OFFICE OF CIVIL SERVICE
Barbara W. Thomas
Director of Civil Service
Post Office Box 1879
Opelousas, Louisiana 70571-1879
Phone: 337-948-2532
Fax: 337-948-5219
Email: bthomas@cityofopelousas.com
The primary purpose of the City of Opelousas Civil Service Department is to represent the public's interest in personnel matters and Human Resources Administration. The Civil Service System was created for the City of Opelousas to (1) Establish personnel guidelines for the administration of human resources within city government, (2) Establish uniform job descriptions and equitable pay ranges, (3) Administer employment tests to insure that all appointments and promotions shall be made on the basis of merit and fitness, (4) Establish and implement a fair base pay and merit pay policies, (5) Hear appeals of discipline, termination, or denial or any right under the Municipal Civil Service Rules and Regulations without just cause, (6) Eliminate political pressures on employees in the performance of their job or their voting rights.
The Civil Service Department receives annual funding for salaries, administrative expenses, office space, furnishings, and equipment in order to carry out the department's function under the rules and regulations. The department consist of a classified civil service director, who is the executive head of the department, staff personnel, and a civil service board, which is policy making and quasi-judicial in nature.
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Commissioners
Richard M. Hollier, Jr., Chairman
Rev. Frank Ford, Member
Wilbert J. Levier, Member
Sydalese B. Jackson, Member
Michael J. Landry, Member
The following information is available to interested parties: