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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 13388Ordinance No. ~ ~ ~~ AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SPECIAL TRUST FUND, STATE AWARDED ASSETS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,400.00 FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING DISTRICT LIEUTENANTS AND FIELD OPERATIONS BUREAU DEPUTY CHIEF AND FOR OTHER VARIOUS PURPOSES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES, REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS. SECTION 1 That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments for the Fiscal Year 1997-98 and in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Special Trust Fund; State Awarded Assets, in the amount of $57,400.00 from available funds for the purpose of providing funding for assignment pay for neighborhood policing district lieutenants and field operations bureau chief deputy and for other various purposes. SECTION 2. That should any portion, section or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative or void for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shall in no way impair the remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3 That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No. 13111 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4 This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY Assis t City Attorney 3''7~`~~ Date ~- l 7- ~~ Adopted 3~ ~~~~ Effective (. City of Fort Worth, Texas ~1~Ayar And Cauncll C,am~mun~cAt~an DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 3/3/98 G-12145 35ASSETS 1 of 3 SUBJECT APPROPRIATION OF AWARDED ASSETS FUNDS FOR ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD :POLICING DISTRICT LIEUTENANTS AND FIELD OPERATIONS BUREAU DEPUTY CHIEF AND FOR VARIOUS :PURPOSES It is recommended that the Citji'Counci3l ~ ~ , "'.,~~ _~ t3 ~ :.,, t. _.,: ` _. ~ ., ,.~ r j . ' ~' 1 Approve the .attached .ordinances .amending Chapter 27 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth,.. , • ~§ .., Texas, providing for ;the, payment~.of;assignment payXfor~ neighborhood policing ~dist~ict lieuten~~ts and_ f eld• operations bureau deputychief,: and ;~ ;_, Ts. ~,,7 ,;,;~; .~ . ~ ~ta~~ ~ 1 ` ~ ~ 5 tia~„"t,~ ~~~ 3 (T; rr;t,~~:.. ~, .a4.~'-~ ~r~ r .` a+k: '. {.J 'L..r.L~O.~ ,Q~ ;L,.~- df `~ ~.,.. ,..~,.,~'.~i: ~ ;> 3 ,2 •~ Adopt the'atta~hed appropnation ordinance increasing,th~:estimated'~eceipts and appropriations in Lithe ..SpecialyTrust~,F.~und,~State~Awarded Assets, by $from available funds,for the~purp~ose: ~ ~~of fundmg~assigrament~payforaneigh~orhood policing;,district;lieutenants andtfieldto~pe~ations bureau _deputy~,chief; replerns~men#'of the Police Department's Lnformant~Fund~;purchase of,,computers for : -~ ~yanous,Police,units and. special:Polce Department travel '~ ~, , .:" .{k~ ~-f.. , ~r, ,. , C_ ! '~ It ~. ,, ~ ; fiDISCUSSION..~.~ ~.; ~s~, -. T <~; . tip, ~ ~ ~ f~ ~ ~~;~~~ r, :~ ~ ~~ ~:~~ 'Assignment Pay ~~- ~R, f ~~ =tea ~4' r~ f`s~~-~~~~ ~` ~~,: ~ a{~ ~ ~>,~ fi~ r;:~~ y ~~ ~~, 3 ~ ;~ R , ~r s;~„ ~ rSection,~1~43;042(d)~pf~t,~e Local,.~ov~er,~; . nt~Code tof,~t ,, ,Pglice.and F~reCivil~Service Act. permits-the-x~. pity eCouncil~;to,~~authonze rassignment pay, r police.. fficers perFormmg~~~~specialized functions. The . ~„ ~•amount ¢of~assgnment~pay, must abe~,establishe, °by rdinances andis~in~addition to'the;police officer's y . ~s~C~~ai ~a~siyni.neut. -• ~, ~q ra ~. i..th r• 3 . K *` t `~ ;It;is~recoi~nmendedkthat,assignment pay`bee ., 12; neiglborhood p~0licing~distri~cts }andk~ f ~,tt operations bureau" " ° z ~ ,; ¢, g rr • ~'.i .S i q _ t ~ ~ • .rid ~ ,~~S~tJ`i~' f #B~i:4~.. c ~~ M ~ -0~ i'~~. ~~~' ~ ~1 s'~l6.C ~Ri? rt•~ +{ ',NPD `Lieutenants , 1 ~ ; The 'City of 'Fo`rt' Worth~'is sub ded into `commanded``.tiy~a°'lieuteriant'~`7fe=b ~ati policing are:centecedon ~#he NPD :NPDs .op a-"yam':: ~ ~.