HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0050) FD Staffing Ord FY21.PDFORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ADJUSTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED
CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BY
FOURTEEN EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2020 BY ADDING EIGHT
POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF FIREFIGHTER, ADDING
THREE POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF ENGINEER,
ADDING TWO POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF
LIEUTENANT, AND ADDING ONE POSITION IN THE
CLASSIFICATION OF CAPTAIN; PROVIDING A STATEMENT OF
PURPOSE AND INTENT; 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, Section 143.021(a), Texas Local Government Code provides that a
municipality's governing body shall by ordinance (i) establish the classifications of fire fighters
and (ii) prescribe the number of positions in each classification; and
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2019, the City Council adopted Ordinance 23870-09-2019,
which established the Fire Department's sworn personnel staffing levels effective October 1, 2019,
as follows:
Assistant Chief
3
Deputy Chief
6
Battalion Chief
27
Captain
88
Lieutenant
128
Engineer
211
Firefighter
476
TOTAL
939; and
WHEREAS, the recently adopted Fiscal Year 2021 Budget included funding to add
personnel to staff a new fire station off Harmon Road in north Fort Worth;
WHEREAS, fourteen additional positions at various classifications (ranks) are needed to
ensure a full complement of trained firefighting personnel are available for assignment to the new
fire station; and
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WHEREAS, the adopted Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget included funding for these
additional positions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to implement the staffing changes associated with
the adopted budget and revise the Fire Department's staffing levels from those set by Ordinance
No. 23870-09-2019 to implement the following staffing effective October 1, 2020:
Assistant Chiefs
3
Deputy Chiefs
6
Battalion Chiefs
27
Captain
89
Lieutenant
130
Engineer
214
Firefighter
484
TOTAL
953
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS THAT:
SECTION 1.
Following 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 Fire
Department effective October 1, 2020 until modified by subsequent ordinance:
Assistant Chiefs
3
Deputy Chiefs
6
Battalion Chiefs
27
Captain
89
Lieutenant
130
Engineer
214
Firefighter
484
TOTAL
953
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 City Council in its
adoption of this ordinance as well as the Department in its implementation.
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SECTION 3.
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 fire staffing ordinances for the
Fire 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 on October 1, 2020, and it is so
ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ATTEST:
Denis C. McElroy, Asst. City Attorney
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE: October 1, 2020
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
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