Ordinance No. 10,626ORDINANCE NO. 10,626
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10,449, PRESCRIBING THE
NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFICATION "SERVICE GROUP -
POLICE"; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown entered into an agreement with the
Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District ("CCPD") to increase the number of positions in
the classification Sergeant and to decrease the number of positions in the classification Patrol
Officer for a Public Safety Operations Program during Fiscal Year 06-07; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of such Public Safety Operations Program, the CCPD has
agreed to reallocate the funds to be provided to the City during Fiscal Year 06-07 to reprogram
the positions as noted above; and
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police recommends that moving one Patrol Officer position to
that of Sergeant will enable him to assign his more senior officers to specialized public safety
operations, which is consistent with the agreement between the City and CCPD; and
WHEREAS, Section 143.021 (a) of the Texas Local Government Code requires that the
City Council by ordinance prescribe the number of positions in each classification; and
WHEREAS, the City Council last prescribed the number of positions in each
classification of the Police Department on October 12, 2006, via Ordinance No. 10,449 as
follows:
Chief of Police 1
Assistant Chief/Captain 4
(In accordance with Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government
Code, 3 appointed captain positions and 1 tested captain position)
Lieutenant 6
Sergeant 14
Patrol Officer 116
WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to reprogram one position in the Classification
of Patrol Officer to a position in the Classification of Sergeant; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Section 1 of Ordinance 10,449, passed the 12th day of October, 2006,
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:
Chief of Police 1
Assistant Chief/Captain 4
(In accordance with Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government
Code, 3 appointed captain positions and 1 tested captain position)
Lieutenant 6
Sergeant 15
Patrol Officer 115
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^f the City Council of the
City of Baytown, this the 12th day of June, 2007.
STEPHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
ODY, City Clerk
APPROVERS TO FORM:
<3ONACIO RAMIRiZvSR., CM Attorney
R:\Karen\Files\Ciiy Council\Ordinances\2007Vlune l4\PDPositions.doc