Firefighters', Police Officers' and EMS Civil Service Commission - Jan. 4, 2021
Firefighters', Police Officers' and EMS Civil Service Commission Regular Meeting of the City of Austin Firefighters'', Police Officers'' and Emergency Medical Services Personnel Civil Service Commission - DIAL IN NUMBER: 512-974-9300 Participant Code: 849237
CITY OF AUSTIN FIREFIGHTERS’, POLICE OFFICERS’ AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL’S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC REGULAR MEETING Monday, January 4, 2021, 10:00 a.m. DIAL IN NUMBER: 512-974-9300 Participant Code: 849237 • Public comment will be allowed via telephone using the number above; no in-person input will be allowed. • The presiding officer may require that a speaker remain on the topic of a particular agenda item with the exception of general citizen communication. • Following the Call to Order the Commission Chair will call for general citizen communication on items not posted on the agenda. Citizen communication is open-ended in subject matter as long as it does not contain profane, obscene, or threatening speech. • Speakers may sign up to speak for ANY agenda item except those listed as “Briefing” for which • no action will be taken. If you wish to speak on an agenda item during the meeting, please contact the Commission Coordinator Michael Sullivan at 512-974-3314. Speakers may sign up until the item they are speaking on is taken up by the Commission. After introducing each agenda item the Chair will ask if anyone has signed up to speak on the agenda item, and each person will be provided 3 minutes to speak. • Speakers wishing to introduce any supporting materials should email them to the Commission Coordinator michael.sullivan@austintexas.gov as far as possible prior to the agenda item being called for appropriate distribution to the Commission and for record keeping. CITY OF AUSTIN FIREFIGHTERS’, POLICE OFFICERS’ AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL’S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING Monday, January 4, 2021, 10:00 a.m. DIAL IN NUMBER: 512-974-9300 Participant Code: 849237 AGENDA EXECUTIVE SESSION (No Public Discussion on These Items) The Commission will announce it will go into closed session to receive advice from Legal Counsel, or to discuss matters of litigation and personnel matters pursuant to Texas Government Code (LGC) Chapter 551, Section 551.071 and Section 551.074. If necessary, the Commission will go into closed session, as permitted by law regarding any item on this agenda. CALL TO ORDER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approve the minutes from the Firefighters’, Police Officers’, and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission Regular Meeting of December 7, 2020. 2. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion and possible action regarding the request of an Austin/Travis County EMS Department candidate to the Commission to appoint three-member boards per …
MINUTES for Firefighters’, Police Officers’ and Emergency Medical Personnel’s Civil Service Commission REGULAR MEETING Monday, January 4, 2021 The Firefighters’, Police Officers’, and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission convened in a Regular Meeting on Monday, January 4, 2021 via teleconference from 5202 East Ben White Boulevard, Building 500, Room 249, Austin TX 78741. Board Members in Attendance: Commission Chair Jolsna Thomas Commission Member Farah Ahmed Staff in Attendance: Matthew Chustz, Acting Civil Service Administrator Michael Sullivan, Civil Service Coordinator Mecia Griffin, Civil Service Coordinator CALL TO ORDER Civil Service Commission Chair Thomas called the Commission Meeting to order at 10:07 a.m. via video teleconference. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Ann Skowronski, Assistant City Attorney Jasper Brown, Assistant Chief, Austin-Travis County EMS No members of the public signed up to speak on this item. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approve the minutes from the Firefighters’, Police Officers’, and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission Regular Meeting of December 7, 2020. The minutes from the Regular Meeting of December 7, 2020, were approved on Commission Member Ahmed’s motion, Chair Thomas’ second, on a 2-0 vote. 2. NEW BUSINESS 1 a. Discussion and possible action regarding the request of an Austin/Travis County EMS Department candidate to the Commission to appoint three-member boards per Chapter 143.022(c) LGC for another mental or physical examination. (Ezekiel Bowen) The order to appoint a three-member board per Chapter 143.022(c) LGC was approved on Commission Member Ahmed’s motion, Chair Thomas’ second, on a 2-0 vote. b. Discussion and possible action on EMS Chief Ernesto Rodriguez’s request to have Medic Ismael Estrada’s name stricken from the 2020 Promotional Eligibility List for the rank of Clinical Specialist-Field, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code 143.036 (g). c. Discussion and possible action on EMS Chief Ernesto Rodriguez’s request to have Medic Allen Clark’s name stricken from the 2020 Promotional Eligibility List for the rank of Clinical Specialist-Field, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code 143.036 (g). d. d. Discussion and possible action on EMS Chief Ernesto Rodriguez’s request to have Medic Marcos Lara’s name stricken from the 2020 Promotional Eligibility List for the rank of Clinical Specialist-Field, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code 143.036 (g). Items 2b. 2c. and 2d. were taken up together. The motion to approve Chief Rodriguez’ request to strike Medics Ismael Estrada, Allan Clark, and Marco Lara’s names from the 2020 Promotional Eligibility List for the rank of Clinical …
