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CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
7301 N.E. Loop 820, Room 113
July 27, 1976
CALL TO ORDER: The regularly scheduled meeting of the Civil Service
Commission came to order.
ROLL CALL: COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT
John H. Green, Chairman
D. M. Carter
OTHERS PRESEI3T
Jim Cato, City Council
Bobby Becknal, P.D. Representative
Stan Gertz, Fire Chief
Donald LaPlante, Fire Dept. Representative
Helen Cline, Deputy Secretary
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the July 6th meeting were retyped, making
the correction insofar as who made the motion to accept
the change in Rule 13.05 (refer to July 13 Minutes).
At this time, motion was made by Mr. Carter to accept
- the Minutes of July 6th as corrected. Mr. Green
seconded the motion; motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Carter motioned to accept the Minutes of July 13th
as written. Mr. Green seconded the motion; approval
was made by voting 2- 0.
AGENDA Item 1. Bureau of Labor Statistics bulletin on Consumer Price
Index for May 1976 was made available for review.
The cost of living in the Dallas area for May '75 -
May '76 was 6.7 percent. 3ohn Green recommended that
the City Council award the cost of living increase of
6.7 to all employees, in accordance with the Charter,
Article XVII, Section 27. Mr. Carter seconded the
motion. Discussion followed, observing that the
increase for the nation was 6.2 percent for the same
period of time. V oting was unanimously in favor of
the motion.
The secretary was instructed to attach a copy of the
BLS bulletin to these Minutes for distribution to the
City Council.
AGENDA Item 2. Promotional test for Fire Lieutenant was presented by
Chief Gertz. Having a total of seventy questions,
Gertz outlined the sub~ect matter covered and the
~ number of questions accordingly.
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` Mr. Green explained thoroughly the method of scoring
tests in compliance with our Rules and Regulations
which have been approved by the City Council. Refer
to Rule 7.08 as well as the Charter, Article XVII,
Section 14.
Having already announced the testing date as August 6th,
it was necessary to complete the approval of the test
immediately. The Commission, therefore, closed the
meeting for the purpose of resolving this agenda item.
Mr. Green stated that a set of test questions should,
first of all, be rational and address leadership.
Testing is an aid to a department head in making selection
of the most fully qualified personnel. Ma.king proper
selection benefits both the department and the individual.
Mr. Green expressed a preference regarding study guides
for test questions, stating that he favors guides to the
area of endeavor rather than guides to the questions.
The test should address itself to the area of endeavor.
The Fire Lieutenant promotional test was finalized and
approved by the Commission. Instructions were given to
the secretary for making answer sheets, duplicating the
test in booklets with each one assigned a number for
security purposes. The Commission reminded us of the
Rule 7.07 which states the Commission should maintain
absolute control of all test material, exercising every
precaution toward integrity and security in the examination
process.
Chief Gertz was commended by both the Commission and
Council members for the 4uality of his promotional test.
AGENDA Item 3. Request for ~ob title change was withdrawn by the
Library Director.
Since there was no other business at hand, the meeting
was ad3ourned with a motion by Mr. Carter, seconded by
Mr. Green.
Next scheduled meeting date is August lOth. An agenda
will be announced later.
J hn H. Green, Chairman
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elen Cline, Deputy Secretary