HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 17727-08-2007ORDINANCE NO. 17727-08-2007
AN ORDINANCE ADJUSTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
AUTHORIZED CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT; ADDING TI3REE SERGEANT POSITIONS AND
TWENTY-FIVE POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS; PROVIDING A
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT FOR THE ADOPTION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND
ENROLLMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT HEREBY KNOWN:
WHEREAS, the Police Chief has requested the City Council to readjust and
thereafter specify the total number of authorized civil service positions at the police
officer rank in the Police Deparhnent into conformity with the proposed changes as set
forth immediately below in order to effect efficient economy of the operations of the
Police Department; and
WI~REAS, on July 31, 2007, the City Council approved the most recent
ordinance concerning the authorized positions for the Police Department. In that
Ordinance, the Council adjusted the Police Deparhnent's civil service staffing, effective
July 1st, 2007, as follows:
Deputy Chief 5
Captain 13
Lieutenant 46
Sergeant 151
Corporal/Detective 181
Police Officer 1,055
Total 1,451
WHEREAS, in the budget plan approved for fiscal year 2007, funds were
approved for three sergeants andtwenty-four officer positions in the General Fund and
one officer position in the Grants Fund effective September 1, 2007; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 143.021 (a), Texas Local Government Code, the
City Council may prescribe the authorized number of positions in each classification
(rank) and the correct number of civil service positions by ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIIE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That, effective upon the formal adoption of this ordinance, the following positions
shall be the only civil service positions in each classification (rank) authorized in the City
of Fort Worth Police Department for the remainder of the fiscal year 2006-2007 or until
modified by subsequent ordinance:
Deputy Chief 5
Captain 13
Lieutenant 46
Sergeant 154
CorporaUDetective 181
Police Officer 1,080
Total 1,479
SECTION 2.
The "Mayor and Council Communication" memorandum, which is presented
contemporaneously with this ordinance, is hereby expressly incorporated herein by
reference for further clarification and explanation of the purpose and intent of the Council
in their adoption as well as the Department's implementation of this ordinance.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of previous 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 prior civil service
staffing ordinances for the Police Department and such Code, in which event conflicting
provisions of such ordinances and such code provisions are hereby repealed and this
ordinance shall be controlling.
SECTION 4.
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.
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:
Assistant City Attorney
Date: 8 '.2..`~ - 2 Qfl ~
ADOPTED: august Zs, 2007
EFFECTIVE: august 2s, 2007
Ci~jr ®f Fob VVo-~fh, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 8/28/2007 -Ord. No. 17727-08-2007
DATE: Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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REFERENCE NO.: **G-15843
SUBJECT:
Adopt Civil Service Staffing Ordinance Increasing Authorized Strength in the Police Department by
25 Police Officers and 3 Sergeants
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance specifying the authorized positions in
the Police Department, increasing the number of authorized positions by 25 Police Officers and three
Sergeants, including 24 officers and three sergeants in the General Fund and by one Police Officer in the
Grants Fund.
DISCUSSION:
During the FY2006-2007 General Fund Budget process, the following sworn assignments were approved
for the Police Department with one month's funding:
Police Officers: 25 Patrol Officers
Sergeant: 3 Patrol Sergeants
In addition, the City Council authorized the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant (M&C C-21508) in
the amount of $450,000 from the Office for Victims of Crime for the purpose of supporting law enforcement
initiatives to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking. This grant allows the City to establish a Fort
Worth Police Department Anti-Trafficking Program in collaboration with the U.S. Attorney for the Northern
District of Texas, the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and
Mosaic Family Services Inc. The grant has since been awarded and includes salary and benefits for one
law enforcement officer and one public education program coordinator.
The Police Department's authorized civil service strength is 1,451. Upon approval of the attached
ordinance, the assignment of civil service positions authorized for the Police Department will result in the
addition of 25 Police Officers (including one grant funded officer) and three Sergeants. The addition of the
positions referred to above would result in the following changes in the authorized strength of the Police
Department effective September 1, 2007. (See table below.)
Position
Deputy Chief
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Corporal/Detective
Police Officer
Total
Authorized Strength
13
46
151
181
1, 055
1451
Increased Strength
5
13
46
154
181
1.080
1479
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FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Finance Director certifies that funds are available in the current operating budget, as appropriated, of
the General Fund and Grants Fund.
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