23-438ORDINANCE NO.23-438
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS AND
POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; CREATING CERTAIN POSITIONS;REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 22-2062 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 October 18, 2022, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 22-2062,
adopting and approving a schedule of Authorized positions relating to classifications of policeofficers; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. No. 22-2062, the Police Department has
updated the number of positions designated for certain classifications of Police Department
personnel and has submitted these 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 numbers and
has found these changes to be in the City of Denton’s best interest and accordingly has
determined that Ordinance No. 22-2062 should be repealed and the following classification titles,
the number of each position within each classification, and total number of classified positions inthe Police Department should be adopted; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. No. 22-2062 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby adopts and approves the following civil serviceclassifications 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
23
176
TOTAL: 214
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SECTION 3. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Sergeant in
Section 2 of this ordinance is an increase of one (1) from the number in existence immediatelybefore the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Police Officer
in Section 2 of this ordinance is an increase of four (4) 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 of 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 anyphrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgement or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
urlconstitutionality 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 of this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phase, clause, sentence,
paragraph, or section.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval as provided by law.
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Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor:
Vicki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck, District 2:
Jesse Davis, District 3 :
VACANT, District 4:
Brandon Chase McGee, Place 5 :/
/Chris Watts, At Large Place 6:
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PASSPD ANDAPPROVPDtt,i,th, als+ d,„.f Eu,,.„, v , 2023.
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
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