Res 2019-141/approving a Meet and Confer Agreement between the San Marcos Police Officers’ Association and the City of San Marcos

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Proposed 2019-2022 Meet and Confer Agreement Between the San Marcos Police Officers' Association and the City of San Marcos, Texas ARTICLE 12 PROMOTIONS Section 1. Eligibility for Promotion: A. Police Corporal: 1. Eligibility: a. An Officer is not eligible for promotion to the classification of Police Corporal unless the Officer has served in the Department in the next lower classification for at least four years immediately before the police corporal promotional examination date. b. If there are not at least two Police Officers with 4 years or more service in the next lower classification, who have timely applied to take the examination to provide at least two persons to take the police corporal examination, the Director may open the examination to persons in that position with three or more years of service. c. If there are not at least two Police Officers with 3 or more years of service in that position to who have timely applied to take the examination to provide at least two persons to take the police corporal examination, the Director may open the examination to persons in that classification with two or more years of service. 2. Examination: The promotional examination for the rank of Corporal shall consist of two parts as follows: a. Written Examination The written examination shall consist of questions relating to the duties of the classification of the position to be filled. All notice of written examinations and publishing of study material shall be in accordance with TLGC, Chapter 143, and the rules established by the Commission. A score of 70% on the written examination shall be considered a passing score. In the event that written examination scores are the same, the ranking of those scores shall be done on the basis of rules established by the Commission. All test participants with passing grades, up to a maximum of the top eight (8), shall be allowed to continue on to the next phase of the examination process, the Assessment Center. In the event there are more than 8 candidates passing the written test, the top-ranking candidates based on test score plus seniority points will continue to the Assessment Center. In the event only one candidate passes the written examination, that one person shall be allowed to continue on to the Assessment Center. b. Assessment Center 1. The Assessment Center Board shall consist of three members, which shall be persons from outside the San Marcos Police Department, who currently hold the equivalent or higher rank being tested for in a Police Department in a city of 50,000 or more in population. All of the assessors shall have held that equivalent or higher position for a minimum of two (2) years. PAGE 16