Shelby County Today

September 4, 2015 - 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 7th. His last pay check will be processed on Sept 11th, and the council will decide whether to approve paying him for any unused vacation hours that he has accrued thru Sept 11th.

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 19th (12 hrs) and Sunday, Sept 20th (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 preceding 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.