civil service and code: bridging the gap
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BREAKOUT SESSION
CIVIL SERVICE AND CODE: BRIDGING THE GAP
Kelvin Beene, Training Coordinator, Austin Code
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Define Civil Service
Who are civil servants?
Benefits of being recognized as civil service
WHAT IS CIVIL SERVICE?
Branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative
functions outside of the armed services.
WHO ARE CONSIDERED CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN YOUR
CITIES? Fire
Police
What classifies them as civil service employees?
BRIDGING THE GAP
How can we bridge the gap between Code and Civil
Service?
BRIDGING THE GAP
Secondary responses to natural disasters
DFW Tornados
BRIDGING THE GAP
March 28, 2000 at 6:18PM an F-3 tornado tore a 4 mile patch through downtown Ft. Worth
BRIDGING THE GAP
Humanitarian and rebuilding efforts to restore the community
BRIDGING THE GAP
2013 Onion Creek Flood Austin, Texas
Onion CreekAustin, Texas
BRIDGING THE GAP
Damage assessments
Clean-up
Identify unsafe structures
Permits
FEMA Training
BRIDGING THE GAP
After a fire, ensure the structure is not a collapse hazard
Identification of properties without address numbers
Community forums
FIRE AND CODE PARTNERSHIPS
BRIDGING THE GAP
Crime and grime
Identification of criminal element
Collaborative roll calls
POLICE AND CODE PARTNERSHIPS
BRIDGING THE GAP
Protection/Show of force
Community forums
POLICE AND CODE PARTNERSHIPS
BRIDGING THE GAP
What does it mean?
“Public Display of Allegiance”
PDA
BRIDGING THE GAPTRAINING
Increase the required amount of continuing education units
Emerging Operations Center Training
BENEFITS OF BEING CIVIL SERVICE
Who gets the raises?
Who has the healthy budgets?
Community Awareness/Appreciation
BENEFITS OF BEING CIVIL SERVICE
Reduction in force
Opportunity to assist others
Elevation status
How close is your Code Department to
being considered civil service?
SUMMARY
You Will Know… What civil service is Who are the civil servants in your city
You Have Learned… How to bridge the gap The benefits of being civil servants