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along with the approved Budget attached hereto, with the City Secretary and in the office of
the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, as required by State Law.
SECTION V
Pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas, and specifically Section 143.004, the City held
an election to adopt Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service of the Local Government Code,
wherein it was approved to provide civil service status and protection therefrom to all police
officers employed by the City. In compliance with Section 143.021 of the Local Government
Code which provides that a municipality's governing body shall establish, by ordinance, the
classification of all civil service employees, including the number of positions in each
classification, the City hereby establishes its classification of civil service employees for the
fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2024, as stated below and
as more fully described in the Cost Center Summary contained in the Annual Budget.
NUMBER OF
CLASSIFICATION AUTHORIZED POSITIONS
Commander 2.0
Police Lieutenant 2.0
Police Sergeant 5.0
Police Detective/Corporal 10.0
Police Patrol Officer 23.0
TOTAL CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS 42.0
SECTION VI
Any and all ordinances and resolutions, rules, regulations, policies or provisions in conflict
with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed and rescinded to the extent of
conflict therewith.
SECTION VII
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the
City without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section.
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