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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 16 DDba q P� ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CIVIL SERVICE ,.SYSTEM FOR FIREIEN AND POLICEMEN IN THE CITY OF- BEAUMONT, TEXAS'; ESTABLISHING A FIREMENTS AND POLICE-- MEN,4S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.; ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE.OF DIRECTOR OF FIREMEN4S AND POLICEMEN4S CIVIL SERVICE;,PROVIDING FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF•ALL POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN, AND ESTABLISHING POSITIONS IN AND BASE PAY OF EACH CLASSIFICATION; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABIA, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE, CITY OF BEAUMONT,, TEXAS s Section 1. In accordance with the provisions of the Firemen4s and Policemen4s-Civil. Service Act, being.Article 1269m of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, which was adopted by the.qualified voters' of this city, there is hereby established a civil service system for firemen and policemen in The City of Beaumont. There is hereby established a Firemen4s and Policemen4s Civil Service Commission consisting of three (3) members -who shall be appointed in.accordance,with the provisions of the Firemen4s and PolicemenTs Civil Service Act and shall serve without compen- sation. Any member -of the Commission may be removed.by the City Councilfor just cause. Section.3. There is hereby established the office of Director of Fire.- men4s and Policemen4s.Civil Service, which shall be filled by the appointment of the Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Firemen4s and Poli,cemen?s Civil°Seivice Act. Said Director may be either a member' of the Commission, another employee of the City, or some other person. The City Council shall determine what salary, if any, shall be paid to such Director. Said Director shall at all times be subject to removal by the.Commission. He shall serve as Secretary of the Commission, and shall perform all such.work inci•. dental to the Firemen's ::and Policemen4s Civil Service as may be re,_ quired of him by" the Commission.' Section 4. All positions in the Police Department of The City of Beau- mont, Texas, are hereby classified into -the follocring grades, each grade having duties of substantially similar authority, importance, and responsibility: (1) Grade I. There shall be eighty --five (85) positions in Grade I. said positions to include Patrolmen and Tech.- nicians in Identification Bureau. The base pay of all officers in this grade shall be Three Hundred and Seventy ($370.00) Dollars per month; however, the base pay of all probationary officers who have not served -their six (6) months? probationary period as a member of the Police Department shall be ..:Two: Hundred and Thirty ( $2 30.00 ) Dollars per month. (2) Grade II. There shall be thirty-five .(35) positions in Grade II, said positions to include Sergeants, Detectives, Dispatchers, and Assistant Superintendent of Identifica- tion Bureau. The base pay of all officers in this grade shall be Four Hundred and Fifteen ($415.00) Dollars per month. (3) Grade III. There shall be three (3) positions in Grade III, said positions to include Lieutenant, Juvenile Of- ficer, and Superintendent of Identification Bureau. The .base pay of all officers in this grade shall be. Four Hundred and Forty ($440.00) Dollars per month. (tL) Grade IV. There shall be five .(5) positions in Grade IV, said positions to include Captains. The rase pay of all officers in this grade shall be Four Hundred and Eighty --five ($485.00) Dollars per month. _(5) Grade V. There shall be two (2) positions in Grade V, said positions to include Inspectors. The base pay of all officers in this grade shall be Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars per month. -2- (6) Grade VI. There shall be one (1) position in Grade VI,, -said positip n being Assistant Chief of Police. The base pay of the officer in this grade shall be Six Hundred and Ten .($610.00) Dollars per month. Section 5. All positions'Jn the,Fire-Department of .The City of Beaumont,. Texas,, are hereby classified into the following g.rades-,.,,ea.ch grade having duties of substantially similar authority,, importance., and re- spohsibility: (1) Grade I. There shall be.sixty-six (66) positions in Grade I, said positions to.include Pipemen and -Ladder - men. The base pay of all firemen in this grade shall be Three Hundred and Fifty-five ($355.00) Dollars per month; however firemen who the base pay of all probationary f have not served their six (6) months* -probationary period as a inember.'of the Fire Department shall be Two.Hundred. and Thirty (,$-2`3'0. 00) per month, (2) Grade II. There shall be forty-nine (49) positions in. Grade II. -said positions to include Drivers and Assistant to,Fire Marshal. The base pay of all firemen in this grade shall be Three Hundred and Seventy (W0.00) Dollars per month. (3) Grade III. There shall be thirty-one (31) Positions in Grade III., said positions to include Captains., Fire Mar- shal.,Dispatchers, and Mechanics. The base pay of all firemen in'th-118.grade shall be Three Hundred and Ninety ($390.00) Dollars per month. (4) Grade IV. There shall be seven (7) positions in Grade IV, said positions to include Battalion Chiefs and Chief Fire. Alarm . Dispatcher, - The base pay of all firemen in this grade shall be Four Hundred and Ten ($410.00) Dollars per me).ith. .(5) Grade V.' There shall be three (3) positions in Grade V., said positions to.include District Chiefs. The base pay of. all firemen in this grade shall be Four -:Hundred and Fifty-five ($455.00)_Dollars per month. (6). 'Grad-e VI. There'shall be one (1) position in Grade VI, said position being Drillmaster. The base pay,of the fireman in thisgr'ade-shall be Five Hundred and Thirty- five ($53-5-00) Dollars per month. (7) Grade'VII. There shall be one- (1) 'position in Grade-VII, saidpositionbeing Assistant Chief. The base pay of the fireman in this,grade shall be FiVe.Hundred apd Seventy-. five (W5'.-00) Dollars.'per month. �Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provision-s of this ordinance or.wi-th the provisions oftheFiremen's and Policements Civil Service Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such -conflict. Section, 7. The provisions of this ordinance are declared,to be severable., and if any section .9.clausep ph.rase.':word orsentenceof this ..ordinance shall for any reason be held invalid -or unconstitut ional., such decision shall not -affect the validity of the remaining section, clause., phrase, word, or sentence of this ordinance, but, they, shall remain in effect., it being the legislative.in-te.nt that this ordinance shall stand notwith- -standing. the, invalidity- of any part'. PASSED by the City Council this 26th day of July., A.D.., 1960, Mayor