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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 10782M ORDINANCE N0. U AN ORDINANCE SPECIFYING THE ADJUSTED TOTAL NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS AT EACH RANK IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT; DELETING ONE CAPTAIN'S POSITION AND TWO LIEUTENANT'S POSITIONS FROM THE TOTAL AUTHORIZED MANPOWER; PROVIDING THE STATEMENT OF INTENT TO DELETE FIVE MORE ENGINEERS' POSITIONS AND ONE FIREFIGHTER'S POSITION FROM THE TOTAL AUTHORIZED MANPOWER AT A LATER DATE; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULA- TIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT 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 1990-91 Fiscal Year; and WHEREAS, the City's annual budget ordinance for the fiscal year of 1990-91 authorized and budgeted positions for the Fire Department's civil service staffing as follows: Deputy Chiefs 6 District Chiefs 17 Captains 80 Lieutenants 102 Engineers 165 Firefighters 328 Total 698 WHEREAS, subsequent ordinances have been enacted further reducing the total number of positions in the Department; and WHEREAS, it is now recommended that the City Council autho- rize the immediate deletion of one (1) Captain's position and two (2) Lieutenants' positions from the total authorized manpower within the Department. Specifically, there is presently one vacant Captain's position and two vacant Lieutenants' positions for which there are no current promotional eligibility lists in effect regarding said vacancies. Due to organizational changes being implemented within the Department, the duties of said positions are being redistributed among other existing positions. Therefore, the said three positions are no longer necessary to achieve the efficient operations of the Fire Department; and WHEREAS, in previous communications, as well as in previous ordinances, the City Manager's office and the Fire Chief 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 personnel 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 citizens of Fort Worth the most efficient fire protection possible at the lowest expense neces- sary. Therefore, it is now recommended that the City Council continue to express in specific terms the intent and prior notice to delete and abolish an additional six (6) civil service positions between the effective 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 2 WHEREAS, it is anticipated that due to proposed realignments in the management structure and organization of the Department there will be five positions presently occupied by the rank of Engineer and one position presently occupied by the rank of Firefighter which will be deleted. It is proposed 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 immediately upon passage of this ordinance, the following positions are the only civil service positions authorized in the City of Fort Worth Fire Department until a sub- sequent ordinance is enacted to modify said authorized positions: Deputy Chiefs 6 District Chiefs 17 Captains 76* Lieutenants 99** Engineers 165 Firefighters 328 Total 691 *Deletes one Captain's position. **Deletes two Lieutenants' positions 3 ~. s 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: Position/Rank Engineers Firefighters Total SECTION 3. To Be Deleted 5 1 6 This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of pre- vious ordinance 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 Code are hereby repealed. The "Mayor and Council Communication" memorandum of t2 ,~ R ~ l reference No . 'm t C G' "~G3~which is contemporaneous with this ordinance, is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference for further clarification and explanation 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, 4 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, sentence, 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 caption 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: r ~FAVT'~(City Attorney r Date : ~.-~/ a2' 9'~ ADOPTED • r,~ ' ~~ ` l EFFECTIVE: 5 MAB1"GR r-~~.~:,i NCCOUNTING•2 ]]// /~ ~~~/// ,,//~~ ~ 7RANSPORTATIOLv~PUBL6 .Ve .3~"~® U ~y,~,r// // "®~~~~~ ~®~~^~ rn n ~~ ~/1~'Y/'IF/]( ®~j~ NnrEFt AOMINISlRATiaN ~ti ~((, U (L(L (!~/ 111../. u ~((i(L (/•lj,ili~lji({~ ((i // (V //F~RE AOF.91N s)t~u~~r~n~.il REFERENCE SUBJECT DELETION OF ONE CAPTAIN AND PAGE NUMBER TWO LIEUTENANT POSITIONS FROM THE FIRE 1 2-12-91 **G-9034 ) of-___ ~1CnAnTIW CHIT RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance to immediately decrease the total number of authorized Fire Captain positions from seventy-seven (77) to seventy-six (76), and the total number of authorized Fire Lieutenant positions from one hundred one (101) to ninety-nine (99) DISCUSSION: The Fire Department's FY 90-91 budget includes a reduction of thirty (30) Civil Service positions of various ranks, seventeen of which were eliminated October 1, 1990, and thirteen to be deleted during the first quarter of the fiscal year through normal attrition. On July 17, 1990, City Council approved M&C G-8733 adopting an ordinance (Ordinance No. 10640) deleting two Captain positions and stating the Fire Department's intent to delete the thirty (30) additional Civil Service positions. Such intent was declared so as to negate any employee expectancy for promotion into the positions as they become vacant. Since that time City Council has approved the deletion of three additional Captain positions and one Lieutenant position (M&C G-8844 and M&C G-8870). There are currently one Fire Captain and two Fire Lieutenant vacancies in the Fire Department with no Civil Service eligibility list in effect for the positions. Deletion of the Captain and Lieutenant positions will change the current authorized strength as follows: Current Authorized Staffin Key Code Classification Total Y04 Captain 77 Y03 Lieutenant 101 FINANCING: Proposed Staffing Key Code Classification Total Y04 Captain 76 Y03 Lieutenant 99 The 1990-91 Fir Department budget anticipated these changes, therefore no additional cost ~ or savings are realized by the deletions. BT:v 36CAPT ~P~R4VED ~Y C~~Y ~~~~CIL Bob Terrell 6143 H.L. McMillen 6805 H.L. McMillen 6805 DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. ^ APPROVED ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) d Qrdinance PROCESSED BY ~ ~,~ ~.}3TZ~4 SUBMITTED FOR IHt CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BY ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT