Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Police
CM/ ACM: John Cabrales, Jr.
Date: December 6, 2016
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, amending Ordinance No. 2015-230 to prescribe updated titles and number of positions for certain classifications of Police Department personnel; providing repealer, cumulative and severability clauses; and declaring an effective date.
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BACKGROUND
Civil Service law, Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 143, requires governing bodies of all jurisdictions with Civil Service employees to officially authorize their exact number of Civil
Service employees. The City Council last approved the authorized number of Police Department Civil Service positions by Ordinance 2015-230 on August 4, 2015. Staff requests the City Council’s approval of the current number of Civil Service positions for the Police Departments as budgeted for FY 2016-17 and is detailed below.
For the 2016-2017 Fiscal Year, the City Council approved the increase of police sworn operations personnel. The supplemental package approval increased the number of Lieutenant’s from eight to nine which enables the Department to have a shift manager on every patrol shift. In addition, this package also increased Police Officer positions from 135 to 141. The four Officer positions augment existing patrol staffing during high call volume timeframes and two Officer positions will respond to traffic issues and major accidents.
If the City Council adopts the amended ordinance on December 6, 2016, this authorizes the correct number of Civil Service positions. The total number of authorized Civil Service positions in the Police Department will increase from 164 to 171.
FISCAL INFORMATION
There will be no additional fiscal impact due to the fact that all authorized positions have been funded in the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Budget.
STRATEGIC PLAN RELATIONSHIP
The City of Denton’s Strategic Plan is an action-oriented road map that will help the City achieve its vision. The foundation for the plan is the five long-term Key Focus Areas (KFA): Organizational Excellence; Public Infrastructure; Economic Development; Safe, Livable, and Family-Friendly Community; and Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship. While individual items may support multiple KFAs, this specific City Council agenda item contributes most directly to the following KFA and goal:
Related Key Focus Area: Safe, Liveable & Family-Friendly Community
Related Goal: 4.1 Enhance public safety in the community
EXHIBITS
1. Ordinance No. 2015-230
2. Proposed Ordinance for Police
Respectfully submitted:
Robin Paulsgrove
Fire Chief
Prepared by:
Allison Carlwicz
Fire Administrative Manager