~."y~ ' NPD lieutenants are distinguished from th / ~ } ~. ~lished,fo~pthe,~, F ntL sdeputy ,chief ~~position~assigr r y5 rt^ ~s sz Ghat>,command.the command the~fie•I'd t,~ \ t ~ f . N 12:~,neighbo, ood ipolicing districtsr (NPDs), each one it syste and most, of the community's involvement .in to 2 ours a day; seven days a week. ~r 4 .{ i Y 7 other police lieutenants in the following ways. NPD lieutenants are directly responsibl or achieving th art I crime reduction goals in their districts. They must manage: their assigned p sonnet, be sensitive to inanity .members' needs, and innovate to effectively address communi roblems. They are responsib ~ r field training of Police Academy graduates and are in dire command of the .neighborhood patrol cers. NPD lieutenants are responsible for operatio management and fiscal administration of larg erations. They must respond to all major in idents which occur under their command, which subjects t to being called 7" City of Fort Worth, Texas M,'Ayor and ~',auncil C,ammunicAt~on DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 3/3/98 G-12145 35ASSETS 2 of 3 SUBJECT _ APPROPRIATION OF AWARDED ASSETS FUNDS FOR ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING DISTRICT LIEUTENANTS AND .FIELD OPERATIONS BUREAU DEPUTY CHIEF AND FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES back for duty at any time o he day or night. T community policing strategy the .grass roots advisory corrimittees, working wi ~~Citizens on P :and events`from community policing". rums to r The'tweive ~NPD lieutenant positions are re m the fiscal year Thelieutenant positions ode 'their base pay rate as, shown -n,the;Ci. ' salary . shall'~not include 'amounts .otherwise ceived for his individuals coordinate the City's highly successful I el, including support and, guidance of community rol .groups, and `attending many lafter-hours meetings pen houses and grand openings. :5 ended to receive assignment pay for the remainder of ated shall receive assignment pay of 10 percent of sch le for the current fiscal year The base pay rate longe pay, educational incentive pay, certification overtime compensatory time payment. The.net .d at$38,000 the `remainder of the current fiscal year, this assignment pay wdl t $21,700 .r. r.l:. k"i 4^m a fr ~ x )b ~~ j.fi"d°r~'a-r '~.: c 1 1.,.'~C' K't' F y^,. ~ ,c, ~.4 M~ . j 1 ' ~ ~ sL ~~.... r ~ ~y;, ,: i. I "~~.y` r ~ ~ ~ i, < ~c~.-r as.. f . yt.,. D field Operations Bureau eputy Chief ~~~This'positioncommands~an'o .~ ration'=that provides the pri ~ry resources #or emergency .response antl tpreventive patrol 'over 'the enti city: The field oper ons bureau (FOB) is assigned, 780 sworn personnel.~and°'43 civilian person I for a total of 8 positions. This is 65 percent of the Police ;,Department`sM~authonzed civilservic =strength and 3 percent~of the~~department's total authorized R . a, ~,s _ ,, .F . ,, .pose#ions £~This single bureau has,more ersonnel signed to it than any other city:department. {t has .an ~annual.~budgetof overx$45~~million A" ' gle F B allows all patrol and community policing activities ,,r~xorbe~coordinated ~under~ajsiggle~command, ~ it.: also :creates°=a~ responsibility fac greater than that of { "=other police deputy chiefs ' ~, ?