Ordinance No. 6,530930128 -22
ORDINANCE NO. 6530
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS REALLOCATING CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; PROVIDING FOR THE
STATUS OF PRESENT EMPLOYEES; AMENDING THE BUDGET
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1992 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1993,
TO REFLECT SUCH REALLOCATION OF POSITIONS; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Chief of the City of Baytown Fire Department has
recommended to the City Council that certain positions in the fire
department be reallocated; and
WHEREAS, the Chief of the City of Baytown Fire Department has
made these recommendations based on his personal study of such
positions, the future needs of the fire department and his
experience within such department; and
WHEREAS, these recommended changes would assist the orderly,
efficient operation of the fire department and assist in attaining
the goals of economy and efficiency through the strengthening of
the chain of command, balancing command responsibilities, and
providing the fire department with a broader command staff; and
WHEREAS, the recommended changes would result in no required
additions to the budget for the fire department and would result in
no additional personnel for the fire department; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown finds
that the goals of efficiency and economy would best be served by
reallocating the number of positions in the classification of fire
battalion chief from four (present) to five (future) and by
reducing the number of lieutenants from nineteen (present) to
eighteen (future).
Section 2: That such additions and reductions shall be
effective upon the effective date of this ordinance, however, no
present member of the classified service shall suffer any decrease
in salary or loss of position and that the additional added fire
battalion chief position shall be filled from within the Baytown
Fire Department pursuant to civil service rules and regulations and
eligibility lists applicable to the position of fire battalion
chief.
Section 3: That the budget of the City of Baytown for fiscal
year October 1, 1992 to September 30, 1993 as adopted by Ordinance
No. 6346 is hereby amended to read as follows:
FIRE
2020 -71 -1 FIRE BATTALION CHIEF
2020 -71 -1 LIEUTENANT
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5 $3,404- $3,575
18 $3,087 - $3,241
Section 4: 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 5: If any provisions, section, exception, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the
application of same to any person or 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 6: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage by the City Council.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 11th day of February
1993.
BOBBY RE ILLE, Mayor
ATTEST:
F.�i I?. HALL, City Clerk
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ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., City Attorney
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