* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
          THE PHONES UP. 
          [00:00:01]
ARE WE GOOD? WE'RE GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WELCOME TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND UM, WE HAVE A QUORUM, CORRECT? WE DO, YES. 
          AND SO THE FIRST ITEM, CITIZENS' COMMENTS, NOTICES HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 5 51 PROHIBITS THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FROM DISCUSSING, DELIBERATING, OR CONSIDERING SUBJECTS FOR WHICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THE AGENDA. 
          ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE REFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ACTION MAY BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA OF A FUTURE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SESSION. 
          WE DON'T HAVE, YEAH, THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AGAIN. 
          NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          MOVE TO TWO A. 
          [a. Consider approving the minutes for the Civil Service Commission meeting held on January 28, 2025.]
ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM TWO A IS CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 28TH, 2025. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 28TH MEETING AS PRINTED. 
          I SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, AND THEN ANY ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, CORRECT? NO. 
          SO THE MINUTES, THE MOTION PASSES, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 
          [a. Consider amending Chapter 4 – Section 4.09 “Eligibility Standards for Beginning Position in the Police Department” of the City of Baytown Firefighters’ and Police Officers' Civil Service Rules and Regulations.]
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER THREE, A CONSIDER ATTENDING AMENDING, SORRY. 
          CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION 4.09. 
          ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR BEGINNING POSITION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS, CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION. 
          UM, THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR HANDOUT THAT YOU HAVE IS ACTUALLY THE PARTICULAR RULE THAT IS BEING REQUESTED FOR AN UPDATE FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION RULES. 
          AND JUST TO PROVIDE CONTEXT AND FOR THE RECORD, AS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEMBERS, YOU'RE CHARGED WITH ULTIMATELY ADOPTING RULES NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. 
          THE RULES BEING OUR LOCAL CITY OF BAYTOWN FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS WAS KIND OF GUIDE A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES FOR CIVIL SERVICE. 
          THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IN QUESTION IS 4.09 WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A AGE STANDARD FOR ELIGIBILITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S SOLICIT FROM 21 YEARS OF AGE. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINE WHERE WE WERE STRUCK OUT IN LESS THAN 45 YEARS OF AGE UNDER TEXAS LAW, THE MAXIMUM AGE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN REMOVED OR HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROCESS. 
          SO TO BE A CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICER, THERE IS NO AGE MAXIMUM THAT WE HAVE TO HOLD SOMEBODY TO A STANDARD TO NOW, AS LONG AS THEY'RE AGE 21 YEARS OF AGE AND OLD, OLDER, AND THEY COMPLETE ALL THE NECESSARY PROPER THE PROCESSES WITH TCO AND OTHER MEANS FOR OUR HIRING ELIGIBILITY, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME A CERTIFIED OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. 
          SO THIS IS JUST ALIGNING US WITH THE STATE LAW AND THAT IT'S AGE 21 AND THERE'S NO MAXIMUM AGE. 
          AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR ADOPTION OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR RULES PROPERLY KIND OF CODIFIED AND UPDATED WITH TEXAS LAW. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY ON THIS PARTICULAR UPDATE. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER. 
          DO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT YOU MAKE A MOTION TO? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO SECTION 4.00 IN THE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS AS PRESENTED. 
          I SECOND THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          I'D LIKE TO CORRECT THE, JUST MAKE A CORRECTION TO THE MOTION YOU SET 4.00. 
          THIS IS SECTION 4.09. 
          FOUR POINT. 
          IF YOU COULD JUST RESTATE THE MOTION JUST FOR, UH, RECORD PURPOSES. 
          I'LL RESTATE MY MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UM, CHANGES TO THE SECTION 4.09 AND THE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS AS PRINTED. 
          AND I SECOND THAT MOTION. 
          AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? SO THAT WILL PASS. 
          AND JUST FOR THE RECORD ALSO ON HERE IS THAT THERE IS, THE RULE'S NOT BIND UNTIL WE COMPLETE A FEW ACTIONS UNDER 1 43 WHERE WE HAVE TO GIVE THE CHIEF BOTH CHIEFS A COPY OF THIS RULE CHANGE. 
          WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THIS RULE CHANGE, WHICH YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, BUT WE'LL FORMALIZE IT IN A MEMORANDUM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO HAVE TO SEND IT TO ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS PER CIVIL SERVICE, EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN'T APPLICABLE. 
          BUT AFTER THOSE SEVEN DAYS PASS WITH US DOING THAT, THE RULE WILL OFFICIALLY BIND UNDER TEXAS LAW AND ADHERE TO OUR CIVIL SERVICE RULES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          IS THAT ALL THE BUSINESS WE HAVE TODAY? WELL, THAT'S IT. 
          ALL RIGHT, THEN UM, I CAN ADJOURN, CORRECT? YOU CAN, I CAN ADJOURN. 
          EVERYBODY AGREE RIGHT? ? YEAH. 
          THEN WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 1:04 PM THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU.
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.