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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 10079:~ ORDINANCE NO. ~QC'~~:.~_ AN ORDINANCE SPECIFYING THE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ADDING THREE POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 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 ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS. WHEREAS, the Police Chief has .requested the City Council to specify and authorize the number of positions in the Police Department for the 1987-88 Fiscal Year, and WHEREAS, with the passage of Ordinance 9926, the authorized number of positions in the Police Department was established as 932, with authorized staffing levels of 611 Police officers, 168 Corporal/Detectives, 95 Sergeants, 42 Lieutenants, 12 Captains and 4 Deputy Chiefs; and WHEREAS, with the passage of Ordinance 9926, the authorized number of positions in the Police Department effective April 1, 1988 was established as 983, with authorized staffing levels of 651 Police Officers, 172 Corporal/Detectives, 106 Sergeants, 42 Lieutenants, 12 Captains and 4 Deputy Chiefs; and WHEREAS, with the passage of Ordinance 10063, the authorized number of positions in the Police Department effective February 16, 1988 was established as 938, with authorized staffing levels of 611 Police Officers, 168 Corporal/Detectives, 99 Sergeants, 43 Lieutenants, 13 Captains and 4 Deputy Chiefs and the number of positions in the Police Department effective April 1, 1988 was established as 989, with authorized staffing levels of 651 Police officers, 172 Corporal/Detectives, 106 Sergeants, 43 Lieutenants, 13 Captains and 4 Deputy Chiefs, and WHEREAS, the Police Chief desires to alter the authorized number of positions by adding three sergeant positions without altering the budget of the Department; and WHEREAS, the specification and authorization of these positions is a necessity; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That effective March 26, 1988 the following positions are the only positions authorized in the City of Fort Worth Police Department except as otherwise provided by this ordinance, for the remainder of the Fiscal Year 1987-1988: Police Officers 611 Corporal/Detectives 168 Sergeants 102 Lieutenants 43 Captains 13 Deputy Chiefs 4 941 SECTION 1. That effective April 1, 1988 the following positions are the only positions authorized in the City of Fort Worth Police Department for the remainder of the Fiscal Year 1987-1988: -2- Police Officers 651 Corporal/Detectives 172 Sergeants 106 Lieutenants 43 Captains 13 Deputy Chiefs 4 989 SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi- nances 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. 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 unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs 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 _3- effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. 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 Date: ADOPTED: ~'~ EFFECTIVE: -4- ~. ~/ ACCOUIVTlhQ.2 - pity of lt~o~°t ~o~°th, `1C~~C~~ SRANS!?OR'IATiW~t~P_U86fC WOR ~,(~~~®~ ~ U Il~~ ~®!Lll/~lt/ (li~ ~®~~ IL1V 0 lV (L~L/~+W ~ fL® U lV NATEf2 ACrMlfdiSTRA'ii6fy of ~~/~ ROUGE gpMINIS.i '~7d~1~fE~ REFERENCE NUMBER ~%~~%~S" **G-7488 Recommendation SUBJECT ADJUST EFFECTIVE DATE OF PAGE ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED STRENGTH FOR ,of 2 It is recommended that the City Council adjust the Police Department's auth- orized strength by changing the effective date of three additional sergeant positions from April 1, 1988 to March 26, 1988. Discussion On February 16, 1988, the City Council approved M&C G-7456 raising the Police Department's authorized strength to 989 effective April 1, 1988. Included in th i s total were an additional forty officers and four sergeants for Patrol and three sergeants and four corporal/detectives for the Auto Theft. The Auto Theft Unit, scheduled to begin on April 1, 1988, requires three sergeants to begin operations. Since the current sergeant's eligibility list expires on March 29, 1988, the department would need to wait more than a month before another sergeant's test can be administered and a new eligibility list finalized. Therefore, the authorized strength should be raised by three sergeant positions effective March 26, 1988 to enable the Auto Theft Unit to begin operations without leaving sergeant vacancies in other divisiops. Adjusting the effective date 'for sergeants will not be necessary in Patrol because the upcoming training class has been delayed until June, and the current class will not work solo until later in the fiscal year. Adjusting the effective date of these positions will also further the department's affirmative action plan that includes promoting minorities and women to responsible positions. Two of the three candidates are female. The new civil service authorized strength on March 26, 1988 will be 941 sworn positions. On April 1, 1988 the authorized strength will be 989 as approved by the City Council on February 16, 1988. The following table summarizes the adjustments in authorized strength. Civil Service Proposed Civil Civil Service Authorized Strength Service Authorized Authorized February 16, 1988 Strength Strength March 26, 1988 April 1, 1988 Police Officers 611 611 651 Corporals/Detectives 168 168 172 Sergeants 99 102 106 Lieutenants 43 43 43 Captai ns 13 13 13 Deputy Chief s 4 4 4 Total 938 941 989 Y DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT ADJUST EFFECTIVE DATE OF PAGE NUMBER ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED STRENGTH FOR __2_-of_ 2 3 24 88 **G-7488 Financing The only additional costs will be the difference between the three employees' current salaries and their new salaries after promotion. The minimal cost of six days at the higher salaries will be absorbed in the Criminal Investigations Division, Account No. 35-41-00. BT wg APPROVED BY CITY COU~NC(L MAR ~~ i~~8 Gitg Se~x~taxp of th• G"~:iy c~ g'wt! ~'io~GA. Tex SUBMITTED FOR THE OF ICEABYGER'S gob Terrell DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. APPROVED ~ PROCESSED BY ORIGINATING ~ OTHER (DESCRIBE) 1,, DEPARTMENT HEAD• TIIOmaS Windham CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION G ` ted Ordinance Noe ~~ Ado CONTACT M Car enter 877-82 2 p DATE