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ORDINANCE N0. D5~
AN ORDINANCE SPECIFYING THE ADJUSTED TOTAL NUMBER OF
AUTHORIZED CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS AT EACH RANK IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT; CREATING ONE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY
CHIEF'S POSITION IN THE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERA-
BILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLL-
MENT OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING p,N EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT HEREBY KNOWN:
WHEREAS, the Police Chief has requested the City Council to
readjust and thereafter specify the total authorized number of
positions at each rank in the Police Department for the remainder
of the 1989-90 Fiscal Year, and
WHEREAS, the City's Ordinance 10422, the most recent ordi-
nance concerning the authorized and budgeted positions for the
Police Department, adjusted the Department civil service staffing
as follows:
Police Officers 654
Corporal/Detectives 171
Sergeants 104
Lieutenants 43
Captains 12
Deputy Chiefs 4
TOTAL 988
WHEREAS, pursuant to the continuing efforts to provide the
citizens of Fort Worth the most efficient police protection
possible, the Department has requested approval to reorganize its
existing organizational structure in order to decentralize its
investigative functions. The reorganization will result in
'splitting the present Uniform Services Bureau into two distinct
Field Operations Bureaus which will each contain an investigative
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unit. The two new bureaus will be known as the North/East Field
Operations Bureau and the South/West Field Operations Bureau; and
WHEREAS, currently there are four (4) Deputy Chief's com-
manding each of the existing four bureaus. The reorganization
will result in the addition of a fifth bureau and will require
the addition of the one Deputy Chief in the command level posi-
tion. The new Deputy Chief's position will be one which is
filled by appointment by the Chief of Police and not filled pursu-
ant to civil service promotional eligibility testing.
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police now requests the Council to
adjust the authorized number of Police 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 of the correct
number of budgeted civil service positions is now a necessity;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That effective Tuesday, May 29, 1990, the following posi-
tions are the only civil service positions authorized in the City
of Fort Worth Police Department for the remainder of the fiscal
year 1989-90 or until modified by subsequent ordinance:
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Police Officers 654
Corporal/Detectives 171
Sergeants 104
Lieutenants 43
Captains 12
Deputy Chiefs* 5
TOTAL 989
*Creates one new position.
SECTION 1.
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 ordinance
are in direct conflict with the provisions of prior civil service
staffing ordinances for the Police Department and such Code, in
which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such
Code provisions are hereby repealed.
The "Mayor and Council Communication" memorandum of May 17,
1990, reference No. is hereby expressly incorporated
herein by reference for further clarification and explanation of
the purposes and intents of the Council in their adoption of this
ordinance.
SECTION 3.
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,
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
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been enacted by the City council without the incorporation in
this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sen-
tence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 14.
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 in the minutes of the City Council and
by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
SECTION 5.
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:
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached ordinance
specifying the authorized positions in the Police Department and increasing
the Police Department's authorized strength by adding one Deputy Chief
position in the Uniform Services Bureau, Fund 01, Account No. 35-30-00.
DISCUSSION:
The Police Department's current authorized civil service strength is 988
positions.
The Police Department has requested approval to reorganize its existing
structure and decentralize investigative functions. The reorganization
splits the Uniform Services Bureau into two Field Operations Bureaus -
North/East Field Operations Bureau and the South/West Field Operations Bureau,
and places investigative units in each geographic division. Currently, there
are four Deputy Chief's commanding each of the existing four bureaus. The
addition of a fifth bureau, will require the addition of one Deputy Chief
position.
FINANCING.
Funds to pay for the additional Deputy Chief position for the remainder of the
fiscal year will be transferred to Fund O1, Uniform Services Bureau, Account
35-30-00 from Fund 72, Trust Fund, Project Number 535000-00, Awarded Assets.
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OFFICE 8Y Bob Terrell 6143
DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL.
^ APPROVED
PROCESSED BY
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DEPARTMENT HEAD Thomas Windham 5-8385 CITY SECRETARY
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONTACT Thomas Windham 5-8385 ,J /~ ((~~11
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