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ORDINANCE NO /-'G~'~
AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ESTIMATED RECEIPTS IN THE
SPECIAL TRUST FUND, FUND FE72, ACCOUNT 488332, CENTER
035535000000, OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR FISCAL YEAR
1991 BY $20,000 00 AND APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT TO THE
SPECIAL TRUST FUND, FUND FE72, ACCOUNT 539120, CENTER
035535000000, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SPANISH
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION TO POLICE PERSONNEL; PROVIDING FOR A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, HARING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF
PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND
ENROLLMENT, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1
That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City
departments for the Fiscal Year 1990-91 and in the Budget of the City Manager,
there shall also be increased estimated receipts in the Special Trust Fund,
Fund FE72, Account 488332, Center 035535000000, by the sum of $20,000 00 and
appropriating said $20,000 000 to the Special Trust Fund, FE72, Account
539120, Center 035535000000 for the purpose of providing Spanish language
instruction to police personnel
SECTION 2
Should any portion, section or part of a sect;on of this ordinance be
declared invalid, inoperative or void for any reason by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgement shall in no way impair the
remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which
said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No ].Ob52 and all
other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in those
instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with
such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said confla.cting
provisions o.f said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly
repealed
SECTION 4
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to
engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and. effective date
into the minutes of the City Council and by filing this ordinance in the
ordinance records of the City of Fort Worth
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SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained
APPROVED AS TO FORM LEGALITY
City Attorney
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~~DATE REFEREN E NUMBER **G-9203 L NAME 35SPANIS FA E 1 of 1
SUBJECT SPANISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION TO POLICE PERSONNEL
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Adopt the attached Supplemental Appropriations ordinance increasing Special Trust
Fund estimated receipts and appropriations by $20,000.00, and
2. Approve the use of $20,000.00 from the Special Trust Fund, Awarded Assets, to
provide Spanish language instruction to police personnel.
DISCUSSION:
Over the course of the last twenty years a clear trend in the racial makeup of the
north Fort Worth population has been established which clearly demonstrates that north
Fort Worth is by majority Hispanic. Today, preliminary final statistics, of the 1990
Census of population show that 51.9% of north Fort Worth is Hispanic.
Experience shows that the contacts made by Fort Worth Police officers with Hispanic
citizens who speak limited or no English reflects poorly upon the City of Fort Worth
and its Police Department. Limited communication between police and the citizens they
serve in the community discloses a glaring inequity, at the very least, or in some
cases can jeopardize the safety of both the citizen and officer unnecessarily.
Philosophically, practically and morally this inequity should be corrected The Police
Department proposes to train a volunteer group of officers from the North Division
utilizing the Berlitz "Charter Program." This program is utilized by many companies
and corporations with similar needs as the Police Department. Essentially, the
volunteer group would be brought to an intermediate level of Spanish fluency. This
would entail a thirty-six week course of instruction providing two 2-1/4 hour blocks
of instruction per week.
Selection from a volunteer group would be based upon the individual volunteer
motivation and North Field Operation Division's need
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that the money required for this expenditure
is in the Treasury to the credit of the Special Trust Fund (Special Trust Fund FE 72,
Center No. 035535000000, Awarded Assets). Expenditures will be made from Account
No. 539120.
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