The provisions of chapter 174 of Texas Local Government Code,
the same being the Fire and Police Employee Relations Act, are adopted
by the city and placed into effect in accordance with the requirements
of said act.
(Ordinance 74-67, sec. 1, adopted 10/22/74; 1978 Code, sec. 21-70)
(a) Authority of police chief.
Pursuant to the provisions
of Texas Government Code, chapter 791, the chief of police of the
city is authorized to assign regularly employed law enforcement personnel
of his department to assist any other county or municipality in this
state, when a state of civil emergency in such other county or municipality
has been declared by proper authority, upon request by such proper
authority, and when, in the opinion of such proper authority, a need
exists in such other county or municipality for the services of additional
law enforcement officers to protect the health, life and property
of such other county or municipality, its inhabitants and the visitors
thereto, by reason of riot, unlawful assembly characterized by the
use of force and violence, or threat thereof by three (3) or more
persons acting together or without lawful authority, or during time
of natural disaster or man-made calamity.
(b) Supervision and power of assigned officer.
Whenever
any law enforcement officer of any other county or municipality is
assigned to the city, under authority of an order adopted by the governing
body of such other county or municipality, to assist under circumstances
as described above which may exist in this city, such officer shall
be a peace officer of this city and shall be under the command of
the chief of police of this city, while so assigned, and he shall
have all the powers of a regular law enforcement officer of this city
as fully as though he were within the county or municipality where
regularly employed and his qualification for office where regularly
employed shall constitute his qualification for office in this city,
and no other oath, bond or compensation shall be made.
(c) Compensation and benefits to officer.
When any law enforcement
officer of this city is ordered by proper authority to perform peace
officer duties outside the territorial limits of this city, he shall
be entitled to the same wage, salary, pension and all other compensation
and all other rights for such service, including injury or death benefits,
the same as though the service had been rendered within this city,
and he shall also be paid for any reasonable expenses of travel, food
or lodging, as well as for damage to equipment and clothing, and medical
expenses which he may incur while on duty outside this city, or while
traveling to or from such assignment.
(d) Reimbursement to city or county.
When any law enforcement
officer is assigned to this city from another county or city under
the circumstances described above, and upon request of the proper
authority of this city, this city will, upon proper request, reimburse
the county or city furnishing the services of such law enforcement
officer for his actual expenses of travel, food, lodging and for such
cost of damage to equipment and clothing resulting from the services
of such law enforcement officer in this city and for which the county
or city where he is regularly employed has paid.
(Ordinance 84-163, sec. 1, adopted 12/11/84; 1978 Code, secs. 2-23—2-26)
There is hereby established the fire department, the director
of which shall be the fire chief. The fire department shall be responsible
for the sole command of fires and all persons within the vicinity
of fires; for taking proper measures to extinguish fires; for the
protection of property from fires; for the preservation of order and
observance of laws, ordinances and regulations relating to fires and
the prevention of same; and the inspection of oil and gas installations.
The fire department shall perform such other duties and functions
as may be delegated to it from time to time by the fire chief or the
city manager.
(Ordinance 84-163, sec. 1, adopted 12/11/84; Ordinance 01-022, sec. 1, adopted 3/20/01; 1978
Code, sec. 2-27)
City firefighters who are members of the city firemen’s
relief and retirement fund shall be permitted to defer federal income
taxes under the terms of section 10F(a) and section 10F(b) of the
state Firemen’s Relief and Retirement Law, as amended, subject
to a favorable determination by the Internal Revenue Service that
the firefighters’ pension plan is a qualified retirement plan.
(Ordinance 83-171, adopted 12/16/83; 1978 Code, sec. 21-77)
In accordance with the provisions of the Firemen’s and
Policemen’s Civil Service Act, being chapter 143 of Texas Local
Government Code, 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.
