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RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION 1,360 - 3/31/83
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock desires to promote
professional police and fire departments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of.the City of Lubbock believes it to be in
the best interest of the citizens to secure efficient fire and police depart-
ments and to clarify the definitions of "firemen" to insure that civilian
employees who perform non -firefighting duties within the department shall
continue to remain outside of the provisions of article 1269m; and
WHEREAS, to eliminate the three year residency requirement for appoint-
�ment of civil service director; and
WHEREAS, if authorized by the City Council or legislative body, to allow
Ithe police and fire chief to appoint qualified officers to the top two posi-
tions immediately below the chief; and
WHEREAS, to allow the City Council to voluntarily establish assignment
pay for employees who are required to perform highly specialized fire and
police functions; and
WHEREAS, to more clearly define the conditions under which a firefighter
or police officer may be considered to be either temporarily or permanently
disabled; and
WHEREAS, to remove the Texas residency requirement for fire chief can-
didates and to require that any appointee to that position be eligible to
obtain intermediate certification within two years from the date of appoint-
ment; and
WHEREAS, to allow the Civil Service Commission, on a local option basis,
to establish an alternate promotional testing procedure; and
WHEREAS, to allow the fire and police chiefs to take disciplinary action
against an officer who is charged with a criminal offense even though the
alleged act was not discovered for more than six months from the date of
occurrence; and
WHEREAS, to allow the chiefs of police departments the authority to
assign "uncompensated duty" in lieu of suspension time; and
WHEREAS, to provide repeal of the provisions of.article 1269m in a city
by the same method which allows enactment; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City Manager of the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized
and directed to submit this Resolution relating to firemen's and policemen's
civil service, and such other comments as he may deem appropriate to State
ISenators John T. Montford and John Traeger, and State Representatives Froy
Salinas and Nolan "Buzz" Robnett, supporting Senate Bill No. 568, of the
iLegislature of the State -of Texas in the pertinent parts as outlined above;
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THAT this bill would amend V.A.C.S.,. article 1269m, Firemen's and Police-
men's Civil Service, according to the aforementioned premises; and
THAT a copy of this Resolution be forwarded. to State Senators John T.
Montford and John Traeger, and. State Representatives Froy_Salinas and Nolan
"Buzz" Robnett.
Resolved by the City Council this 31st day of March 1983.
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. I L cALISTER, MAYOR
.ATTEST:
Evelyn Ga fga, City ecce Treasurer
IAPPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Rita Harmon, Asst. City Manager for
Management Services
(APPROVED AS TO FORM:.
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Ken Johnso , Asst. City Attorney