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ORDINANCE NO. 23-2213
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS AND
POSITIONS IN THE DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT; CREATING CERTAIN POSITIONS;
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 23-949 RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THE
CLASSIFICATIONS AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN EACH
CLASsnicATioN FOR THE DENTON FIRE 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 classification for Fire Department personnel; and
WHEREAS, on May 16, 2023, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 23-949 adopting
and approving a schedule of Authorized Positions relating to classification of fire fighters; and
WHEREAS, due to the continuing increased level of Fire services needed to serve the
Denton community, as well as to ensure the Fire Department’s ability to provide mutual and
automatic aid to other North Texas cities when needed, the Fire Chief has recommended that the
City Council create additional positions in the civil service classification of Firefighter; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance No. 23-949, 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determined that Ordinance No. 23-949 should be repealed and the following classification titles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 Ordinance No. 23-949 is hereby repealed.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 is
established as follows:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
(G)
Assistant Fire Chief
Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal
Battalion Chief – Operations
Assistant Fire Marshal
Community Risk Reduction Officer
Fire Training Captain
EMS Captain
1
1
9
1
1
1
1
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(H) Captain – Operations
(1) Deputy Fire Marshal III
(J) Driver
(K) Deputy Fire Marshal II
(M) Deputy Fire Marshall I
(N) Emergency Management
Program Manager
(O) Firefighter
31
1
57
2
7
I
113
TOTAL: 227
SECTION 3. The number of positions in the civil service classification of Firefighter in
Section 2 of this ordinance is an increase of eleven (11) 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
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 upon its passage as provided for by
law.
The motion tO approve this Qrdinance was made by GCr bpI H_,a j elk and
seconded by 13,b_ J , ,,- ' Ch,e ALL & , the Ordinanc;M–&smbMavlilly the
following vote K - U :
Aye
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,/
U/
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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:
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Brandon Chase McGee.
At Large Place 5
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Chris Watts, At Large Place 6 ,/
PASSED AND APPROVED this the I It- day of DU,v.-yer . 2023
H. MAYOR
ATTEST:
JESUS SALAZAR, CITY SECRETARY b\1111111//
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
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