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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 25736-09-2022 ORDINANCE NO. 25736-09-2022 AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SWORN POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY SEVENTY-THREE BY ADDING ONE POSITION IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF DEPUTY CHIEF, TWO POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF SERGEANT, FIVE POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF CORPORAL/DETECTIVE, AND SIXTY-FIVE POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF POLICE OFFICER, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022; 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 police officers and (ii)prescribe the number of positions in each classification; and WHEREAS, on September 28, 2021, the City Council adopted Ordinance 25102- 09-2021, which established the Police Department's sworn personnel staffing levels, effective October 1, 2021, as follows: Assistant Chief 3 Deputy Chief 5 Commander 6 Captain 17 Lieutenant 50 Sergeant 207 Corporal/Detective 252 Police Officer 1,203 Total 1,743; and WHEREAS,the Police Chief has requested that the City Council increase the total number of authorized positions in the Police Department by seventy-three (73), effective October 1,2022,with such positions consisting of one(1)additional position in the existing classification of Deputy Chief,two (2) additional positions in the existing classification of Sergeant, five (5) additional positions in the existing classification of Corporal/Detective, and sixty-five (65) additional positions in the existing classification of Police Officer, to reflect the Civil Service staffing included in the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget, and thereafter Ordinance No. 25736-09-2022 Page 1 of 3 prescribe the number of authorized positions in the Police Department to conform with the proposed changes as set forth below in order to effect efficient economy of the operations of the Police Department. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That, following the formal adoption of this ordinance,the following positions shall be the only sworn positions in each classification (rank) authorized in the City of Fort Worth Police Department effective October 1, 2022, until modified by subsequent ordinance: Assistant Chief 3 Deputy Chief 6 Commander 6 Captain 17 Lieutenant 50 Sergeant 209 Corporal/Detective 257 Police Officer 1,268 Total 1,816 SECTION 2. That 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. 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 Ordinance No. 25736-09-2022 Page 2 of 3 provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of prior police 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. 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 I, 2022, with respect to the addition of positions included in the adopted budget as reflected above, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ATTEST: (J Jannette S.Goodall(Ort6,202214:50 CDT) Denis McElroy,Asst. City Attorney Jannette S. Goodall, City Secretae(A. ADOPTED: September 27, 2022 ® rG v� G EFFECTIVE: October I, 2022 t `�1 r4�XA Ordinance No. 25736-09-2022 Page 3 of 3 City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE: 09/27/22 M&C FILE NUMBER: M&C 22-0726 LOG NAME: 03POLICE FY2023 STAFFING ORDINANCE SUBJECT (ALL)Adopt Ordinance Amending Police Department Staffing Effective October 1,2022,to Increase the Number of Authorized Civil Service Positions in the Specified Classifications by a Total of Seventy-Three and Adopt Attached Ordinance Prescribing Salaries for the Police Department RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Adopt the attached ordinance to reflect Civil Service staffing in the Police Department,effective October 1,2022;and 2. Adopt the attached ordinance prescribing the salaries for all peace officers in the Police Department effective October 1,2022. DISCUSSION: The purpose of this Mayor and Council Communication(M&C)and the attached ordinances is to take actions associated with the recently adopted Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for the Police Department. Adoption of the first ordinance will revise Civil Service staffing levels in the Police Department. Approval of this M&C will add a total of seventy- three Civil Service positions in the Police Department. Of these positions,sixty-four were included in the City's adopted Fiscal Year 2023 budget. Nine additional positions are being added at the Officer rank in order to accommodate late requests for additional School Resource Officers for Keller ISD and Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD without undermining staffing available for other police purposes. Of the nine positions,five are anticipated to be part of the department's authorized strength on an on-going basis,and four will be designated as temporary,"overage" positions. Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD is in the process of standing up its own police department,and the four overage positions associated with that district will be inactivated once the district's program is established and sufficient attrition has occurred that the authorized overages are no longer required. A revised staffing ordinance will be presented once the authorized overage positions are no longer required to restore the intended authorized strength noted in the table below. The chart below reflects authorized strength levels from the adoption of the FY22 staffing ordinance(Ordinance 25102-09-2021)through the changes included in today's action. Staffing Intended for FY22 Changes Authorized Temporary Future Classification Ordinance in Today Is Authorized 25102-09- Ordinance Strength Positions Authorized 2021 Strength Assistant Chief 3 3 3 Deputy Chief 5 1 6 6 Commander 6 6 6 Captain 17 17 17 Lieutenant 50 50 50 Sergeant 207 2 209 209 Corporal/Detective 252 I 5 I 257 I I 257 Police Officer 1203 65 1268 4 1264 Total 1743 73 1816 4 1812 Adoption of the second ordinance would prescribe the salaries for each classification of peace officer in the Police Department for FY2023 in accordance with state law and the adopted labor agreement. When the terms of the Meet and Confer Labor Agreement(MCA)were agreed to and approved in June of 2020(M&C 20-0356;CFW Contract Number 54366),the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performance of the Crime Control and Prevention District(CCPD)sales tax was unknown. The parties agreed to tie the structure of salary schedules for the tested ranks(Police Officer through Captain)to the performance of that revenue source with three alternative schedules possible(A, B,and C). CCPD sales tax revenues were compared for the fourth quarter(July through September)of 2020 versus 2019. Per this comparison,the CCPD sales tax revenues had a reduction of 1.29%year over year. Because the reduction in sales tax revenue was between 0%and 5%,salary Schedule A is the one that applies throughout the term of the current MCA. That schedule is the one included in the attached salary ordinance. A Form 1295 is not required because:This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity. FISCAL INFORMATION I CERTIFICATION: The Director of Finance certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations,funds will be available in the Fiscal Year 2023 operating budget,as appropriated of the General Fund and Crime Control&Prev Dist Fund. Prior to an expenditure being incurred,the Police Department has the responsibility to validate the availability of funds. Submitted for City Manager's Office by; Reginald Zeno 8187 Originating Business Unit Head: Richard Zavala 5711 Additional Information Contact: