HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 10020 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10020
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council June 13, 2017
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The purpose of this Informal Report is to update the City Council on the current contract
agreement that The City of Fort Worth has with All City Management Services Inc. (ACMS) for
School Crossing Guard services.
The City of Fort Worth has a current school crossing guard contract with All City Management
Services which began on February 8, 2017 and ends February 7, 2018. This contract authorizes
ACMS to provide school crossing guard services for 10 independent school districts located
within the city limits of Fort Worth. Those independent school districts are:
- Fort Worth ISD
- Eagle Mountain/Saginaw ISD
- Lake Worth ISD
- Keller ISD
- Crowley ISD
- Everman ISD
- Castleberry ISD
- White Settlement ISD
- Northwest ISD
- H.E.B. ISD
These combined districts service 137 schools with 232 intersections that require crossing guards.
This contract with ACMS includes a provision which requires each crossing guard be paid $8.49
per hour with $9.59 per hour being the rate for six lead guards. The contract provides for a
maximum of $1,495,844.00 for school crossing guards during the contract period.
The contract with ACMS allows for either party to terminate the agreement at any time with 30
days written notice.
ACMS is liable and responsible for any and all property loss, damage, and or personal injury
including death to any and all persons. This includes commercial general liability of
$1 ,000,000.00 for each occurrence and $2,000,000.00 aggregate. It also includes $1 ,000,000.00
for each occurrence of automobile claim liability on its employees while performing their services.
The agreement provides workers compensation benefits and employee liability coverage as well.
The agreement with ACMS also has a general indemnification clause which "holds harmless and
defends the city, its officers, agents, servants, and employees" against any and all claims or
lawsuits.
ACMS is required to recruit and hire their own crossing guards up to a total of 232.
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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10020
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On May 1 , 2017, ACMS officially assumed responsibility of all school cross guards in the 10
independent school districts within the City of Fort Worth's city Iimits.The program had
approximately 165 guards on this date. As a result of six guards not passing their physical
assessment test (PAT), they were not allowed to continue their employment as crossing guards.
ACMS requires each of their crossing guards to perform a series of movements that are
consistent with what ACMS has determined to be necessary in order to ensure they can function
safely and effectively when monitoring children crossing each intersection. This PAT is utilized for
liability reasons, and ultimately seeks to make sure each guard is physically capable of
adequately conducting the movements necessary to direct children and traffic flow. The same
assessment is what is required of all ACMS crossing guard employees throughout the United
States. Here is a listing of what is required to pass the PAT. Each of the preceding tests are
required to be performed 3 times by each applicant:
- Individual leg lifts right and then left for 5 seconds each.
- Getting into squatting position for 5 seconds.
- Pivoting at waist to the right, and then left looking over each shoulder to
identify number of fingers displayed by assessor.
- Holding stop sign raised above head first in right and then left hand for 30
seconds each time.
- Holding stop sign in first right and then left hand while extended in front of
body parallel to ground for 30 seconds.
- Holding stop sign while stepping off curb and crossing 2 obstacles (curb
height).
- Walking 20 feet on a straight line with hands crossed, and then turning and
walking back.
- Walking 20 feet with steps alternating to the left and right of straight line, and
then returning in same fashion.
- Taking 3 side steps first to the right of a straight line, and then 3 side steps
back left to the line. (no crossover steps)
- From a sitting position in a chair, stand and walk down from a curb and then
20 feet to a mark in the street before returning to the chair.
Since the beginning of this contract period, ACMS has lost about 20 guards due to them not
wanting to work for a private business separate from the City of Fort Worth.
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ACMS was able to hire 15 crossing guards through their recruitment program to offset the guards
who resigned or were terminated. Presently ACMS has 155 active guards plus 4 supervisors.
They continue to actively recruit in order to try to fill all vacancies. Based upon our current
assessment of the program, ACMS appears to be proceeding successfully in trying to build this
program's crossing guard numbers to adequate levels. They are recruiting by displaying signs at
various locations near schools, having each school district send out their e-mail recruitment
messages, as well as advertising through Craigslist adds.
David Cooke
City Manager
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