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DRAFT attorney\reswork\current\Revising Sec 26-6(a)(2) Assignment pay Ord February 26, 2008 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, REVISING SECTION 26-6(a)(2) TO ARTICLE I, CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ENTITLED ASSIGNMENT PAY; CHANGING THE RATE OF ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS WITHIN THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COINCIDE WITH 12 HOUR WORK DAYS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Sections 143.041-143.043 of Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government Code, the Civil Service Act, authorizes municipalities covered by said Act to compensate firefighters and police officers with assignment pay, in addition to their base pay, when performing the duties and responsibilities of the position; and, WHEREAS, when the City Council of the City of Paris originally adopted assignment pay for police field training officers and crime prevention officers, as set forth in Sec. 26-6 of the Code of Ordinances, police officers were working eight hour shifts; and, WHEREAS, police officers for the City of Paris now work four twelve-hour shifts per week so the assignment pay must be recalculated from $5.00 per day to $46.153 bi-weekly; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris desires to implement said change in the rate of pay to coincide with 12 hour work days for field training officers within the Paris Police Department. 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 Section 26-6(a)(2) of Article I of Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, entitled "Assignment pay," shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 26-6. Assignment Pay. * * *