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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7405 ORDINANCE NO. 5 AN ORDINANCE ABOLISHING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SEVEN POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF FIRE PRIVATE; CREATING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SEVEN POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF FIRE CAPTAIN; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. - BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That seven (7) positions in the classification of Fire Private in the Fire Department, now vacant, shall be abolished. SECTION 2. That seven (7) positions in the classification of Fire Captain in the Fire Department are hereby created. SECTION 3. That if any section, part of a section or provision of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void, in- effective or unconstitutional by a court of competent juris- diction, the holding of such section, part of a section or provision of any section to be void, ineffective or un- constitutional for any cause whatsoever shall in no way affect the validity of the remaining sections and provisions of the ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage as provided by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: .5,064- - City Attorney ADOPTED: August 16, 1976 EFFECTIVE: August 16, 1976 F6Ilk - - &ME City of Fort Worth, Texas BAILIFF Mayor and Council Communication GRALKAM AIME-6 DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Revised Staffing for Fire PAGE NUMBER Department Personnel 2 8/16/76 G-3140 i or Last year, during review of the 1975-76 City of Fort Worth Annual Budget certain reorganizations within the Fire Prevention and Fire Dispatch Divisions of the Fire Department were discussed with the City Council. To recognize certain measures of efficiency and economy Council approved the deletion of seven Fire Captain positions to be replaced with seven positions of lower rank. At the time of implementation, it was the decision of the Council that the Fire Captains be deleted by attrition so that no personnel would be adversely _ affected. As of this date, the Fire Department has absorbed three of these positions through normal turnover. While waiting for the attrition to materialize the Fire Department has been using the incumbent Fire Captains as vacation relief. Consistent with the approved reorganization plan the seven affected Fire Captain positions were deleted from the 1975-76 annual budget and have been carried as overages. Personnel and budget systems can accommodate the adjust- ment of various departmental positions within the budget year; however, the Firemen's and Policemen's Civil Service Statute, Article 1269m, Section 8, states in part: The Commission shall provide for the classification of all firemen and policemen. Such classification shall be provided by ordinance of the City Council, or legislative body. Said City Council, or legislative body, shall prescribe by ordinance the number of posi- tions of each classification. Therefore, to be consistent with the provisions of Article 1269m, it will be necessary to establish, by ordinance, positions for the four remaining Fire Captains. There currently exists a promotional list for Fire Captains which will expire on August 18, 1976. This list was established by giving an examination dur- ing the summer of 1975, prior to the decision to reorganize, which eliminated the potential for promotion. Due to the phasing in of the reorganization by attrition, it appears it will be another twelve months before there will be any additional promotions to Captain. If the reorganization had not occurred, three Lieutenants now on the promo- tional list would have been promoted, replacing personnel that have retired. These officers studied and took the examination in good faith that promotions would be made. It is thus felt that three additional Captain positions should be established to avoid any hardship on these three Lieutenants. All of these additional Captain positions will be assigned to the Vacation and Sick Leave Relief Pool, replacing Fire Privates. Assigning Captains to this manpower pool in some cases will result in no additional cost due to the elimination of the requirement to pay "acting officer pay". Additional cost will occur when a Captain is replacing a fireman of a lower rank. It is estimated that the tot.Ll additional cost of this staffing adjustment DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Revised Staffing for Fire PAGE 8/16/76 NUMBER Department Personnel 2 Of 2 will 'be approximately $11,500 until the positions are all absorbed through attrition which is estimated to occur approximately January, 1978. From time to time, as other retirements of senior fire officers occur it will be necessary to amend the ordinance deleting Captain positions and replacing them with Privates to complete phasing in this reorganization. Recommendation It is recommended the City Council approve an ordinance amending the authorized personnel in the Fire Department by adding seven Fire Captain positions and deleting seven Fire Private positions. FLP:ms Attachment SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITIO COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY APPROVED 0 OTHER (DESCRIBE) . G )< !f it �1 _ (()-A. CITY SECRETARY DATE CITY MANAGER (,6 74,