HomeMy WebLinkAbout25-047ORD[NANCE NO. 25-047
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS AND
POSITIONS IN THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT; CREATING AND ELIMINATING
CERTA IN POSITIONS; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 24-974 RELATrNG 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 May 21, 2024, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 24-974 adopting
and approving a schedule of Authorized Positions relating to classification of fire fighters; and
WHEREAS, there are currently 101 positions in the civil service classification of
Firefighter; and
WHEREAS. To enhance the delivery of service and improve efficiency, the Department
recommends that one Firefighter position previously assigned to the Homeless Outreach Team be
eliminated, and that position be reclassified to create an EMS Lieutenant position. This action will
allow a Lieutenant to continue outreach at the city shelter and begin to build a community
paramedic program that will focus on high users of the 911 system to divert full fire department
responses on non-emergent calls for service; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 24-974, 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determined that Ordinance No. 24-974 should be repealed and the following classification titles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 Ordinance No. 24-974 is hereby repealed.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) Assistant Fire Chief
(B) Battalion Chief – Operations
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(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
(G)
(H)
Fire Marshal
Community Risk Reduction Officer
Fire Training Captain
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
1
1
1
31
2
7
63
1
7
I
10)
(1)
(J)
(K)
(M)
(N)
(0)
TOTAL: 227
SECTION 3. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Firefighter 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 4. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Fire Lieutenant
in Section 2 of this ordinance is an increase of one (1) from the number in existence immediately
before the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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.
The motion to approve this Ordinance was made by Brian Beck and seconded by
Brandon Chase McGee, the Ordinance was passed and approved by the following vote [ 7 - 0 ]:
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Aye
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X
X
X
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X
Nay Abstain Absent
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 X
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 4th day of February, 2025 .
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
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