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Council approves $145,000 contract for police promotional assessments
Summary
The council voted to contract Industrial Organizational Solutions to run the police promotional assessment center process this spring at an estimated cost of $145,000; staff said the expense is budgeted in outside services.
The Tuscaloosa City Council approved a contract with Industrial Organizational Solutions to run the police promotional assessment process, council members were told, at an estimated cost of $145,000.
City staff said the contract covers the department’s annual promotional process for ranks such as sergeant and lieutenant and includes written tests, structured interviews and assessment-center exercises to rank candidates. The expense is budgeted in the city’s outside services line item, staff told the council.
The contract will fund outside assessors who run weeklong assessment-center events each spring. “So each spring, we have a week for each rank for the assessment centers,” a city staff member said, describing mock exercises, written tests and structured interviews that produce rankings used in promotion decisions.
Chief Clark expressed support for continuing the vendor. “Yes, sir. Absolutely. We’ve used it for a long time,” Chief Clark said.
Council members moved and seconded the measure and approved it by voice vote; the meeting record shows an affirmative voice vote with no opposing votes recorded.
The council did not provide additional details about the contract term or renewal provisions during the discussion.
