Firefighters', Police Officers' and EMS Civil Service Commission - March 10, 2026
Firefighters', Police Officers' and EMS Civil Service Commission Special Called Meeting of the City of Austin Firefighters', Police Officers' and Emergency Medical Services Personnel Civil Service Commission
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN FIREFIGHTERS’, POLICE OFFICERS’ AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL’S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2026, AT 11:00 A.M. AUSTIN HUMAN RESOURCES’ LEARNING AND RESEARCH CENTER 5202 E BEN WHITE, SUITE 500 AUSTIN, TX 78741 Some members of the City of Austin Firefighters’, Police Officers’ and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission may be participating by video conference. Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, call or email Matthew Chustz, 512-974- 2859, Matthew.Chustz@austintexas.gov. The committee may go into a closed session under the Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071, of the Texas Government Code, to receive advice from legal counsel on any item on this agenda. CURRENT COMMISSIONERS: Jolsna Thomas, Chair VACANT CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Mitchell Kreindler, Vice Chair AGENDA The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three- minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes from the Firefighters’, Police Officers’, and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission Regular Meeting on February 2, 2026. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. Discussion and action regarding the appointment of a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist to examine an Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services’ Clinical Specialist-Field, Robert Kaminowitz, and to submit a report to the commission, department head, and the Clinical Specialist-Field, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code, Section 143.081, and the City of Austin Fire Fighters’, Police Officers’ and Emergency Medical Personnel Civil Service Commission Rules and Regulations, Rule 15.04. 3. Hear and rule on appeal(s) from the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Commander-Field written promotional examination administered on February 5, 2026, pursuant to the Texas Local Government Code, Section 143.034, and the City of Austin Fire Fighters’, Police Officers’ and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission Rules and Regulations, Rule 7. 4. Discussion and action to approve future meeting dates and times. STAFF BRIEFINGS 5. Staff briefing from the Civil Service Office regarding promotional examination processes, disciplinary hearings, and fitness-for-duty actions. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The …
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, February 2, 2026 CITY OF AUSTIN FIREFIGHTERS’, POLICE OFFICERS’, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL’S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES Regular Meeting MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026 The City of Austin Firefighters’, Police Officers’, and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission convened in a Regular meeting on Monday, February 2, 2026, at 5202 E. Ben White Boulevard, Suite 500, in Austin, Texas. Chair Thomas called the City of Austin Firefighters’, Police Officers’, and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission Meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Civil Service Commissioners in Attendance: Jolsna Thomas, Chair; and Mitchell Kreindler, Commissioner PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None Present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes from the City of Austin Firefighters’, Police Officers’, and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission Special Called Meeting on December 5, 2025. The minutes from the Firefighters’, Police Officers’, and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission special called meeting on December 5, 2025, were approved on Commissioner Kreindler’s motion, Chair Thomas’ second on a 2-0 vote. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. Discussion and action regarding the request of one or more Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services candidates to the Commission to appoint a three-member board for another mental or physical examination, as applicable, pursuant to the Texas Local Government Code, Section 143.022(c), and City of Austin Fire Fighters’, Police Officers’ and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission Rules and Regulations, Rule 5.05. The motion to appoint a three-member board to evaluate an Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services candidate pursuant to the Texas Local Government Code, Section 143.022(c), and City of Austin Fire Fighters’, Police Officers’ and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission Rules and Regulations, Rule 5.05 was approved on Commissioner Kreindler’s motion, Chair Thomas’ second on a 2-0 vote. 1 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, February 2, 2026 3. 4. Discussion and action regarding the appointment of a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist to examine an Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services’ Clinical Specialist-Field, Robert Kaminowitz, and to submit a report to the commission, department head, and the Clinical Specialist-Field, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code, Section 143.081, and the City of Austin Fire Fighters’, Police Officers’ and Emergency Medical Personnel Civil Service Commission Rules and Regulations, Rule 15.04. The motion to appoint a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist to Clinical Specialist – Field, Robert Kaminowitz and to submit a report to the …
