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DRAFT <br />attorney\ordwork\current\PD Composition 2008 <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINAIVCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING THE CITY OF PARIS CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REVISING <br />SECTION 26-1 OF SAID CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE STAFFING LEVELS OF <br />THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A <br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the employment of police officers in the City of Paris is governed by <br />Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code, dealing with Civil Service employment; and, <br />WHEREAS, Section 143.021 of said Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code <br />provides for a municipality's governing body to establish the classifications of police <br />officers by ordinance; <br />WHEREAS, due to the reduction of the number of Resource Officers at Paris <br />Independent School District, it is necessary for the City to eliminate one police private <br />position in the Paris Police Department; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby <br />in all things approved. <br />Section 2. That Section 26-1 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, <br />be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows: <br />"Sec. 26-1. Composition of department. <br />The police department of the City shall be composed of the chief of police and <br />sixty-one (61) members classified as follows: <br />(1) One (1) assistant chief. <br />(2) Three (3) police lieutenants. <br />(3) Twelve (12) police sergeants. <br />(4) Four (4) police corporals. <br />(S) Forty-one (41) police privates." <br />~ 00024:3 <br />T _ .j T___-7 <br />