`~1 ' is ;. r° ..t'~Px kt Mw µ'. r-~ i.~d* t ~,~ t. ~L` t "~ ~ ~ It '2 - i ~ c... ya. Yt ~. . ~. ri, c K.'.i ;~~ ~The,~FOB deputy., chief position is~reco s ended to eceive assignment pay°~for the remainder of the ~'~fiscal year ,The }FOB deputy chief ,pos' o'n shall recei assignment .pay of 10 percent of its base pay ry,<crate as shown m the City's salary s edule for the cu nt fiscal year The base .pay rate shall not ;i;nclude~amouxnts~othenniise;receive for:~longevity pay, edu tional incentive' pay;. certification pay,,shift differential'pa`y, pother assignmen .pay, overtime or compens ry time payment. The estimated annual impactTMof this assignment'pay ' $7,700 For the remainder of a current fiscal year, this assignment a wilt"cost $4,500 ~ ` f ~ ` .P Y ~ 4 ,~,, The total impact of the assignment pay for these positions is $26,200 for the remainder of the current fiscal year - ' "` Police Department.lnformant Fund The .Police Department utilizes an informant fund to make purchases during the course of narcotics investigations. Previously, the informant, fund was replenished with program income that was received through various investigations involving stolen goods trafficking and other income-generating activities. The program income has now been exhausted, and Awarded Assets funding is recommended to replenish the informant fund for the remainder of FY 1997-98 Total expenditures are estimated at $30,000 00 t.s City of Fort Worth, Texas ~1-~Ayar And ~aurrc~l C,ammun~cAt~an DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 3/3/98 G-12145 35ASSETS 3 of 3 SUBJECT APPROPRIATION OF AWARDED ASSETS FUNDS FOR ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING DISTRICT LIEUTENANTS AND FIELD OPERATIONS BUREAU DEPUTY CHIEF AND FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES Additional Computer Resources Six personal computers will be funded for a total cost of $24,500 Four computers will be assigned to the Traffic Division,. Traffic Investigation Unit, to support the unit's investigative work. One computer will be assigned .to the Special Investigations Division, Youth .Section, to provide a resource foc tracking data associated with the curfew ordinance and the DARE program. One computer will 'be assigned to Neighborhood. Policing District ~6 afor use in a pilot -project whereby pawn shops receive timely information on burglaries via fax. F ` Special Travel - ' -° ,;°" Six persons traveled. to Philadelphia in November 1997 to accept .the Community Policing Award from the National League"of Cities` The total cosf of the trip was`$5;900.00 FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFI :ATInN ` ~The~Director,:of Fiscal Services :certifesahat upon adoption of the attached appropriation ordinance,. funds will be available in the current operating budget, as appropriated, of .the Special Trust Fund, State Awarded Assets. ~~ -~ ;. LW:m , 0..1~f j ~~ .b.^. `+ .:. ~... yr ~, .: ,~ 7,:, ... i, ~ ~t " ~ i Submitted for City Manager's ` F[JND ACCOUNT CENTER' AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by: ~ (to) FE72 4883?2 035535006000 $86,600.00 Libby Watson 6183 FE72 514010 035535006000 26,200.00 ~~~y 1 ,~ w Originating Department Head: FE72 539120 035535006000 30,000.00 ~V~ CITY ``u FE72 541370 035535006000 24,500.00 ..-~E~'"'`'` FE72 532200 035535006000 X5,900.00 MAR 17 19~ Thomas Windham 4=8385 (from) ~Cse.~ ~~~~ . Additional Information Contact: . (~ ndii~i 4 Zb®08 d P o2 Cf1~ o Thomas Windham 4-8385 A~optect Ordinance Nop~3~ Adopted Ordinance No,1~ Hclopted Ur~inan~ i~oA