HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 23415-09-2018 ORDINANCE NO. 23415-09-2018
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE SALARY FOR EACH
CLASSIFICATION OF PEACE OFFICER IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEAL
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Subchapter B of Chapter 141 of the Texas Local Government Code
affects all municipalities with a population of 10,000 or more; and
WHEREAS, Section 141.033(a) provides that each city affected by Subchapter B
"shall classify all positions in its fire and police departments and shall . . . prescribe the
salary for each classification"; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 141.033 and Section 143.021(a), the City
of Fort Worth periodically adopts staffing ordinances for its Fire and Police Departments
that establish the classifications of all fire fighters and police officers and prescribe the
number of positions in each classification; and
WHEREAS, the City has historically prescribed the salary for each classification
in the Fire and Police Departments through provisions in the City's annual budget
appropriation ordinance; and
WHEREAS, salaries for the majority of the classifications in the Police
Department are currently set by and subject to a labor agreement, that agreement being
Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 49103 (Police); and
WHEREAS, annual adoption of a separate ordinance that prescribes the salaries
for each classification, in accordance with a labor agreement where applicable, would
improve transparency and promote awareness.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS THAT:
SECTION 1.
Attached as Addendum A, and made a part of this ordinance by incorporation, are
the salary schedules for Fort Worth Police Department civil service classifications below
the classification of Commander for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2018. These
schedules set out the annual base pay for each listed civil service classification in the Fort
Worth Police Department in accordance the department's labor agreement where
applicable and provide for additional seniority pay as determined by each civil service
employee's anniversary date. The seniority pay provided for in this ordinance is in addition
to and not in lieu of the longevity pay provided for by Texas Local Government Code
section 141.032.
SECTION 2.
Attached as Addendum B, and made a part of this ordinance by incorporation, are
the executive pay plan ranges for Fort Worth Police Department classifications at or above
the classification of Commander for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2018.
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of previous ordinances and
of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, except where the
provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of prior police staffing
ordinances for the Police Department and such Code,in which event conflicting provisions
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of such ordinances and such code provisions are hereby repealed and this ordinance shall
be controlling.
SECTION 4.
That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of these ordinances 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,
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.
That this ordinance shall be effective October 1, 2018, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO ATTEST:
WANEGTY:
Deist. City Attorney Mary J. KaW, C ty Necretary
ADOPTED: September 25, 2018
EFFECTIVE: October 1, 2018
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ADDENDUM A
FY 201$12019
Key Title Base Pay 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 6th Year 8th Year 10th Year 12th Year 14th Year 16th Year
Step 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Base Pay Base+1 Base+2 Base+3 Base+4 Base+5 Base+6 Base+7 Base+8 Base+9 Base+10
X03 Police Officer 28.62 30.04 31.55 33.12 34.78 35.65 36.54 37.45 38.38 40.30 42.39
4th Year 6th Year 8th Year l Oth Year 12th Year 14th Year 16th Year
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Base Pay Base+1 Base+2 Base+3 Base+4 Base+5 Base+6
X04 Police Corporal 38.39 39.35 40.33 41.34 42.38 44.50 46.79
4 Years
7th Year 8th Year 10th Year 12th Year 14th Year 16th Year
6 7 8 9 10 11
Base Pay Base+1 Base+2 Base+3 Base+4 Base+5
X07 Police Sergeant 43.39 44.47 45.58 46.72 49.06 51.56
7 Years
10th Year 12th Year 14th Year 16th Year
8 9 10 11
Base Pay Base+l Base+2 Base+3
X08 Police Lieutenant 50.22 51.48 54.06 56.84
10 Years
13th Year 14th Year 16th Year
9 10 11
Base Pay Base+l Base+2
X09 Police Captain 56.78 59.62 62.66
13 Years
1.NOTES
Across the Board(ATB)Pay Raise Percentages:
EY201812019 3.10°!Effective the first full pay period after October 1,2018
City of Fort Worth Addendum B
Police Executive Pay Plan Ranges
FY 2018-2019
Job Title Minimum Maximum
Police Chief 68.32 112.74
Police Assistant Chief 53.72 88.64
Police Deputy Chief 51.45 84.90
Police Commander 49.19 81.16
Source: Human Resources 9/10/2018
City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
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COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 9/26/2018 - Ordinance No. 23416-09-2018
DATE: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 REFERENCE NO.: **G-19384
LOG NAME: 0335 FY2019 STAFFING ORDINANCE
SUBJECT:
Adopt Ordinance Prescribing Salaries for the Police Department for Fiscal Year 2019 (ALL COUNCIL
DISTRICTS)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance prescribing the salaries for all peace
officers in the Police Department effective October 1, 2018.
DISCUSSION:
The purpose of this Mayor and Council Communication (M&C) and the attached ordinance is to take
actions to prescribe the salaries for each classification of peace officer in the Police Department for Fiscal
Year 2019 in accordance with state law and the adopted labor agreement.
The current civil service staffing in the Police Department, as prescribed by Ordinance 23290-06-2018,
consists of 1,716 positions as follows:
j_;6 ssistant Chief-J 3
C Deputy Chief (5
Commander 6
Captain i 17
Lieutenant ( 50
�_..._mmSergeant ��m(�1i34 �
corporal/Detective�241
Police Officer 1210
"The Police Department is currently finalizing a staffing analysis study that is intended to reevaluate the
recommended authorized strength needed citywide for each classification. Following completion of the
study, the Police Department and City Manager's Office will be coming back to the City Council to address
the study's findings and possible changes to authorized strength and department budget. The current total
does include the four newly added and budgeted School Resource Officers that were funded with the
adoption of the FY2019 budget and which are being fielded by converting four vacant temporarily
authorized, or"overage," positions into ones that are part of the department's budgeted, ongoing
authorized strength.
The four-year term of the Meet and Confer Labor Agreement (MCA) between the City of Fort Worth and
Fort Worth Police Officers Association (CSC No. 49103), runs through September 30, 2020. The MCA
reflects the agreed salaries, including tenure-based step increases, for each classification in the
bargaining unit for each fiscal year. Adoption of the attached ordinance officially prescribes the salaries in
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accordance with state law and the adopted labor agreement.
This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity.
FISCAL INFORMATION /CERTIFICATION:
The Director of Finance certifies that the adopted Fiscal Year 2019 Budget, as appropriated, includes
funds for authorized positions in each classification in the Police Department, including funding for the four
newly added School Resource Officer positions in the Crime Control and Prevention District Fund
FUND IDENTIFIERS (FIDs):
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CERTIFICATIONS:
Submitted for City Manager's Office by: Fernando Costa (8180)
Originatinc Department Head: Lynda Johnson (6222)
Additional Information Contact: Terry Hanson (7934)
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