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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10249~.} ORDINANCE N0. /Oa~19 AN ORDINANCE SPECIFYING THE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ELIMINAT ING TWO OVERAGE POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT OF THIS ORDI- NANCE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Police Chief has requested the City Council to specify and adjust the currently authorized number of positions in the Police Department for the 1988-89 Fiscal Year, and WHEREAS, in the City's Appropriation Ordinance 9926, effec- tive October 1, 1987, for the fiscal year 1987-1988, the autho- rized and budgeted positions for the Police Department as of October 1, 1987, were as follows: Police Officers 611 Corporal/Detectives 168 Sergeants 95 Lieutenants 42 Captains 12 Deputy Chiefs 4 TOTAL 932 WHEREAS, in said Ordinance 9926, budgeting provisions were also made to increase the manpower for the Police Department to a total strength of 983 positions at a later tentative date of e April 1, 1988, to be as follows: Police Officers 651 Corporal/Detectives 172 Sergeants 102 Lieutenants 42 Captains 12 Deputy Chiefs 4 TOTAL 983 WHEREAS, prior to the tentatively scheduled date of April 1, 1988, Ordinance 10063 was adopted February 16, 1988 as the result of a mid-budget year need to inter alia temporarily adjust the ~•, f 't y number of authorized Captains' positions from 12 to 13, to adjust the number of authorized Sergeant's positions from 102 to 106, and also to adjust the number of Lieutenants positions from 42 to 43. Said adjustment in the Captains slot was made to reflect the previously expressed City Council intent to cover the temporary shortage created when a Police Captain was to be off-work for an unspecified period of time due to his suffering a heart attack. The extra Captain's position was created with the intent that it would be eliminated and the total number of Captain's positions reduced back to the original 12 authorized positions upon the said Captain's returning to work or retiring. Four of the said adjustments in the Sergeant's positions as well as the one Lieutenant's position were also intended as temporary positions and were to be phased out as the Department's program for the civilianization for these same positions was able to be put into effect. The extra positions were all treated as "overage" posi- tions in the fiscal budget for that year ( 1987-1988) and thus no corresponding alteration in the budget was requested or autho- rized. With the adoption of Ordinance 10063, the authorized strength for the Police Department as of February 16, 1988, was as follows: -2- ~ f Police Officers 651 Corporal/Detective 172 Sergeant 1061 Lieutenant 432 Captains 133 Deputy Chiefs 4 TOTAL AUTHORIZED STRENGTH 989 1 Four Temporary Sergeant's positions 2 One temporary Lieutenant's position~`~ 3 One temporary Captain's position `~ WHEREAS, after the adoption of Ordinance 10063 and prior to the end of the fiscal year of 1987-1988, other minor adjustments (not relevant hereto} were adopted which resulted in no change in the total authorized strength of the Department; and WHEREAS, with the passage of Ordinance 10151, on or about September 27, 1988, the City of Fort Worth's Annual Budget effec- tive for the new fiscal year of 1988-1989 was authorized, and therein contained a specific provision again reflecting the tempo- rary nature of the said Captain's position in the Police Department's Budget (see p. B-259, attached thereto and ncorpo- rated therein to said Ordinance 10151); and WHEREAS, said Captain has now officially retired from the Police Department effective on or about January 1st, 1989, there- by eliminating the necessity for the one temporary Captain's posi- tion which had. been created as set forth above; and WHEREAS, partial civilianization of the said Sergeant's posi- tions has since occurred in the Records and Identification Section, thereby eliminating the necessity for one of the tempo- -3- r,. J rary Sergeant's positions which had been created as set forth above; and WHEREAS, the Chief of Police now requests the Council to bring the authorized number of Police Department Captain and Sergeant positions into conformity with the actual budgeted posi- tions authorized by Ordinance 10151 in order to effect efficient economy of the operations of the City's municipal services; WHEREAS, the Police Chief desires to eliminate the one tempo- rary Captain's position and one of the temporary Sergeant's posi- tion without altering the fiscal budget of the