HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1970 J
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
ON FRIDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEOM, A. D. 1937,
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER XXI OF THE CHARTER
OF SAID CITY FOR THE PLit POST. OF SUH2ITTING FOR
THE DETMMINATION OF SAID VOTERS QUESTIONS AS TO
F1f3 MM OR NOT APPROPRIATE ORDINANCES SHOULD BE
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL GRANTING INCREASES IN
SALARIES, ELECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1938, TO ALL IJ[LM-
BERS OF THE FIRE MPARTIMT, POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND ALL OTHER MCPARTLIMTS OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH SUFFICIENT TO RESTORE THE SALARIES PREVAIL-
ING PRIOR TO THE GIMIMAL REDUCTION IN 1931, AND
TO PROVIDE SUCH TAX LEVY AS WILL BE NECESSARY TO
MM SUCH ADDITIONAL OPERATING EXPENSES; AND FUR-
THER PROVIDING T13 APPROZLIATE AMOUYi OF &aff
THAT WILL EZ REQUIRED TO PAY SUCH INCREASED
SALARIES, TOGETHER WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE NECES-
SARY TAX LEVY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE: CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT NORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION I.
That in compliance with the provisions of Chapter XXI of the Char-
ter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and in accordance with the laws and
Constitution of the State of Texas, a special election be and the same is
hereby called and ordered for Friday, the third day of December, A. D.
1937, at which election all qualified voters may vote.
SECTION II.
At this election the following questions shall be submitted for
the determination of said voters:
1. Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through
its City Council, effective October 1, 1938, pass an
ordinance providing for the restoration of the rate of
salaries paid to officers and employees of the Fire De-
partment of the City of Fort North existing prior to
the general reduction of salaries made in the year 1931,
and providing for minimum salaries to be paid officers
and employees of the Fire Department of said city, and
that the,said minimum monthly salaries shall be as fol-
lows:
Chief of the Fire Department ;;320.00
Battalion Chief, Acting as
Secretary 195.00
Assistant Chiefs each 220.00
Assistant Chief, Acting
as Fire .larshal 220.00
Battalion Chiefs each 195.00
Battalion Chief, Acting
as Instructor 195.00
Arson Investigator 145.00
Inspectors each 150.00
Operators each 145.00
Captains each 155.00
Lieutenants each 145.00
Privates, First Class each 135.00
Privates, Second Class each 125.00
Privates, Third Class each 115.00
Privates, Fourth Class each 105.00
Idaster Mechanic 200.00
First Assistant Mechanic 175.00
Second Assistant Mechanic 155.00
Mechanic's Helper 145.00;
provided that the necessary amount of money to be raised
to pay said increased salaries shall not exceed Forty-
two Thousand, Six Hundred Forty-two and no/100 Dollars
(W,642.00) and that the tax levy required to meet this
additional expense shall not exceed Two and Sixty-two
Hundredths Cents (2.64) on each One Hundred Dollars
(0100.00) worth of tamable property in said city?
2. Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through
its City Council, effective October 1, 1938, pass an
ordinance providing for the restoration of the rate of
salaries paid to officers and employees of the Police
Department of the City of Fort Worth existing prior to
the general reduction of salaries made in the year 1931,
and providing for minim— salaries to be paid officers
and employees of the Police Department of said city,
and that the said minimum monthly salaries shall be as
follows:
Chief of Police 4320.00
Captain 210.00
Lieutenant 185.00
Sergeant 155.00
Patrolman 140.00
Chief of Detective 230.00
Detective 155.00
Motorman 140.00
Secretary 125.00
Clerk 140.00
Superintendent of
Identification 210.00
Assistant 175.00
Poundman 125.00
Painter 120.00;
provided that the necessary amount of money to be raised
to pay said increased salaries shall not exceed Thirty-
five Thousand, Two Hundred Three and no/100 Dollars
(435,203.00) and that the tax levy required to meet this
additional expense shall not exceed Two and Seventeen
Hundredths Cents (2.170) on each One Hundred Dollars
(4100600) worth of taxable property in said city?
3. Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through
its City Council, effective October 1, 1938, pass an
ordinance providing for the restoration of the rate of
salaries paid to all other officers and employees of
said city, except members of the Fire and .^olice Depart-
ments, existing prior to the general reduction of salaries
made in the year 1931, and providing for m.iniimun salaries
to be paid said officers and employees of the city; pro-
vided that the necessary amount of money to be raised to
pay said increased salaries shall not exceed Sixty-four
Thousand, Seventeen and no/100 Dollars ($64,017.00) and
that the tax levy required to most this additional expense
shall not exceed Three and Ninety-four fiuncl-e'3thss Teens
(3.94V) on each One Hundred Dollars (4100.00) worth of
taxable property in said city?
3=10Ii III.
That said election shall be held at the following places, with
the following named Judges presiding at said election, to Wit:
f
PREC. WARD LOCATION JUDGE
1 1 Fire Hall John .. Swayne
Second & Commerce
55 2-S First Christian Church A. G. Johnson
Sixth & Throakmorton Streets
2 2N Courthouse Basement C. L. Crutoher
West End
56 3-E Fire Hall S. J. Ailler
1401 Kennedy
3 3-W Fire Hall 'vnn. E. Hood
lath & Jones
4 4__T Fire Hall R. C. Huller
Texas & Cherry
57 4-W Rotary Park n;. B. Randle
Seventh & Summit
58 5-E Watson Drug Store Mrs. _Sinnie A. Utley
1001 Bessie
5 5-W Missouri Avenue .4ethodist H. R. Zimmerman
Church
520 Missouri Avenue
54 6-W Gordon Boswell Floral Co. Gordon Boswell
1220 Pennsylvania avenue
53 6-C Fire Hall T. L. Hogle
Petersmith & Fulton
5 6-E Fire Hall Miss :,lla Bidiker
Tucker & South Bryan
7 7-.NW Harger Furniture Co. J. P. Wear
1111 South _lain
84 7-SW Phillips Barber Shop Mrs. San Dennis
401 .-est Richmond
79 7-S& Worth Drug Store 11rs. C. :,. Dinkins
2300 Evans avenue
59 7-NE Keep-UNeat Cleaners R. D. tillimmm
951 Evans Avenue
73 7 F Fire Hall C. ffehres
New York &Maddox
89 7-3 Residence F. L. Bass Irs. F. L. Bass
920 Mulkey
8 8-NE Taylor's Home .lade Ice Cream Z. S. Ratcliff
911 West magnolia Avenue
` a
PREC. WARD LOCATION JUDGE
71 B-SE Fire Hall Mrs. J. L. Raysor
1601 Lipscomb
96 8-S College Avenue Pharmacy Urs. Hugh Sloan
2263 College
60 8-W Park Place Fire Hall Sirs. R. W. Wheeler
1616 Park Place
70 8-NW Gebhard Drug Store L. F. Perkins
1314 hest Magnolia
61 9-E Fire Hall Lelia Walker
1019 Peach Street
9 9-W Court House Basement Mrs. Christina Duncan
Aast End
97 10-SW Felder Grocery J. R. Francisco
1623 Berry Street
78 10-SE Renfro Drug Store Lira. J. W. Heffington
3040 Hemphill
77 10-0 Fire Hall J. J. Ray
2800 Lipscomb Street
62 10 N Nobby Cleaners & Dyers Lars. a. K. Rose
2419 Hemphill
48 11 B Fire Hall K. Roby
12th & North Main
67 11-SA Lone Star Grocery 1&s. 0. Bellamy
609 West Central
87 11 NW Fire Hall .,Ira. J. R. Goff
18th & Belmont
68 12-W Trinity Methodist Church R. H. Bogard
25th & Azle Avenue
92 12-0 J. 0. George Plumbing Co. J. w. Vaughan
906 NW 25th Street
49 12-B Renfro Drug Store Mrs. Russell Babcock
Exchange & North Main
10 13--N Fire Hall ;. E. Rickard
1501 East Hattie
80 13-C R. Vickery School i. V. Jones
1905 Vickery Boulevard
T
PREC. U" LOCATION JUDGE
90 13-8 J. E. Dalton Grocery Company Lars. Pauline Tankersley
1348 East Richmond
81 14-3 Fire Hall _trs. D. T. Swint
University & Berry
95 14 N Frost's Clover Farm Store 0. E. Tunstill
2202 Forest Park Boulevard
15 15-3 Hudson Grocery T. H. Bashing
3478 Curzon
64 15-N Kell Dry Cleaning Mrs. Lottie Meserole
3017 Nest Seventh Street
16 16-E Arlington Methodist Church D. W. Evans
Thomas Place & Camp Bowie
103 16-N North Hi-Mount School Mrs. Rena Renfro
3800 Modlin
86 16-0 Fire Hall F. E. Anderson
Carlton & Camp Bowie
94 16-W Arlington Heights Elementary Mrs. Forrest C. Withers
School
5100 Camp Bowie Boulevard
