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ORDINANCE NO. 19-2722
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON ESTABLISHING THE
CLASSIFICATIONS AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN EACH
CLASSIFICATION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 143 OF
THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE; 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 to establish the classifications and prescribe the number
of positions in each classification for Fire Department personnel by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2018,the City Council passed Ordinance No. 18-1758,
adopting and approving a schedule of Authorized Positions relating to classification of fire
fighters; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 18-1758, the Fire Department has
updated the titles and number of positions designated for certain classifications of Fire
1 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;NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby adopts and approves a schedule prescribing
the revised titles and number of positions for the following Fire Department Classifications
for FY 2019-20, as shown in the table attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein ,
as Exhibit "A."
SECTION 2. 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are hereby repealed.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 3. 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.
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SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval as provided by law.
The motion to,pprove this Ordinance was made by Kew(V 6-tools
SSe jt4vand seconded byI the Ordinan€e was sed and
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approved by the following vote [ 1 - (D]:
Aye Nay Abstain Absent
Mayor Chris Watts
Gerard Hudspeth,District 1: f
Keely G. Briggs, District 2: I7.
Jesse Davis, District 3: !�
John Ryan, District 4:
Deb Armintor,At Large Place 5: (�
Paul Meltzer,At Large Place 6: c/
PASSED AND APPROVED this the O day of jt?"friL,t — , 2019.
CHRIS WATTS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY , ; 0Ag gs,
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: , .- �'
AARON LEAL, CITY ATTORNEY / 1 14 ;j:'1 r .
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Exhibit A
FY 2017-18 FY 2018-19 FY 2019-20
Classification Ordinance 2017-376 Ordinance 18-1758 Revised Ordinance
Fire Chief
Assistant Fire Chief 1 1 1
Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal 1 1 1
Battalion Chief-Operations 6 6 6
Assistant Fire Marshal 1 1 1
Emergency Management Program Manager 1 1 1
Fire Community Services Officer 1 1 1
Fire Training Captain 1 1 1
EMS Captain 1 1 1
Captain-Operations 25 25 25
Deputy Fire Marshal III 1 1 1
Driver 51 51 51
Deputy Fire Marshal II 2 2 2
Deputy Fire Marshal I 6 6 6
Firefighters and Recruits
Total 186 188 191