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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE SPECIFYING THE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MAKING CERTAIN STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVID-
ING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND
ENROLLMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Fire Chief has requested the City Council to spe-
cify and authorize the number of positions in the Fire Department
for the remainder of the 1987-88 Fiscal Year, and
WHEREAS, there is a need to delete four positions from the
current Fire Department staffing in order to comply with the three
percent budget reduction plan outlined by M&C G-7471; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Chief desires, effective March 24, 1988, to
decrease the number of Fire Captain positions by one, to decrease
the number of Fire Lieutenant positions by one, and to decrease the
number of Fire Engineer positions by two; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council to reinstate
the four positions deleted by this ordinance on October 1, 1988; 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:
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SECTION 1.
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That the following positions are the only positions authorized
in the City of Fort Worth Fire Department for the remainder of the
Fiscal Year 1987-1988:
Firefighter
Fire Engineer
Fire Lieutenant
Fire Captain
District Chief
Deputy Chief
SECTION 2.
348
168
98
84
17
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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are hereby repealed.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 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 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 ana sections o=
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.
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SECTION 4.
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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ADOPTED:
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DATE REFERENCE
NUMBER
3/22/88
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Recommendation
SUBJECT FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING
ADJUSTMENTS
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It is recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance to delete one Fire
Captain position in Fire Services, one Fire Lieutenant position in Fire
Prevention, two Fire Engineer positions, one in Fire Prevention and one in Fire
Services, effective March 24, 1988, and reinstated October 1, 1988.
The deletion of four positions from the current Fire Department staffing is to
comply with the three percent budget reduction plan as discussed by the City
Council and outlined by M&C G-7471.
This proposal will change the current budgeted authorized staffing as shown
below
Current Authorized Staffing Proposed Staffing
Key Code Classification Total Key Code Classification Total
Y01 Firefighter 348 Y01 Firefighter 348
Y02 Engineer 170 Y02 Engineer 168
Y03 Lieutenant 99 Y03 Lieutenant 98
Y04 Captain 85 Y04 Captain 84
Y05 District Chief 17 Y05 District Chief 17
Y11 Deputy Chief 7 Y11 Deputy Chief 7
Department Total 726 Department Total 722
Financing
The delayed filling of these four positions will result in savings of $76,375
for six months.
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APPROVED BY
CITY CQU~IVCIL
MAR 24 1988
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Ciiq Secretary of ttae
Gitp of Fort Wort2a, Texas
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CEPARTMENT HEAD Chief McP4illen
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Ordinance No.
PROCESSED BY
CITY SECRETARY
DATE