2019-019 Revising Section 26-1 Composition of Police Department

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ORDINANCE NO. 2019-019 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY OF PARIS CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REVISING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE I, SECTION 26-1 "COMPOSITION OF DEPARTMENT" TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL SERGEANT POSITION AND REDUCE ONE POLICE OFFICER POSITION; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Chapter 26, Article I, Section 26-1, "Composition of Department," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, provides for the classification of the composition of the Paris Police Department, ("the Department"); and WHEREAS, changes within the Department since said Section 26-1 was last amended necessitate further amendments to enhance operations of the Department; and WHEREAS, the Department has concluded that it is necessary to add a sergeant position to the narcotics unit of the criminal Investigation Division, thus necessitating the creation of on sergeant position and the elimination of one patrol officer position; and WHEREAS, the number of sergeants in the Department would change from five (5) to (6) and the number of patrol officers would change from forty-one (41) to forty (40); and WHEREAS, Council finds that it is in the best interests of the citizens of Paris, Texas to make the recommended changes to Section 26-1; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Chapter 26, Article I, Section 26-1, "Composition of department" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read in its entirety as follows: "Sec. 26-1. - Composition of department. "The police department of the City of Paris shall be composed of the Chief of police and fifty-six (56) members classified as follows: