Ordinance No. 8,409980924 -b
ORDINANCE NO. 8409
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, REALLOCATING THE
POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION "SERVICE GROUP — POLICE ";
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, previously, the Chief of the City of Baytown Police Department has recommended
to the City Council that certain positions in the Police Department be reclassified, renamed, and
reallocated; and
WHEREAS, the last such recommendation was approved by the City Council on the 23`d day of
July, 1998, via Ordinance No. 8354, wherein the number of persons in each classification of the Police
Department was established as follows:
Chiefof Police ............................................................. ..............................I
Assistant Chief / Captain ............................................... ..............................5
(Subject to provisions enactcd by Ordinance No. 5941, adopted August I, 1991)
Lieutenant.................................................................. ............................... 5
Sergeant...................................................................... .............................12
PatrolOfficer .......................................................... ............................... l 1 I ; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown, upon the recommendation of the Chief of
Police, desires to realign the number of officers by increasing the number of officers in the classification
of Sergeant by one and decreasing the number of officers in the classification of Patrol Officer by one;
and
WHEREAS, the realignment of officers will provide an additional sergeant who can be assigned
to the internal affairs function, which assignment will assist in the orderly, efficient operation of the
Police Department; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Section I of Ordinance No. 8354, passed the 23`d day of July, 1998, 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 ............................................................ ............................... I
Assistant Chief/ Captain ............................................... ..............................5
(Subject to provisions enacted by Ordinance No. 5941, adopted August I, 1991)
Lieutenant.................................................................. ............................... 5
Sergeant...................................................................... .............................13
PatrolOfficer .................... ............................... -- .......... -- -- ...110
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this
49 ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such
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inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating
and governing the subject matter covered by tills 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 on October I, 1998, 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 24`l' day of September, 1998.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JCKACIO RAMIREZ, SR., klt ttorney
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