2004-004-ORD ADOPTING NEW SECTION 26-9 TO ARTICLE 1 CHAPTER 26 OF CODE OF ORDINANCES ENTITLED SENORITY PAY

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ORDINANCE NO. 2004-004 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 26-9 TO ARTICLE I, CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ENTITLED SENIORITY PAY; ESTABLISHING THEREBY A PROGRAM OF SENIORITY PAY WITHIN THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICERS BELOW THE RANK OF CHIEF BASED ON YEARS IN SERVICE AND RANK ACHIEVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 143.041 (c) 1 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS~ Section 143.041 (c) (1) of Chapter 143 ofthe Local Government Code, the Civil Service Act, authorizes municipalities covered by said Act to compensate polIce officers, in addition to their base pay, on the basis of seniority; and, WHEREAS, the Police Chief of the City of Paris has presented a plan to the City Council of the City of Paris for implementing a program of seniority pay for Certified Police Officers below the rank of Chief based on time in service and rank achieved: and, WHEREAS, the plan proposed by the Police Chief would be funded by reductions in t.he Police Department budget for fiscal year 2003-2004, thereby having a neutral effect on the uver-a!! budget for said Police Department for fi~cal year 2003-2004; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris desires to implement said progmn1 of seniority pay; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CiTY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS', PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set ont in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved, Section 2. That Article I of Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, entitled "Police," shall be and is hereby amended to include therein a new Section 26-9, entitled "Seniority Pay," said new Section 26-9 to read as follows: "Sec. 26-9. Seniority Pay. Members of the Police Department below the rank of Chief shall be entitled to receive Seniority Pay, on the basis of time in service and rank achieved, said Seniority Pay to be in addition to each officer's base pay as follows: