22-2062ORDrNANCENO. 22-2062
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS AND
POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; CREATING CERTAIN POSITIONS;REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 21-1703 RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THECLASSIFICATIONS AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN EACHCLASSIFICATION FOR THE POLICE 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 civil service classification for Police Department personnel; and
WHEREAS, on September 28, 2021, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 21-1703
adopting and approving a schedule of Authorized Positions relating to classification of policeofficers; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 21-1703, the Police Department hasupdated the titles and number of positions designated for certain classifications of Police
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 andnumbers and has found these changes to be in the City’s best interest and accordingly has
determined that Ordinance No. 21-1703 should be repealed and the following classification titles
and total number of positions in the Police Department should be adopted; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 21-1703 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby adopts and approves the following civil service
classifications of the Denton Police Department and the number of positions in each classification
is established as follows:
(A)(B)
(C)(D)(E)
Assistant Chief
Deputy ChiefLieutenant
SergeantPolice Officer
1
4
10
22
172
TOTAL: 209
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SECTION 3. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Police Officer
in Section 2 of this ordinance is an increase of five (5) from the number in existence immediatelybefore the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 6. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval as provided by law.
The motionjo approje this Ordinance was made by _BM@L_ and
seconded by $7se '%\S , the Ordinance was passed and approved by the
following vote LI- D ] :
Aye
b/
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Nay Abstain Absent
Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor:
Vicki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck, District 2:\/
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Jesse Davis, District 3 :
Alison Maguire, District 4:
Brandon Chase McGee, Place 5 :
Chris Watts, At Large Place 6: /
PASSED AND APPROVED thi, th, \+ d,y ,f C)abc>bef , 2022.
GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR
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ATTEST:ROSA RI08, CITY SECRETARY \ \ \ ) \ I In 1! ! ! /
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
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