HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0051) FY21 FD Salary Ordinance.PDFORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE SALARY FOR EACH
CLASSIFICATION OF FIRE PROTECTION PERSONNEL IN THE FIRE
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 Fire Department
are currently set by and subject to a labor agreement; 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 Fire Department civil service classifications below the
classification of Deputy Chief for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020. These
schedules set out the annual base pay for each listed civil service classification in the Fort
Worth Fire 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 Fire 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 Fire 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, 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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