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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 11325.i ORDINANCE NO. / ~~' AN ORDINANCE SPECIFYING THE ADJUSTED TOTAL NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS AT EACH CLASSIFICA- TION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1992- 1993; PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF ONE ADDITIONAL CAPTAIN POSITION; PROVIDING FOR THE DELETION OF ONE POLICE OFFICER POSITION; PROVIDING THE STATEMENT OF INTENT TO DELETE ONE CAPTAIN POSITION UPON THE 000iJR- RENCE OF THE NEXT VACANCY IN THAT RANK; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVER- ABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT HEREBY KNOWN: WHEREAS, the Police Chief has requested the City Council to readjust and thereafter specify the total authorized number of positions at each classification in the Police Department for the remainder of the 1992-93 Fiscal Year; and WHEREAS, the City's the most recent ordinance concerning the authorized and budgeted positions for the Police Department adjusted the Department's civil service staffing as follows: Police Officers 706 Corporal/Detectives 173 Sergeants 113 Lieutenants 43 Captains 12 Deputy Chiefs 5 TOTAL 1052 WHEREAS, pursuant to the continuing efforts to provide the citizens of Fort Worth the most efficient and effective police protection possible, the Police Chief has requested permission to establish one additional Captain position to provide direct supervision for jail operations and prisoner custody functions; and OffiCIA! RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORT~I, TEX. d ~ y r; WHEREAS, the Police Chief has further requested that one position at the rank of Police Officer, which is currently vacant, be deleted as an offset so that the total authorized strength of the Department remains the same; and WHEREAS, the Police Chief now requests the Council to adjust the authorized number of Police Department civil service positions into conformity with the proposed changes as set forth immediately above in order to effect efficient economy of the operations of the City's municipal services; and WHEREAS, the specification and authorization of the correct number of budgeted civil service positions by ordinance is required by Chapter 143, Texas Local Government Code; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That effective immediately upon passage of this ordinance, the following positions are the only civil service positions authorized in the City of Fort Worth Police Department for the remainder of the fiscal year 1992-93 or until modified by subse- quent ordinance: Police Officers Corporal/Detectives Sergeants Lieutenants Captains Deputy Chiefs TOTAL 705 173 113 43 13 ** 5 1052 * Deletes one Police Officer position. ** Creates one additional Captain's position. -2- OFFICIAL RECORD C~~ $FC~F~3~~Y ~ FT. WQR~'~, ~'F~. s .. ~: SECTION 2. The Council also hereby expresses the intent to delete one Captain position at the occurrence of the next vacancy in said classified position. The intent to delete said position is expressed so as to negate any expectancy of promotion into the rank of Captain upon the occurrence of the next vacancy. SECTION 3. The "Mayor and 'Council Communication" memorandum which is presented contemporaneously with this ordinance is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference for further clarifica- tion and explanation of the purposes and intent of the Council in their adoption of this ordinance. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of previous ordinances and of the Code of the City 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 ordi- nances and such Code provisions are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. 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, sen- tence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of _ 3 _ OFfICIAt RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TEXX, .- 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 6. 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: ~-u-~~-- City Attorney s _z, -~3 Date: ADOPTED: ~/~ EFFECTIVE: ~ ~~~/' OFO:ICIAi RECORD CITY SEC6~ETARY _4_ fT. WDRTH, T. l' M AS 1'ER FILE A AccounTlNG 2 Cam, o f F~ ~~y~ ~rexas TRANSPORTATION~PUBLIC WORKS.S N ~7ER AOMINtSI~a ~ aid C;ou~~il ~muni~ati~~n y ENG ~P O/L V L~ IIVttKUVu UAIt KC~LKL17l.G I~UI7DLIx LV° ~~^~""' 1 OI 2 AO MINISi~RA~/x20/93 G-10188 35STRENG SUBJECT INCREASED AUTHORIZED STRENGTH IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance specifying the authorized positions in the Police Department, increasing by one the number of authorized Captain positions and decreasing by one the number of Police Officer positions. DISCUSSION: The Police Department has twelve (12) authorized Captain positions which provide supervisory and management direction for their assigned divisions in the department. Currently there is one captain position assigned to supervise several diverse functions, including the Communications Division which answers and dispatches 9-1-1 calls; the Police Information Center which assists officers in confirming warrants or obtaining other information needed to make arrests; the Alarms Unit which monitors all residential and commercial alarms, and issues and tracks alarm permits; and the Jail Operations. The jail personnel review each arrest and also administer all intoxilizer tests for persons arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. All of these functions require the direct supervision of a captain to ensure that departmental policies, regulations and all applicable laws and ordinances are followed. The jail operations is an area where a significant risk of civil liability exists if the appropriate arrest procedures are not followed, or where a person is injured or wrongfully detained. It is felt to be in the best interests of the Department to assign a Captain to supervise just the Jail Operations. In order to provide adequate supervisory management and span of control for all of these functions, the department is requesting to add one Captain position to supervise the Jail Division. Upon approval of this request, the Police Department's authorized strength will remain at 1052 civil service positions and the civil service positions authorized for the Police Department will be as follows: - Police Officers 705* - Corporal/Detective 173 Sergeants 113 Lieutenants 43 pFFICiAI RECORD Captains 13* Deputy Chiefs 5 TOTAL 1,052 CITY SCCOETARY FT. WORTH; TEX. * Includes additional Captain position and deletion of one Police Officer position. The additional funds for adding this position will be absorbed in the Jail Division budget appropriated for this fiscal year. -~~ Printed on recycled paper City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE 05/20/93 REFERENCE NUMBER G-10188 LOG NAME 35STRENG PAGE 2 of 2 SUBJECT INCREASED AUTHORIZED STRENGTH IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION: The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that sufficient funds are available for increasing the authorized strength of the Police Department in the current operating budget, as appropriated, of the General Fund. LW:b Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by to APPR O VED Libby Watson 6140 / ~ ni CPTY COUNG~L Originating-Department Head k~AY ~5 ~?~3 Thomas Windham 4-8385 from GGO1 VARIOUS 0353103 20,759 0 ~~~ For Additional Information CitySocretuyof th• Contact City of Fort Wow, 4•ras Thomas Windham 4-8385 Adopted Ordinance CVO. ~l z ~~ Printed on recycled paper