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DRAFT F:kAttorneykALICE\ORDWORK\CURRENTkAdopting Sec 26-9 to Art I Chpt 26 - Seniority Pay - PD.wpd December 16, 2003 ORDINANCE NO. 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 of the 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 the Police Department budget for fiscal year 2003-2004, thereby having a neutral effect on the over-all budget for said Police Department for fiscal year 2003-2004; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris desires to implement said program 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 out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Article ! 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: