes that occurred in 1988 when the Lieutenant positions were changed to Captains. A lot has occurred since then to warrant further revision of our management structure and practices. There has been a significant number of Police Officers added since then, as many as fifteen to twenty. Mr. Gilley thinks it is time to revisit the management structure, and recommended the Council approve this request. Ms. Hughson stated she does not know a lot about the Police structure and thinks Mr. Guerrars statement about waiting for the strategic plan makes a lot of sense. Chief Kendrick stated the Lieutenant will report to the Captainr the Sergeants of the two shifts will report to the Lieutenant, and the day shift reports to the Captain. Mr. Gilley stated Civil Service Statutes require Council authorize the positionsr and stated this is a fundamental management issue and a good use of human resources of the Police Department. Mr. Gilley stated he does not know when the strategic plan will be completed. Mr. Hart stated he knows nothing regarding the management of the Police Department, but it appears top heavy. On roll call to deny the Ordinance, the following vote was recorded: AYE: Mihalkanin, Hughson, Hartr Guerra, Cox, Hernandez. NAY: Moore. ABSTAIN: None. Mayor Moore introduced for consideration adoption of a Resolution, the caption which was read as follows: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXASr AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF OFFICE SUPPLIES TO ¡ AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY¡ AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Moore advised two identical bids were receivedr and the City is required to hold a drawing to determine who the City will contract with. The two identical bids are from Boise Cascade Office Products of Austinr Texasr and Advanced Business Systems of San Marcosr Texas (48% discount). Boise Cascade Office Products was the bid selected from the drawing. Mr. Hernandez moved for adoption of the Resolution and to award the bid to Boise Cascade Office Products and Mr. Mihalkanin seconded the motionr which pá~sed unanimously. Mayor Moore introduced for consideration adoption of a Resolution, the caption which was read as follows: t A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXASr AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUBSTATION RECLOSERS TO ¡ AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY¡ AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City received two identical bids from Southway Electric Utility Servicer Inc. of Austin, Texas, and KBS Electrical Distributors, Inc. of Austinr Texas for an amount of $37r802.00. A drawing determined the award to Southway Electric Utility Service, Inc. Mr. Hernandez moved for adoption of the Resolution and to award the bid to Southway Electric Utility Service, Inc. and Mr. Guerra seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.