Ord. 0450-28 10-08-01ORDINANCE NO. 450-28
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 450 AS THE SAME MAY HAVE
BEEN, FROM TIME TO TIME, AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ESTABLISHING AND REESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS AND
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE
OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, PURSUANT TO SECTION 143.021 OF
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A
REPEALER CLAUSE, AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND CONTAINING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE NEED TO UPDATE THE NUMBER OF
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE CITY
AND UPDATE THE PAY CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR CIVIL SERVICE
EMPLOYEES INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND,
THEREFORE, BEARS DIRECTLY UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND
WELFARE OF THE CITIZENRY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Ordinance No. 450 as the same may have been, from time
to time, amended, is hereby further amended and, pursuant to the requirements of
Section 143.021 of the Local Government Code of the State of Texas, there are
hereby established the following classifications for employees with the City of
Pearland Police Department, with the number of authorized positions for each of
the classifications, all of which shall be subject to the provisions of said Municipal
Civil Service under the Local Government Code, to wit:
No. of Authorized Positions Classification
62* Police Officer
7 Corporal
5 Sergeant
2 Lieutenant
Total of 76 Civil Service Classified Positions
* includes 2 grant funded School Resource Officers
(See Pay Classification Plan for Civil Service Employees attached
hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all purposes)
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Section 2. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines
that the need to update the number of authorized positions in the classified service
of the City and update the pay classification plan for civil service employees inures
to the benefit of the public and, therefore, bears directly upon the health, safety
and welfare of the citizenry; and that this Ordinance shall be adopted as an
emergency measure, and that the rule requiring this Ordinance to be read on two
(2) separate occasions be, and the same is hereby waived.
Section 3. Severability Clause. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or
any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause of this Ordinance shall, for any
reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this
Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have
passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of
the facts that any other section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may
be declared invalid.
Section 4. Repealer Clause. All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict; otherwise, the
provisions of Ordinance No. 450 as it may have been, from time to time, amended,
shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. Savings Clause. All rights and remedies which have accrued in
favor of the City of Pearland under Ordinance No. 450, and its amendments, shall
be and are preserved for the benefit of the City.
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Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and approval by the City Council.
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 8 day of
October , A.D., 2001.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
TOM REID
MAYOR
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