HomeMy WebLinkAbout24-974ORDINANCE NO. 24-974
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS AND
POSITIONS IN THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT; CREATING AND ELIMINATING
CERTAIN POSITIONS; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 24-178 RELATING TO
ESTABLISHING THE CLASSIFICATIONS AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF
POSITIONS IN EACH CLASSIFICATION FOR THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT;
PROVIDING REPEALER, CUMULATIVE, AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 143.021, Texas Local Government Code, the City
Council of the City of Denton, is required by ordinance to prescribe the number of positions in
each classification for Fire Department personnel; and
WHEREAS, on February 6, 2024, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 24-178 adopting
and approving a schedule of Authorized Positions relating to classification of fire fighters; and
WHEREAS, due to the continuing increased level of Fire services needed to serve the
Denton community, as well as to ensure the Fire Department’s ability to provide mutual and
automatic aid to other North Texas cities when needed, the Fire Chief has recommended that the
City Council eliminate and create certain positions within the Fire Department, which will not
result in an increase of the total number of classified positions within the Fire Department
remaining the same; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 24-178, the Fire Department has updated
the titles and number of positions designated for certain classifications of Fire Department
personnel, and have submitted the revisions to the City Council for review and approval based on
the Department’s determination that these changes are in the Department’s best interest; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered these updated classification titles and
numbers and has found these changes to be in the City’s best interest and accordingly has
determined that Ordinance No. 24-178 should be repealed and the following classification titles
and total number of positions in the Fire Department should be adopted; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 24-178 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby adopts and approves the following civil service
classifications of the Denton Fire Department and the number of positions in each classification is
established as follows:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Assistant Fire Chief
Battalion Chief – Operations
Fire Marshal
Community Risk Reduction Officer
Fire Training Captain
2
9
1
1
1
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(F)
(G)
(H)
EMS Captain
Captain – Operations
Deputy Fire Marshal III/Assistant
Fire Marshal
Fire Lieutenant
Driver
Deputy Fire Marshal II
Deputy Fire Marshal I
Emergency Management
Program Manager
Firefighter
1
31
2
6
63
1
7
I
101
(1)
(J)
(K)
(M)
W)
(0)
TOTAL: 227
SECTION 3. Per Ordinance 24-178, there existed the single civil service classification of
Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal. That single civil service classification is hereby eliminated and
as noted in Part 2 of this ordinance, separated into two (2) civil service classifications: one (1)
additional Assistant Fire Chief for a total of two (2), and one (1) Fire Marshal.
SECTION 4. Per Ordinance 24-178, there existed two (2) separate civil service
classifications of Assistant Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal III. Those separate civil service
classifications are eliminated and as noted in Part 2 of this ordinance, there is hereby created a
single civil service classification of Deputy Fire Marshal III/Assistant Fire Marshal with two (2)
posrtlons.
SECTION 5. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Deputy Fire
Marshal II in Section 2 of this ordinance is a decrease of one (1) from the number in existence
immediately before the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances of the City
of Denton, except where the provisions of the ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions
such ordinances, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections 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 City Council without the incorporation in this
ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 8. This ordinance shall become effective upon it passage as provided for by
law, except that the creation of the six (6) Fire Lieutenant positions and six (6) of the Driver
positions in Part 2 of this ordinance shall become effective on June 1, 2024.
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Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor:
Vicki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck. District 2 :
Paul Meltzer. District 3 :
Joe Holland. District 4:
Brandon Chase McGee.
At Large Place 5
Jill Jester, At Large Place 6
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the L 1 day of m a, '. 2024
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ATTEST:
LAUREN THODEN, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
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