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 c. Eligibility List Within seventy-two (72) hours of the completion of the Assessment Center Process, excluding weekends and holidays, an eligibility list shall be prepared and posted with the respective ranking of all promotional candidates with the candidate's final score based on the formula specified in B (4.) of this Article. C. Police Commander 1. Eligibility: a. Persons having held the rank of Police Sergeant for a period of at least two (2) continuous years immediately before the examination date shall be eligible to take the promotional examination to the rank of Police Commander. b. Sergeants hired on or after October 1, 2010 shall have a Bachelor's Degree to be eligible to take the Commander promotional examination and participate in the promotional process. C. In the event two or more candidates do not sign up for and take the examination or all eligible candidates fail the written portion of the promotion examination, all sergeants who meet the aforementioned education requirement regardless of time -in -rank may be eligible for the examination for promotion to Police Commander. d. In the event all eligible candidates fail the written portion of the promotion examination or two candidates fail to sign up to take the examination, all sergeants, regardless of education, who meet the time in grade requirements may be eligible for the examination for promotion to Police Commander. 2. Examination: The promotional examination for the rank of Police Commander 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 Chapter 143 Local Government Code and the rules established by the Firefighter and Police Officer Civil Service 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 Fire and Police Civil Service 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 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 PAGE 19