Ordinance No. 8,355C
is
980723 -11
ORDINANCE NO. 8355
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6150 BY CLARIFYING THAT THE
CHIEF OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
AUTHORIZED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO ONE POSITION IN THE
CLASSIFICATION OF ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AS PREVIOUSLY
ESTABLISHED; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, previously, the Chief of the City of Baytown Fire Department has
recommended to the City Council that certain positions in the Fire Department be reclassified
and renamed; and
WHEREAS, the last such recommendations were approved by the City Council on the
13`h day of February 1992 and on the 11`h day of February, 1993, via Ordinance Nos. 6150 and
6530, wherein the number of persons in each classification of the Fire Department was
established as follows:
FireChief .............................................. ...............................
Assistant Fire Chief ............................... ...............................
Fire Battalion Chief ............................... ...............................
Lieutenant............................................. ...............................
Fire Equipment Operator ...................... ...............................
Firefighter............................................. ...............................
2
5
.......18
.......15
.......30; and
WHEREAS, upon approval of the City Council, Section 143.014 of the Texas Local
Government Code permits the Chief of the City of Baytown Fire Department to appoint not more
than one person to that rank and classification previously authorized and established as the
Assistant Fire Chief, since
• at least four classifications have been established below the classification of the Chief
of the City of Baytown Fire Department, the department head of such department;
and
• the Fire Department of the City of Baytown has less than 300 certified fire fighters;
and
WHEREAS, to assist the orderly, efficient operation of the Fire Department, the Chief of
the City of Baytown Fire Department has recommended to and requested the approval of the
City Council that one of the positions in the classification of Assistant Fire Chief be filled
through an appointment by the Chief, NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
980723 -11a
Section l: That Ordinance No. 6150 of the City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby
amended to clarify that from and after the passage of Ordinance No. 6150, the City Council
approves of and authorizes the Chief of the City of Baytown Fire Department to make
appointments to one of the positions in the classification of Assistant Fire Chief.
Section 2: 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 23rd day of July, 1998.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
4MMCID RAMI R., City Attorney
PETE C. ALFARO,TAayor
0 d :kIh941 Councill 0rdinancesW pprovaloRppointedPositionAssistan ffireChief
2