Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the City Council will be held on September 8, 2015 at 5:30 pm at the City Hall, 456 Jacob Street, Timpson, Texas, at which time the following subjects will be considered, to-wit:

 

 

1.    CALL TO ORDER:

 

2.    DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION:  Accept the resignation of Thomas Jernigan.  Thomas

       has submitted  his letter of resignation to Chief Graham and his last day to work will be

       Monday, Sept 7^th.   His last pay check will be processed on Sept 11^th, and the council will

       decide whether to approve paying him for any unused vacation hours that he has accrued 

       thru Sept 11^th.

 

3.    DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION:  Set “Call  Out” Pay for the Police Department

       Effective  Sept 15, 2015.  The first call out will be Saturday, Sept 19^th (12 hrs) and Sunday,

       Sept 20^th (12 hrs).  The 2015-2016 proposed rate in the budget is $100 per weekend for

       the person who is on call, that is a rate of $4.16 per hour for that officer.  There is no

       additional pay for being called out while on call.  The Council will decide whether to

       increase pay by $25.00 for each, Easter Sunday, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

 

4.    DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION:  Amending the handbook in order that the “On Call”

       officer be allowed to take the patrol car to his home at the end of his shift, immediately

       preceeding his on call shift.  The current schedule will require the officer to take the car

       home on Saturday morning at the end of the 12 hr Friday PM shift.  The car will remain

       with the officer on call until he returns to duty for the Saturday PM shift.  When the officer

       gets off at 8am on Monday morning, the car will remain with the regular M-F patrol

       officers “in town” and not be taken home again until the weekend.  The City Attorney has

       stated that “response times” may be included in the handbook but should be reasonable and

       not set in miles but minutes.  The State Law provides that employees may have to be able to

       respond to Civil Emergencies within certain time frames.  Having reasonable response

       times for officers that are “on call” should be considered for everyone’s safety.

 

5.    DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION:  Amend the handbook with regard to paying Police

       Officers, time and one half for time worked in excess of 84 hours in a 7 day period, there

       will be no more overtime pay.  The three officers will be paid on Friday every two weeks

       and Chief Graham will continue to be paid weekly 40 hrs.

 

6.    DISCUSS AND POSSIBLY TAKE ACTION:  Change Current Vacation Policy-all

       officers earn 120 hours of vacation annually.  They are currently required to take off 1/3 of

       those hours w/pay and are allowed to take the other 2/3 without taking the time off.

 

7.    DISCUSS AND POSSIBLY TAKE ACTION:  Allow the Citizens of Timpson to use the

       Plaza area on Thursday, September 24th at 7:15 am for a local “See You At The Station”

       Event.  This will be a public gathering to pray and show support for our law enforcement

       officers and other first responders.

 

8.    ADJOURN:

 

 

                    

The Council reserves the right to retire into executive session concerning any of the items listed on this agenda whenever it is considered necessary and is legally justified under the Open Meetings Act.

This facility is wheelchair accessible and wheelchair parking is available.  Requests for accommodations or interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting.  Please contact the City Secretary at 254-2421 for further information or needed assistance.

 

This agenda is posted as required under Government Code Section 551.041.  For more information or for a copy of the open meetings act, please contact the Attorney General of Texas at 1-800-252-8011 or the City Secretary at 936-254-2421.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Timpson

 

 

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Debra Pate Smith, Mayor

 

 

 

Certification

 

I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board in City Hall, 456 Jacob Street, Timpson, Texas and on the front door of the Timpson Police Department facing outside, on Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm.

 

 

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Leslie Leathers, City Secretary

 

 

I certify that the attached notice and agenda of items to be considered by the City Council was removed by me from the bulletin board in the City Hall and from the front door of the Timpson Police Department on the _______day of, _______________2015.

 

 

 

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Leslie Leathers, City Secretary