2013-016FILE REFERENCE FORM 2013-016
X Additional File Exists
Additional File Contains Records Not Public, According to the Public Records Act
Other
FILE(S) Date Initials
Amended b Ordinance No. 2015-306 10/20/15 JR
o�nv�vcE No. 2013-016
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2012-268 TO PRESCRIBE UPDATED
TITLES AND NUMBER OF POSITIONS FOR CERTAIN CLASSIFICATIONS OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL; PROVIDING REPEALER, CUMULATIVE AND
SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2012, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 2012- 268,
adopting and approving a schedule of Authorized Positions relating to classification of police
officers and fire fighters; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 2012- 268, 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 Denton Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 1291 with whom the City
is a party under the Meet and Confer Agreement, agrees with the revisions as reflected in the
Second Amendment to Meet and Confer Agreement which the City Council has ratified and
adopted by Ordinance No. Z� ��j ' o �'� ; 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 2012-268 should be amended to reflect the revised classification titles
and total number of Fire Department positions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 2012-268 is hereby amended as provided herein.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby adopts and approves a schedule prescribing the
revised titles and number of positions for the following Fire Department Classifications for
FY2012-2013, as shown in the chart attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein as
Exhibit "A.":
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances of the
City of Denton, Texas, 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hereby repealed.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 4. 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 5. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the �f� day of �� , 2013.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
:•
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
e��� �
BY: � `'s�/,.
Exhibit A
CLASSIFICATION FY 2012-2013 As of February 16, 2013
superceding column 1
Fire Chief 1 1
Deputy Fire Chief 1 1
Fire Marshal 1 1
Battalion Chief — Operations 6 6
n ��;��,,,,, �;..o ��r.,..�t,,,i 1 0
Deputy Fire Marshal 0 1
Emergency Management 1 1
Program Manager
Fire Recruitment Management 1 1
Analyst
Captain 25 25
Fire protection Engineer 1 1
Associate
Fire protection Specialist 0 0
(vacant)
Driver 42 42
Fire ins ector S ecialist I 5 5
Fire inspector Specialist II 0 0
(vacant)
Firefighter (and recruits) 78 78
TOTALS 163 163