HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0029) FD Staffing Ord FY20.PDFORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ADJUSTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
AUTHORIZED CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS IN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT BY FOURTEEN EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2019 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 26, 2017, the City Council adopted Ordinance 22943-09-
2017, which established the Fire Department's sworn personnel staffing levels effective October
1, 2017, as follows:
Assistant Chief
3
Deputy Chief
6
Battalion Chief
27
Captain
87
Lieutenant
126
Engineer
208
Firefighter
468
TOTAL
925; and
WHEREAS, the recently adopted Fiscal Year 2020 Budget included funding to add
personnel to staff Fire Station 43, which is to be located in far west Fort Worth and scheduled to
open early in the fiscal year;
WHEREAS, fourteen additional positions at various classifications (ranks) are needed to
ensure a full complement of trained firefighting personnel are available for assignment to Fire
Station 43; and
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WHEREAS, the adopted Fiscal Year 2019-2020 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. 22943-09-2017 to implement the following staffing effective October 1, 2019:
Assistant Chiefs
3
Deputy Chiefs
6
Battalion Chiefs
27
Captain
88
Lieutenant
128
Engineer
211
Firefighter
476
TOTAL
939
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, 2019 until modified by subsequent ordinance:
Assistant Chiefs
3
Deputy Chiefs
6
Battalion Chiefs
27
Captain
88
Lieutenant
128
Engineer
211
Firefighter
476
TOTAL
939
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, 2019, and it is so
ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
Denis C. McElroy, Asst. City Attorney
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE: October 1, 2019
ATTEST:
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
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