Ordinance No. 10,735ORDINANCE NO. 10,735
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10,626, 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, in Fiscal Year 2006-07, 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 Fiscal Year 2007-08, the CCPD has agreed to replace the position in the
classification of Patrol Officer for the Public Safety Operations Program, which was decreased in
Fiscal Year 2006-07 due to the reprogramming referenced hereinabove; and
WHEREAS, in Fiscal Year 2007-08, the City Council budgeted for four additional patrol
officers from the General Fund; and
WHEREAS, due desired restructuring, the number of positions in the rank of Captain has
been decreased by two and the number of positions in the rank of Lieutenants has been increased
by two; 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 June 12, 2007, via Ordinance No. 10,626 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
WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to add and reprogram positions as indicated
hereinbelow; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Section 1 of Ordinance 10,626, passed the 12th day of June, 2007,
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
Captain 2
(In accordance with Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government
Code. I appointed captain position and 1 tested captain position)
Lieutenant 8
Sergeant 15
Patrol Officer 120
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//? the City Council of the
of Baytown, this the 25lh day of October, 2007.
STEPHEN H. DONCARLOS, MaJ' or
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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INACIO RAMIREZ, SR., <tp Attorney
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