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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 85-67 ORDINANCE NO. ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ABOLISHING POSITIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AMENDING THE BUDGET TO REFLECT THE ABOLISHING OF THOSE POSITIONS. WHEREAS, in light of the current financial situation of the City of Beaumont, the City has instituted a City-wide freeze on hiring; and WHEREAS, there are currently several vacant Grade I level positions in the Fire Department; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that these positions are not presently needed for the orderly and efficient operation of the Fire Department; and WHEREAS, Article IV of the current agreement with the City of Beaumont and Local 399 of the International Association of Fire Fighters additionally allows management the right to abolish positions; and WHEREAS, in a good faith attempt to bring the Fire Department into compliance with the hiring freeze, the Council feels it is in the best interest of the City of Beaumont to abolish the five Grade I positions presently vacant in the Fire Department; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: THAT the five vacant Grade I positions in the Fire Department be, and they are hereby, abolished. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Budget of the City of Beaumont for the fiscal year beginning October 1 , 1984, be amended to reflect that the five Grade I positions in the Fire Department be, and they are hereby, abolished. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the �9� / '- day of { L= - , 1985. Mayor - 2 -