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Created by Ordinance No. 19-2722 12/10/19 CW
Repealed by Ordinance No 20-1345 7/28/20 CW
ORDINANCE No. 20-1345
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING
CLASSIFICATIONS AND POSITIONS IN THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT;
CREATING, ELIMINATING, AND ABOLISHING CERTAIN POSITIONS; REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 19-2722 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 December 10, 2019, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 19-2722,
adopting and approving a schedule of Authorized Positions relating to classification of fire
fighters; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 19-2722, 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determined that Ordinance No. 19-2722 should be repealed and the following classification titles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 Ordinance No. 19-2722 is hereby repealed.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
1
(B)
Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal
1
(C)
Battalion Chief — Operations
9
(D)
Assistant Fire Marshal
1
(E)
Fire Community Services Officer
1
(F)
Fire Training Captain
1
(G)
EMS Captain
1
(H)
Captain — Operations
25
(I)
Deputy Fire Marshal III
1
(J)
Driver
48
(K)
Deputy Fire Marshal II
2
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(L) Deputy Fire Marshall I 6
(M) Firefighters and Recruits 93
TOTAL: 190
SECTION 3. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Battalion Chief
— Operations in Section 2 of this ordinance is an increase of three (3) from the number in existence
immediately before the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. This number of positions in the civil service classification of Driver in
Section 2 of this ordinance is a decrease of three (3) from the number in existence immediately
before the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. Pursuant to Section 143.085, Texas Local Government Code, the City
Council hereby abolishes the civil service position of Emergency Management Program Manager.
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 immediately upon its passage and
approval as provided by law.
The motion to approve this Ordinance was made by -�Yylr1 R 'X�4Csn and
seconded by V)610 Vwy ; n ion , the Ordinance was passed and approved by the
following vote [—I - 0 1:
Aye Nay Abstain Absent
Mayor Chris Watts:
Gerard Hudspeth, District 1: ✓
Keely G. Briggs, District 2: .i
Jesse Davis, District 3:
John Ryan, District 4:
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Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5: ✓
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6: ✓
PASSED AND APPROVED this the "�.$ day of'—J� , 2020.
CHRIS WATTS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: rmi»►N
AARON LEAL, CITY ATTORNEY
BY: G
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