HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0037) PD Salary Ordinance FY21.PDFORDINANCE NO.
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. 54366; 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 three alternative salary schedules for Fort Worth Police Department civil service
classifications below the classification of Deputy Chief with the change in pay to apply
beginning with the first full pay period after December 1, 2020 and the current schedule in
Addendum A of Ordinance 23873-09-2019 to apply through that point. The difference in
revenues from the Crime Control and Prevention District sales tax in the fourth quarter of
2020 (July - September) as compared to the same period for 2019 will determine which
schedule applies. If the revenue reduction is between 0% and 5%, Schedule A will
apply. Schedule B applies if the difference in revenues is between 5% and 10%. If the
reduction in revenues is greater than 10%, then Schedule C applies.
The 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.
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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 Deputy Chief for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020.
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 salary
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.
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.
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SECTION 5.
That this ordinance shall be effective October 1, 2020, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO
FORM AND LEGALITY:
Denis C. McElroy, Asst. City Attorney
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE: October 1, 2020
ATTEST:
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
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