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 education requirements; 2. Second, if there are insufficient Corporals in step "a" above, all Corporals not meeting the educational requirement; 3. Third, if there are insufficient Corporals in steps "a" and "b" above, then officers with at least four years or more of service and educational requirements. 2. Examination: The promotional examination for the rank of Sergeant 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 three (3) years. 2. The City and the Association shall agree on the guidelines to be presented to the Assessment Center Board for use in their examination. 3. The Assessment Center Board shall consider all assessment center scores. A score of 70% shall be considered a passing score for the Assessment Center portion of the promotional process. The result of the Assessment Center shall not be appealable to the Civil Service Commission, or to arbitration through any grievance procedure, or to any judicial or administrative body. 4. The formula for arriving at a final score for both written examination (A) and assessment center (B) scores will be the following: 50% Written Examination score plus 50% Assessment Center score = Final Score Example: (.5) (88 written exam score) + (.5) (80 assessment center score) = 44 + 40 = 84 (Final Score) PAGE 18