HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10640ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE SPECIFYING THE ADJUSTED TOTAL NUMBER OF
AUTHORIZED CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS AT EACH RANK IN THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT; DELETING TWO CAPTAINS' POSITIONS FROM
THE TOTAL AUTHORIZED MANPOWER; PROVIDING THE STATEMENT
OF INTENT TO DELETE THIRTY POSITIONS OF VARIOUS RANKS
FROM THE TOTAL AUTHORIZED MANPOWER AT A LATER DATE;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSS-
MENT AND ENROLLMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT HEREBY KNOWN:
WHEREAS, the Fire Chief has requested the City Council to
readjust and thereafter specify the total authorized number of
civil service positions at each rank in the Fire Department for
the remainder of the 1989-90 Fiscal Year; and
WHEREAS, the most recent ordinance concerning the authorized
and budgeted positions for the Fire Department adjusted"the
Department's civil service staffing as follows:
Deputy Chiefs 6
District Chiefs 17
Captains 82
Lieutenants 102
Engineers 165
Firefighters 345
Total 717
WHEREAS, it is now recommended that the City Council autho-
rize the immediate deletion of two (2) Captains' positions from
the total within the Department. Specifically, there are pres-
ently two vacant Captains' positions and there is no current
promotional eligibility list in effect regarding said vacancies.
Due to organizational changes being implemented within the
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Department, the duties of said positions are being redistributed
among other existing Captain positions. Therefore, the said two
Captain positions are no longer necessary to achieve the effi-
cient operations of the Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, in previous communications the City Manager's
office and the Fire Chief have expressed the intent to reorganize
certain positions within the Fire Department, meaning that from
time to time, and as normal attrition from the Department
occurred, certain positions being occupied by civil service per-
sonnel would be removed from the classified service by ordinance
while at the same time the Department would maintain efficient
operations by redistributing those duties to other personnel
This intent was expressed as being in the best interests of the
Fire Department and the City of Fort Worth in providing the citi-
zens of Fort Worth the most efficient fire protection possible at
the lowest expense necessary. Therefore, it is now recommended
that the City Council express in more specific terms in this
ordinance the intent and prior notice to delete and abolish an
additional thirty (30) civil service positions between the effec-
tive date of this ordinance up through or by March 31, 1991. It
is further recommended that this intent be clearly expressed so
as to negate any expectancy for promotion into said positions
which will be deleted as vacancies occur; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that due to proposed realignments
in the management structure and organization of the Department
there will be positions presently occupied by the ranks from
Engineer up through Captain which will be deleted. It is pro-
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posed that said positions be deleted from the civil service of
the Department from time to time as vacancies occur, primarily
from normal attrition from the Department; and
WHEREAS, the Chief of the Fire Department now requests that
the Council adjust the authorized number of Fire Department civil
service positions into conformity with the proposed changes as
set forth immediately above in order to effect efficient economy
of the operations of the City's municipal services; and
WHEREAS, the specification and authorization by ordinance of
the correct number of authorized civil service positions is a
statutory requirement; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That effective the following positions
are the only civil service positions authorized in the City of
Fort Worth Fire Department until a subsequent ordinance is
enacted to modify said authorized positions:
Deputy Chiefs 6
District Chiefs 17
Captains 80*
Lieutenants 102
Engineers 165
Firefighters 345
Total 715
*Deletes two Captains' positions.
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SECTION 2.
That as the following positions become vacant through normal
attrition from the Department, or as said positions become no
longer a necessity due to reorganization of the Department, these
shall be deleted and abolished from the total authorized manpower
of the Department:
Captains
Lieutenants
Engineers
Firefighters
Total
To Be Deleted
4
4
4
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30
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of pre-
vious ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
(1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this staffing
ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordi-
nances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of
such ordinances and such Cade are hereby repealed.
The "Mayor and Council Communication" memorandum of
reference No. is hereby expressly incorpo-
rated herein by reference for further clarification and explana-
tion of the purpose and intent of the Council in their adoption
of this ordinance.
SECTION 4
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase,
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clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be
declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall
not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, para-
graphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have
been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in
this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sen-
tence, paragraph or section
SECTION 5
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the cap-
tion and effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by
filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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POSITIONS AND STATEMENT OF INTENT
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AT A LATER DATE
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance to
immediately decrease the total number of authorized Fire Department Captain
positions from eighty-two to eighty. This ordinance also expresses the clear
intent to delete four Captain, four Lieutenant, four Engineer, and eighteen
Firefighter positions at a later date.
DISCUSSION:
There are currently two Fire Captain vacancies in the Fire Department, with
no Civil Service eligibility list in effect for the positions. With no Fire
Captain eligibility list in effect at this time, the Department recommends
deleting these two positions nqw so as to avoid promoting current personnel
to the Captain rank, thereafter followed several months later by deletion of
the positions and demotion of the employees back to their fcrmer ranks.
The Department's proposed FY 90-91 budget anticipates a further reduction of
thirty (30) Civil Service positions of various ranks, seventeen of which
would be eliminated October 1, 1990, and thirteen to be deleted during the
first quarter of the fiscal year through normal attrition. No layoffs of
personnel are anticipated to accomplish these reductions. This reduction
plan was presented to the City Council during the Pre-Council meeting on May
15, 1990.
It is also necessary to clearly state the Department's intent to delete the
remaining thirty positions as stated in this ordinance prior to the positions
becoming vacant so as to negate any employee expectancy for promotion into
those positions as they become vacant.
Deletion of the two Captain positions now will change the current authorized
strength as follows:
Current Authorized Staffing Proposed Staffing
Key Code Classification Total Ke_y Code Classification Total
Y04 Captain 82 Y04 Captain 80
FINANCING:
Salary savings of approximately $30,000 plus unscheduled employee benefit
costs will be realized through the remainder of FY 89-90 through deletion of
these two positions.
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