22-95722-957ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS AND
POSITIONS IN THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT; CREATING CERTAIN POSITIONS;REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 22-187 RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THECLASSIFICATIONS AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN EACHCLASSIFICATION FOR THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING REPEALER,CUMULATIVE, AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVEDATE
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 1, 2022, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 22-187 adopting
and approving a schedule of Authorized Positions relating to classification of fire fighters; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 22- 187, 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determined that Ordinance No. 22-187 should be repealed and the following classification titlesand total number of positions in the Fire Department should be adopted; NOW, THEREFORE,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 Ordinance No. 22-187 is hereby repealed.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 isestablished as follows:
(A)(B)(C)
(D)(E)
(F)(G)(H)
(1)(J)
(K)(L)
Assistant Fire Chief
Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal
Battalion Chief – OperationsAssistant Fire Marshal
Fire Community Services Officer
Fire Training Captain
EMS Captain
Captain – Operations
Deputy Fire Marshal IIIDriver
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1
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25
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49
26Deputy Fire Marshal II
Deputy Fire Marshall I
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(M) Emergency Management
Program Manager
(N) Firefighter
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100
TOTAL: 199
SECTION 3. The number ofpositions in the civil service classification of Driver in Section
2 of this ordinance is an increase of one (1) from the number in existence immediately before theeffective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Firefighter in
Section 2 of this ordinance is an increase of six (6) 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.
Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval as provided by law.
The motion to approve this Ordinanceseconded by :TesSa %) iSfollowing vote LC - n :
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Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor
Vicki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck, District 2:
Jesse Davis. District 3 :
Alison Maguire, District 4:V/
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y’Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5 :
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the 3 all day of , 2022.
aa//}/GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR
ATTEST :
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY b\\ \ II ILI III if
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
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