2004-024ORDINANCE NO. ~/7~4'~/~ ¢
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 2000-429 AND AUTHORIZING ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYEES IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF BATTALION CHIEF WHO PERFORM
THE SPECIALIZED DUTIES OF TRAINING CHIEF AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES CHIEF, BATTALION CHIEF - INFORMATION SERVICES MANAGER,
AND CAPTAIN-LOGISTICSfMAINTENANCE WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO PERFORM
SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS ON A FORTY-HOUR WORK WEEK IN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, on November 28, 2000, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 2000-429
authorizing assignment pay for Fire Department employees in the classification of Battalion
Chief-Emergency Medical Services Program Manager, Battalion Chief-Information Services
Manager, and Captain-Logistics/Maintenance who are assigned to perform special duties; and
WHEREAS, Section 143.042 of the Local Government Code authorizes a municipality
to pay assignment pay which is in an amount and is payable under conditions set forth by
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and Fire Chief having recommended that the Fire
Department employee in the classification of Battalion Chief who is assigned to perform the
specialized duties of supervising the Fire Department's Training Program as the Fire
Department's Training Chief on a forty-hour work week schedule should receive assignment pay
of Six Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($600.00) per month; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and Fire Chief having recommended that the Fire
Department employee in the classification of Battalion Chief who is assigned to perform the
specialized duties of supervising the Fire Department's Emergency Medical Services Program as
the Fire Department's Emergency Medical Services Chief on a forty-hour work week schedule
should receive assignment pay of Six Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($600.00) per month; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and Fire Chief having recommended that the Fire
Department employee in the classification of Battalion Chief-Information Services Manager who
is assigned to perform the specialized duties of Information Management on a forty-hour work
week schedule should receive assignment pay of Six Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($600.00)
per month; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and Fire Chief having recommended that the Fire
Department employee in the classification of Fire Captain-Logistics,qVlaintenance Officer who is
assigned to perform the specialized duties of Logistics and Maintenance of Fire Department
apparatus and equipment and supplies on a forty-hour work week schedule should receive
assignment pay of Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($500.00) per month; NOW
THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance 2000-429 and all prior ordinances or resolutions of the
City of Denton, Texas, in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of any such conflict.
SECTION 2. That the Fire Department employee in the classification of Battalion Chief
who is assigned to perform the specialized duties of supervising the Fire Department's Training
Program as the Fire Department's Training Chief on a forty-hour work week schedule should
receive assignment pay of Six Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($600.00) per month in addition to
the regular monthly base salary of Battalion Chief.
SECTION 3. That the Fire Department employee in the classification of Battalion Chief
who is assigned to perform the specialized duties of supervising the Fire Department's
Emergency Medical Services Program as the Fire Department's Emergency Medical Services
Chief on a forty-hour work week schedule should receive assignment pay of Six Hundred
Dollars and No Cents ($600.00) per month in addition to the regular monthly base salary of
Battalion Chief.
SECTION 4. That the Fire Department employee classified as Battalion Chief-
Information Services Manager who is assigned to perform the specialized duties of Information
Management on a forty-hour work week shall receive assignment pay of Six Hundred Dollars
and No Cents ($600.00) per month in addition to the regular monthly base salary of Battalion
Chief.
SECTION 5. That the Fire Department employee classified as Fire Captain-
Logistics/Maintenance Officer who is assigned to perform the specialized duties of Logistics and
Maintenance of Fire Department apparatus and equipment and supplies on a forty-hour work
week shall receive assignment pay of Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($500.00) per month
in addition to the regular monthly base salary of Fire Captain.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the~.~[~/., day of~.
EUL1NE BROCK, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY