CC RESOLUTION 4158RESOLUTION NO. 4158
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR CHANGES
TO THE PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS
REGARDING LATERAL ENTRY FOR THE JOB CLASSIFICATIONS OF
DISPATCHER II AND SENIOR DISPATCHER
WHEREAS, Section 45001 of the California Government Code allows for the establishment
of a civil service system by the legislative body of a city; and
WHEREAS, the City of El Segundo has adopted an ordinance establishing a Civil Service
System; and
WHEREAS, personnel rules and policies necessary to implement this Ordinance have been
developed and adopted by the City Council and from time to time been modified; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to modify the personnel rules and regulations regarding
lateral entry recruitments for Dispatcher II and Senior Dispatcher; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that public interest, convenience, and necessity
required such amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of El Segundo as
follows;
SECTION 1. Section 4.3.2. of the City of El Segundo's Personnel Rules and Regulations
shall be added as follows:
4.3.2 Lateral Entry - Dispatcher II and Senior Dispatcher
The positions of Dispatcher II and Senior Dispatcher may be filled by either an individual
from an open competitive or lateral entry list.
Individuals may be considered as a lateral entry candidate as follows:
A. A person employed as a Public Safety Dispatcher by any state, county, city, or
agency thereof, for a minimum of two years, who possesses a valid Public Safety
Dispatcher Certificate issued by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training (POST), or who can qualify for such certificate, may transfer to the El
Segundo Police Department.
Candidates will be required to pass a written entrance examination and one or more of the
following:
(a) Oral
(b) Demonstration
(c) Any evaluation or assessment of education, experiences, or skills, or any test of
mental or manual skills or physical fitness which fairly evaluates the relative
capacities of the applicant.
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Lateral entry applicants must pass all other requirements of the position of
Dispatcher II and Senior Dispatcher, including but not limited to successful
completion of psychometric evaluation, polygraph, background check, interview with
the Chief of Police and physical examination.
Lateral entry appointment shall be made by the appointing authority from eligible
candidates who have successfully completed all steps of the entry evaluation. If
there is both an open competitive and lateral entry list for Dispatcher II and Senior
Dispatcher, either the lateral entry or the open competitive list may be certified to the
appointing authority.
SECTION 2. Such Personnel Rules shall become effective on March 21, 2000, and may be
amended thereafter upon approval of the City Council.
SECTION 3. All prior resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict with this resolution are
hereby rescinded.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall
enter the same in the book of original resolutions of said city; and shall make a minute of the passage and
adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said ,city, in the minutes of the
meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of March 2000.
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Mike Gordon, Mayor of the
City of El Segundo
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO 1
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Resolution No. 4158 was duly passed
and adopted by said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 21' day of March, 2000, and the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, Gaines and McDowell
NOES: None
ABSENT: Wernick
ABSTAIN: None
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CHANGES TO PERSONNEL RULES & REGULATIONS -
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