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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 14697Yy f~ ~~ ~~~ ~• T, A ORDINANCE NO ~~{097 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION," BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE X "EQUIPMENT SERVICES;" PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON PASSSAGE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth finds that the Department of Crty Services is composed of three unrelated divisions which should be separated, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth finds that one of those divisions, the Equipment Services Division, should be made a new department; and WHEREAS, the Crty Council of the Crty of Fort Worth finds that certain amendments must be made to its Crty Code to effectuate the desired changes described above; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. The Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, is amended by the amendment of Chapter 2 "Administration" by adding a new Article X "Equipment Services" which shall read as follows. ARTICLE X. EQUIPMENT SERVICES Section 2-301. Department established and organized. A deparhnent of equipment services is hereby established. The department shall be under the supervision of the director of equipment services who shall be subject to appointment and removal by the City Manager The salary of the director of equipment services shall be in accordance with the compensation plan of the City `,. ,. Section 2-302. Responsibilrhes generally The director of equipment services shall be m charge of the department of equipment services and shall be responsible for enforcement of this article and of maintaining the city's vehicular and equipment fleet. Section 2-303. Duties of the department. The department of equipment services shall have the following duties. (1) The director of the department shall act to coordinate activities within the department. The director shall provide overall management functions for the department, including contract management, fiscal control, and personneUsafety programs. (2) The deparhnent shall be responsible for acquiring, monitoring, servicing, and repairing motor vehicles and equipment used by all city departments. Fuels and lubricants shall be researched, purchased, and distributed by the department. The department shall establish charges for classes of equipment and vehicles and shall recommend to the Budget Office amounts to charge user departments. Section 2-304. Appointment of employees. The director of equipment services shall have the power to appoint, employ, and remove such officers, assistants, employees, and personnel as he may deem necessary for the efficient administration of the affairs of the department of equipment services and to prescribe and fix their duties and. scope of authority within the budget approved by the city council. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are m direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance 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 Crty Council without the incorporation in tlvs ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 4. All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of ordinance amended m Section 1, which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but maybe prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be m full force and effect immediately upon its passage as authorized by Section 2, Chapter XXV of the Charter of the City of Fort North, Texas. APPROVED AS TO FO~R/MJ AND LEGALITY ~~~~C~l~f1 C~ Uu,.L,~-~ Assistant City Attorney Date• ~" ~~" ~ ADOPTED ~' /7-~I EFFECTIVE. ?" `~' OJ City of Fort Worth, Texas ~1-~A~y~~ ~rn~l ~,~unc;~ C',an~t~rta~n~cAt~an DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 7/17/01 **G-13303 12CODE 1 of 1 SUBJECT ADOPT ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW EQUIPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending the Fort Worth City Code to provide for a new Equipment Services Department. DISCUSSION The City Services Department has been composed of three divisions. It has been determined that the existing organizational structure would not be effective in addressing the City's strategic goals. One division, the Equipment Services Division, is now being made into a new Equipment Services Department. The City Code must be amended to effectuate this change FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Finance Director certifies that this action will have no material effect on City funds CB.k Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by: (to) CCnn Charles Boswell 8511 f'1rF VG Y f 1 ~ Originating Department Head: A i/1 / 1 / ~ ~~ I V VUI~I/~L. David Yett 7606 (from) J~ 17 701 Additional Information Contact: ~' ~1 ~ ~ David Yett 7606 Worth ort ~ h pt F AdoatPd Ordinan~t Nf~.