Department; and WHEREAS, the specification and authorization of the correct number of budgeted positions is now a necessity; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECT ION 1 . That effective February 7, 1989, the following positions are the only positions authorized in the City of Fort Worth Police Department for the remainder of the fiscal Year 1988-1989: Police Officers 653 Corporal/Detectives 172 Sergeants 105* Lieutenants 43 Captains 12** Deputy Chiefs 4 TOTAL 989 *Eliminates one temporary position with 3 remaining temporary Sergeant's positons to be phased out upon civilianization of said positions. **Eliminates the one temporary Captain's position. -4- • e r SECT ION 2 . This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of 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 such Ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such Ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECT ION 3 . The "Mayor and Council Communication" memorandum of February 7, 1989, reference No. G-7913 is hereby expressly incor- porated herein by reference for clarification and explanation of the purposes and intents 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, 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. -5- ~„ ~ 'A ;~ SECT ION 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. SECT ION 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 Date: `~-'~~g( ADOPTED: ,~ - ^] - ~ cj EFFECTIVE: ~ ~-~ 1 -6- +aP 5l tli ill.k A ~ ~- TaAN~roriiAnoNwvauc woN~ts•ce K etEA Av MINISIRA T~Jf<~~~, ®~ ~„~,~ c~~~~,~~lC cC®~,~,~~,~~~~ta®~, MANAGEMENT SER~'ICE.S 7. POLICE ADMI 1 DATE iISTRATI0h.1 REFERENCE NUMBER SUBJECT ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE PAGE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH FOR THE 1 2-7-89 **G-7913 POLICE D EPA RTMENT ' °`!- RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached ordinance speci- fying the authorized positions in the Police Department and reducing the Police Department's authorized strength effective February 7, 1989 by deleting one captain and one sergeant position. This action is necessary to achieve consistency with previously expressed Council intent (M&C G-7456, 2/16/88) regarding Police Department civil service staffing. DISCUSSION On M&C G-7456, dated February 16, 1988, the civil service positions in the Police Department were adjusted to add an additional captain position. This position was added because a captain had suffered a heart attack and was to be off work for an indefinite period of time. The M&C indicated that when the captain returned to work or retired, the additional captain position would be deleted returning the number of authorized captain positions in the department to twelve. The captain has since returned to work and retired effective 12-30-88, therefore, the position should now be deleted. The same M&C referenced above added back four sergeant positions in the Records and Identification section that had been civilianized in the 1987-88 Adopted Budget. These additional sergeant positions were to be continued until civilianization occurred. At this time some progress has been made with civilianization and it is anticipated that four sergeant positions (three in DECOR and one in the Auto Pound) can be reassigned in the next two months. There is currently a sergeant vacancy in the Police Department due to a re- cent retirement. This vacancy presents an opportunity to absorb one of the four sergeant positions the Council was requested to establish on a temporary basis until civilianization efforts made them unnecessary. Civil service vacancies are required under civil service law to be filled within 60 days after becoming vacant or be deleted. This position should be deleted now t o account for one of the four sergeant positions that will need to be absorbed by the department in the near future. It will be necessary to come back to the City Council to delete three mare sergeant positions when other vacancies occur. These changes will bring the total authorized strength in the Police Depart- ment to a total of 989 consisting of four e~p~m~t~J~~hij~'fs, 12 Captains, 43 Lieutenants, 105 Sergeants, 172 Corporal /Detg~ ,~i~v~e~~nd~~645~3 Officers. ~ mmc 1~, VV ~~ pdop4ed Ordinance No,1 ~a ~ SUBMITTED FOR IFiG CITY MANAGER'S Bob Terrel 1 rrD ~ lyg~ DISPOSITION B COUNCI APPROVED PROCESSED BY OFFICE BY ^ ORIGINATING Ch l B I 1 (/D~ESCRIBE) OT/~E~R, ~ DEPARTMENT HEAD• ar es OSWe ~ C I~frUtrrw~-- CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAE IN FORM.pTl~lan000k 8500 CONTACT ~~JJ City Seazeta~cSt of the m DATE