09-Deliberate first reading and possibly act on an Ordinance Amending the City of Paris Code of Ordinances

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DRAFT attorney\ordwork\current \PD Composition 6-14-10 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SEC. 26-1 COMPOSITION OF DEPARTMENT, OF CHAPTER 26, POLICE, OF THE CITY OF PARIS CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REVISING SECTION 26-1 OF SAID CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE STAFFING LEVELS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDIIVG A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the employment of police officers in the City of Paris is governed by Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code, dealing with Civil Service employment; and, WHEREAS, Section 143.021 of said Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code provides for a municipality's governing body to establish the classifications of police officers by ordinance; WHEREAS, the Chief of Police has requested the term "police private", currently used in our ordinances to designate officers at the entry level rank, be changed to "police officer°; and, WHEREAS, a minor re-organization of the Police Department affects the rank of sergeant by reducing the number of sergeants to only those who have supervisory job duties by removing a position of sergeant as current sergeants promote, retire, or leave the department and placing that position with the police officer positions; and, WHEREAS, it is appropriate one sergeant position be removed and one police officer position be added, changing the department's composition without reducing the overall size of the 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 26-1 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows: "Sec. 26-1. Composition of department. The police department of the City shall be composed of the chief of police and sixty-one (61) members classified as follows: (1) One (1) assistant chief. (2) Three (3) police lieutenants. (3) Eleven (11) police sergeants. ~ ~i