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ORDINANCE NO. 23-1795
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS AND
POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; CREATING CERTAIN POSITIONS;
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 23-438 RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THE
CLASSIFICATIONS AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN EACH
CLASSIFICATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING REPEALER,
CUMULATIVE, AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; AND DECLAR[NG 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 civil service classification for Police Department personnel; and
WHEREAS, on February 21, 2023, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 23-438,
adopting and approving a schedule of Authorized positions relating to classifications of police
officers; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 23-438, 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determined that Ordinance No. 23-438 should be repealed and the following classification titles,
the number of each position within each classification, and total number of classified positions in
the Police Department should be adopted; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS :
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. No. 23-438 is hereby repealed.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 Chief
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Police Officer
4
10
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176
TOTAL: 215
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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 immediately
before 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 of 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 judgement 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 of this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phase, clause, sentence,
paragraph, or section.
SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval as provided by law.
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Nay Abstain Absent
Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor:
Vicki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck, District 2:
Paul Meltzer, District 3 :
Joe Holland, District 4:
Brandon Chase McGee. Place 5 :
Chris Watts, At Large Place 6:
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 17"-d,y of C) d,b,/, 2023.
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ATTEST:
JESUS SALAZAR, CITY SECRETARY
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BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
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