Ordinance No. 15,456 ORDINANCE NO. 15,456
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 15,001 PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER
OF POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION "SERVICE GROUP — POLICE" TO
UPDATE THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN EACH CLASSIFICATION;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, Section 143.021(a) of the Texas Local Government Code requires that the City
Council prescribe the classifications of all police officers by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council last prescribed the classifications of all police officers and the
number of positions in each classification of the Police Department on January 13, 2022, via
Ordinance No. 15,001 as follows:
Chiefof Police ..................................................................................... I
AssistantChief.....................................................................................3
(In accordance with Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government
Code,2 appointed assistant chief positions)
Lieutenant .......................................................................................... 10
Sergeant.............................................................................................. 19
PatrolOfficer...................................................................................142; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to amend a classification in "Service Group —
Police" to provide for the reclassification of one (1) Patrol Officer position to a Lieutenant Position;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 15,001, passed the IP day of January,
2022, relating to the number of positions in the Classification "Service Group-Police," is hereby
amended to read as follows:
That the number of positions in each classification in the police department
shall be as follows:
Chiefof Police.................................................................................... 1
AssistantChief...................................................................................3
(In accordance with Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government
Code,3 appointed assistant chief positions)
Lieutenant......................................................................................... 11
Sergeant............................................................................................ 19
PatrolOfficer..................................................................................141
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this
ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such
inconsistency; and in all other respects, this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances
regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or the set of circumstances
shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
circumstances; and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 25`h day of May, 2023.
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