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ORDrNANCENO. 23-949
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS ANDPOSITIONS IN THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT; CREATING CERTAIN POSITIONS:REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 22-1985 RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THECLASSIFICATIONS AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN EACHCLASSIFICATION FOR THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING REPEALER.CUMULATIVE, AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; AND DECLARrNG 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 October 18, 2022, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 22-1985
adopting and approving a schedule of Authorized Positions relating to classification of fire
fighters; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 22- 1985, 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determined that Ordinance No. 22-1985 should be repealed and the following classification titles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 Ordinance No. 22-1985 is hereby repealed.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)
Assistant Fire Chief
Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal
Battalion Chief – OperationsAssistant Fire Marshal
Community Risk Reduction Officer
1
1
9
1
1
1
1
31I
57
2
Fire Training Captain
EMS CaptainCaDtain – ODerations
Deputy Fire Marshal IIIDriver
Deputy Fire Marshal II
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(L) Deputy Fire Marshall I
(M) Emergency Management
Program Manager
(N) Firefighter
7
1
102
TOTAL: 216
SECTION 3. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Captain
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. The number ofpositions in the civil service classification of Driver in Section
2 of this ordinance is an increase of three (3) from the number in existence immediately before theeffective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Firefighter 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 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
of 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.
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Aye Nay Abstain Absent
Mayor Gerard Hudspeth:
Vicki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck, District 2:
Paul Meltzer. District 3 :
Joe Holland. District 4:
Brandon Chase McGee, At Large Place 5 :
Chris Watts, At Large Place 6:
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IC?-2023day ofPASSED AND APPROVED this the
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A\\It tIll///ATTEST:
JESUS SALAZAR, INTERIM CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY