Ordinance No. 11,184ORDINANCE NO. 11. 184
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
TEXAS, PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN EACH
CLASSIFICATION IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT: PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE: AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WIIEREAS, 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 recommendation was approved by the City Council on the 12`h
day of April. 2007, via Ordinance No. 10,582 wherein the number of' persons in each
classification of the Fire Department was established as follows:
FireChief ........................................................... ..............................1
AssistantFire Chief ............................................ ..............................3
(Subject to provisions enacted by Ordinance No. 8355)
Fire Battalion Chief ............................................ ..............................5
Lieutenant......................................................... .............................18
Fire Equipment Operator .................................. .............................15
FireFighter .......................................................... ............................51; and
WHEREAS, to promote greater efficiency in the City's Fire Department and to
adequately staff the new fire station. the City desires to add a net of seven positions in the Fire
Fighter classification and three positions in the Lieutenant classification: NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section l: That the number of positions in each classification in the fire department
shall be as follows:
Fire Chief
Assistant Fire Chief ............................................ ..............................3
(Subject to provisions enacted by Ordinance No. 8355 )
Fire Battalion Chief ............................................ ..............................5
Lieutenant......................................................... .............................21
Fire Equipment Operator .................................. .............................15
FireFighter ........................................................ .............................58
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.
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City of BaytoNvn this the 1 0th day of September. 200'
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