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ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE ADJUSTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
AUTHORIZED CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT INCREASING AUTHORIZED POSITIONS BY
TWENTY FOUR, PROVIDING A STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND
INTENT FOR THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING
FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT HEREBY KNOWN
WHEREAS the Police Chief has requested the City Council to readjust and
thereafter specify the total number of authorized civil service positions at the police
officer rank m the Police Department into conformity with the proposed changes as set
forth immediately below in order to effect efficient economy of the operations of the
Police Department; and
WHEREAS on September 14 2004 the City Council approved the most recent
ordinance concerning the authorized and budgeted positions for the Police Department.
In that Ordinance, the Council adjusted the Police Department's civil service staffing,
effective October 1 2004 as follows
Deputy Chief 5
Captain 12
Lieutenant 46
Sergeant 129
Corporal/Detective 185
Police Officer 934
Total 1,311
WHEREAS in the budget plan approved for fiscal year 2005 funds were
approved for 24 additional officer positions, two fewer corporal/detective positions, and
two additional sergeant positions and
WHEREAS pursuant to Chapter 143 021 (a), Texas Local Government Code, the
City Council may prescribe the authorized number of positions m each classification
(rank) and the correct number of budgeted civil service positions by ordinance,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1
That, effective on October 16 2004 the following positions shall be the only civil
service positions in each classification (rank) authorized in the City of Fort Worth Police
Department for the remainder of the fiscal year 2004-2005 or until modified by
subsequent ordinance
Deputy Chief 5
Captain 12
Lieutenant 46
Sergeant 131
Corporal/Detective 183
Police Officer 960
Total 1,337
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 Council
in their adoption as well as the Department's implementation of this ordinance
SECTION 3
The additional two sergeant positions and the two deleted corporal/detective
positions will both exist for a period of time After the promotion of the next two eligible
corporal/detectives to sergeants, two eligible officers will be promoted to sergeants,
immediately demoted, and placed on a reinstatement list that will be m effect until he or
she is promoted into the next vacant corporal/detective positions, or for one year
whichever comes first.
SECTION 4
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of previous ordinances and of
the Code of the Crty of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the
provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of prior civil service
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 5
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Crty 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 from and after its
passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
Assistant Crty Attorney
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EFFECTIVE
City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION Approved on 10/26/2004 Ordinance No 16187
DATE Tuesday October 26 2004
LOG NAME 35STAFFING
REFERENCE NO G-14563
SUBJECT
Civil Service Staffing Ordinance Increasing Authorized Strength by 24 Officers and Two Sergeants
and Decreasing the Authorized Strength by Two Corporal/Detectives
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance specifying the authorized positions in
the Police Department, increasing the number of authorized positions by 24 officers and two sergeants and
decreasing the number of authorized positions by two corporal/detectives
DISCUSSION
During the FY2004-2005 budget preparation process, the following sworn assignments were approved for
the Police Department with only partial year funding
Gang Unit: 13 officers, 1 corporal, and 2 sergeants (General Fund)
Patrol Growth. 7 officers (General Fund)
School Security Initiative 2 officers (Crime Control and Prevention District Fund)
The actual strength of the department will not increase until December 2004 when the next recruit class is
expected to graduate and funding was planned accordingly However the School Security Initiative
positions and the Gang Unit positions are already filled with. the Field Operations Bureau using budgeted
overtime to backfill patrol officers to offset the vacancies
The City staffing ordinance that accompanied the adopted budget did not include any of these position
increases since they are not funded until December However the Police Department has determined that
it is in the best interest of the department and most cost effective to make the permanent promotions of the
two sergeants and the corporal now This will allow permanent supervisors to assume their assignments
and the overtime funding to be used for three additional patrol officers. The non-promotional officer
positions can be created at anytime so they are included in the ordinance under consideration
In addition the Fort Worth Police Department has been notified of an award of a State grant for one
corporal/detective for Cold Cases. This ordinance also creates a position for this assignment.
Throughout the budget process, City staff has indicated that the Police Department will begin phasing out
all corporals in the Field Operations Bureau as promotional positions are created Justex recommended
and City staff agrees that the field training officers as promotional corporal/detective positions do not allow
the selection of the best trainers. As a result, 24 of the 36 positions in this assignment will gradually be
transferred to other detective assignments as they are created and replaced with officer positions that will
earn an assignment pay when they have a new officer assigned to them This plan was researched with
the assistance of the Police Officers Association The result in this City staffing ordinance is that rather
than the creation of two corporals and 22 officers two corporals will promote to sergeant and not be
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replaced two corporals will be reassigned to Gang and Cold Case and 24 officer positions will be created
The Police Department's authorized strength is 1 311 Upon approval of the attached ordinance the two
additional sergeants and the two deleted corporal/detectives will both exist for a period of time After the
promotion of the next eligible Detective/Corporals to Sergeant, two eligible officers will be promoted to
Corporal/Detective immediately demoted and placed on a reinstatement list that will be in effect until he or
she is promoted into the next vacant Corporal/Detective positions or for one year whichever comes first.
The addition and deletion of the positions referred to above would result in the following changes in the
authorized strength of the Police Department effective October 30 2004 (See table below )
Position Current Proposed
Deputy Chief 5 5
Captain 12 12
Lieutenant 46 46
Sergeant 129 131
Corporal/Detective 185 183
Police Officer 934 960
Total 1 311 1 337
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION..
The Finance Director certifies that funding for these additional positions is included in the FY2005 operating
budget, as appropriated of the General Fund and the Grants Fund
TO Fund/AccountlCenters FROM Fund/AccountlCenters
GG01 VARIOUS VARIOUS 0.00
GR76 VARIOUS VARIOUS 0.00
Submitted for City Manager's Office by Joe Paniagua (6140).
Originating Department Head Ralph Mendoza (392-4210)
Additional Information Contact: Susan Alanis (392-4221)
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