17 17 Franko Grocery Emmett Curran
2800 Azle Avenue
51 18 Diamond Hill B[ethodist Church 'ems. J. A. Stevenson
3005 Oscar
19 19-S Riverside Christian Church Ars. Henry ... Schmidt
Swayne & First Streets
88 19-0 Fire Hall Mrs. Pat H. Lewis
Riverside
101 19N Oakland Land Office Ira. S. A. Wall
2341 Carnation
66 20 Sycamore Heights Baptist Church uIrs. Laura ... Maginnis
2800 l'urrington
11 21-E Fire Hall Ars. C. F. Andrews
1409 Vaughan
75 21-W Reynolds-Campbell Lumber Co. Mrs. M. A. Elliott
2701 Vickery Boulevard
74 22-tip Fred's Place Grocery Li. L. Collins
2300 Bishop Street
3
PREC. HARD LOCATION JUDGE
98 22-B Bishop Street Pharmacy Mrs. J. M. Hard
2201 Bishop
14 23-E Whitley's Drug Store Mrs. E. F. Jenkina
3900 Hemphill
85 23-W Seminary Service Station L. N. Jones
1701 Gambrell Street
76 24 Mistletoe Coffee Shop Roscoe Smith
21" Mistletoe Boulevard
50 25 Washington Heights School hire. A. C. George
3300 North Houston
91 26 Lacy's Store J. B. Lacy
Lake Worth
105 27 N Fire Hall Lira. C. M. Pearce
Meadowbrook-Oakland
88 27-3 Sagamore Hill School J. G. Reeves
Vinson &Hughes
83 28 Matthews Grocery C. E. JaGO
3201 Hardeioan
SECTION IV.
That said election shall be held under the provisions of the Char-
ter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, the Constitution and laws of said
State insofar as same shall be applicable, and all qualified voters shall
be allowed to vote on said propositions.
SECTION V.
Each proposition for the proposed raise in salaries shall be so-
curately stated so that the voters shall pass upon each one of the three
questions separate and apart from the others.
All voters who favor the proposition to restore the salaries of
the officers and employees of the Fire Department to those existing prior
to the reduction in the year 1931 shall have written or printed upon their
ballots "For the measure," and those opposed shall have written or printed
upon their ballots the words "Against the measure."
All voters who favor the proposition to restore the salaries of
the officers and employees of the police Department to those existing prior
to the reduction in the year 1931 shall have written or printed upon their
ballots "For the measure," and those opposed shall have written or printed
upon their ballots the words "Against the measure."
All voters who favor the proposition to restore the salaries of
all other officers and employees of the City of Fort Worth to those exist-
ing prior to the reduction in the year 1931 shall have written or printed
upon their ballots "For the measure," and those opposed shall have written
or printed upon their ballots the words "Against the measure."
SECTION VI.
The way and manner of holding this special election, the notice
to be given therefor, the polling places, the personnel of the officers
who are to hold the same and all details connected with the holding of the
election shall be determined and arranged by the City Council, and a proper
notice of such matters shall be given in a proclamation by the Mayor.
SECTION VII.
The City Secretary is hereby ordered and directed to prepare proper
ballots and stamp same "Official Ballot," on which ballots shall be printed
all of the propositions hereinabove set forth.
SECTION TIII.
That the City Secretary shall furnish said ballots together with
any other forms or blanks that may be necessary to hold said election, and
the duly appointed judges shall hold said election and make their return
in accordance with the Charter of the City of Fort North and the laws of
the State of Texas insofar as the same are applicable.
SECTION IX.
A copy of this ordinance signed by the Mayor of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, and attested by the City Secretary shall serve as a proper
notice of said election.
SEGTIO14 X.
The notice of this election shall be posted in each voting pre-
cinot in the City of Fort North, Texas and published as required by law.
SECTION XI.
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and ef-
fect from and after the date of its passage.
,ia,�ar
ATT*SST:
City Secretary
City attorney
OFFICIAL BALLOT
I.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City
Council,effective October 1,1938,pass an ordinance providing
for the restoration of the rate of salaries paid to officers and
employees of the Fire Department of the City of Fort Worth
existing prior to the general reduction of salaries made in the
year 1931, and providing for minimum salaries to be paid
officers and employees of the Fire Department of said city,
and that the said minimum monthly salaries shall be as
follows:
Chief of the Fire Department..............................$320.00
Battalion Chief, Acting as Secretary................ 195.00
Assistant Chiefs, each.......................................... 220.00
Assistant Chief,Acting as Fire Marshal.......... 220.00
Battalion Chiefs, each.......................................... 195.00
Battalion Chief, Acting as Instructor.............. 195.00
Arson Investigator ._.._....................................... 145.00
Inspectors, each .................................................... 150.00
Operators, each ................................................... 145.00
Captains, each....................................................... 155.00
Lieutenants, each ............................_....._.........._._ 145.00
Privates,First Class,each.................................... 135.00
Privates, Second Class, each................................ 125.00
Privates,Third Class,each............................... 115.00
Privates,Fourth Class, each......._...._................. 105.00
Master Mechanic.................................................... 200.00
First Assistant Mechanic..._-------------------...___.------ 175.00
Second Assistant Mechanic........._.............._....... 155.00
Mechanic's Helper ............................................... 145.00;
provided that the necessary amount of money to be raised
to pay said increased salaries shall not exceed Forty-two Thou-
sand, Six Hundred Forty-two and no/100 Dollars ($42,642.00)
and that the tax levy required to meet this additional expense
shall not exceed Two and Sixty-two Hundredths Cents (2.620)
on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) worth of taxable
property in said city?
FOR the measure.
AGAINST the measure.
II.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City
Council,effective October 1,1938,pass an ordinance providing
for the restoration of the rate of salaries paid to officers and
employees of the Police Department of the City of Fort Worth
existing prior to the general reduction of salaries made in the
year 1931, and providing for minimum salaries to be paid
officers and employees of the Police Department of said city,
and that the said minimum monthly salaries shall be as
follows:
Chief of Police..............._.......................................$320.00
Captain .............................................................. 210.00
Lieutenant ............._............................................ 185.00
Sergeant ....................._..._...................._............. 155.00
Patrolman .............................................................. 140.00
Chief of Detective.................................................. 230.00
Detective ................................................................ 155.00
Motorman .................................•.......................... 140.00
Secretary ......................._................- ................. 125.00
Clerk ..............................................._....................... 140.00
Superintendent of Identification....................... 210.00
Assistant ............................................................... 175.00
Poundman ..-•---........................-......-......-........._ 125.00
Painter .................................................................... 120.00;
provided that the necessary amount of money to be raised
to pay said increased salaries shall not exceed Thirty-five
Thousand,Two Hundred Three and no/100 Dollars($35,203.00)
and that the tax levy required to meet this additional expense
shall not exceed Two and Seventeen Hundredths Cents (2.172)
on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) worth of taxable
property in said City?
FOR the measure.
AGAINST the measure.
M.
Shall the City of Fort Worth, Texas, through its City
Council,effective October 1,1938,pass an ordinance providing
for the restoration of the rate of salaries paid to all other
officers and employees of said city, except members of the
Fire and Police Departments, existing prior to the general
reduction of salaries made in the year 1931, and providing
for minimum salaries to be paid said officers and employees
of the city; provided that the necessary amount of money to
be raised to pay said increased salaries shall not exceed Sixty-
four Thousand,Seventeen and no/100 Dollars ($64,017.00) and
that the tax levy required to meet this additional expense shall
not exceed Three and Ninety-four Hundredths Cents (3.940)
on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) worth of taxable
property in said city?
FOR the measure.
AGAINST the measure.
ORDINANCE
-
'Title _C`�s t� C:-
Date
Filed-- day of
City Secretary