(1958 Code, sec. 12-16; 1978 Code,
sec. 21-71)
There is hereby established a firemen’s and policemen’s
civil service commission consisting of three (3) members who shall
be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Firemen’s
and Policemen’s Civil Service Act and shall serve without compensation.
Any member of the commission may be removed by the city council for
just cause.
(1958 Code, sec. 12-17; 1978 Code,
sec. 21-72)
There is hereby established the office of director of firemen’s
and policemen’s civil service, which shall be filled by the
appointment of the commission in accordance with the provisions of
the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service 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
incidental to the firemen’s and policemen’s civil service
as may be required of him by the commission.
(1958 Code, sec. 12-18; 1978 Code,
sec. 21-73)
The following number of positions in the following classifications
are hereby established within the fire department:
Grade
|
Classification
|
Positions
|
---|
I
|
Firefighters
|
121
|
II
|
Drivers/Operators
|
70
|
III
|
Captains
|
46
|
IV
|
District Fire Chiefs
|
12
|
V
|
Deputy Fire Chiefs
|
5
|
VI
|
Assistant Fire Chief
|
1
|
|
Total
|
255
|
(Ordinance 90-20, sec. 1, adopted 3/27/90; Ordinance 92-74, sec. 1, adopted 9/22/92; Ordinance 94-62, sec. 1, adopted 12/13/94; Ordinance 96-18, sec. 1, adopted 3/19/96; Ordinance 98-33, sec. 1, adopted 5/12/98; Ordinance 99-90, sec. 1, adopted 11/23/99; Ordinance 00-32, sec. 1, adopted 4/11/00; Ordinance 00-85, sec. 1, adopted 9/26/00; Ordinance 01-081, sec. 1, adopted 10/16/01; 1978 Code, sec. 21-74; Ordinance 07-053, sec. 13, adopted 5/1/07; Ordinance 13-035, sec. 1, adopted 6/18/13; Ordinance 16-021, sec. 1, adopted 4/5/16; Ordinance 21-009 adopted 3/9/21; Ordinance 24-018 adopted 4/2/2024)
The following grades and classifications and number of positions
in each classification are hereby established within the police department:
Grade
|
Classification
|
Positions
|
---|
I
|
Officers
|
197
|
II
|
Sergeants
|
44
|
III
|
Lieutenants
|
14
|
IV
|
Captains
|
3
|
V
|
Assistant Police Chief
|
2
|
|
Total
|
260
|
(Ordinance 90-21, sec. 1, adopted 3/27/90; Ordinance 91-34, sec. 1, adopted 4/2/91; Ordinance 91-85, sec. 1, adopted 10/15/91; Ordinance 93-27, sec. 1, adopted 6/15/93; Ordinance 94-28, sec. 1, adopted 5/17/94; Ordinance 94-42, sec. 1, adopted 9/13/94; Ordinance 96-9, sec. 1, adopted 2/6/96; Ordinance 96-40, sec. 1, adopted 8/6/96; Ordinance 98-33, sec. 1, adopted 5/12/98; Ordinance 98-53, sec. 1, adopted 8/11/98; Ordinance 99-2, sec. 1, adopted 1/19/99; Ordinance 99-45, sec. 1, adopted 6/29/99; Ordinance 99-98, sec. 1, adopted 12/21/99; Ordinance 00-08, sec. 1, adopted 1/18/00; Ordinance 00-47, sec. 1, adopted 6/20/00; Ordinance 01-004, sec. 1, adopted 1/23/01; Ordinance 01-019, sec. 1, adopted 3/6/01; Ordinance 01-070, sec. 1, adopted 9/18/01; Ordinance 02-001, sec. 1, adopted 1/22/02; Ordinance 02-016, sec. 1, adopted 3/5/02; Ordinance 02-031, sec. 1, adopted 4/30/02; Ordinance 02-091, 11/5/02; Ordinance 03-051, sec. 1, adopted 7/15/03; Ordinance 03-081, sec. 1, adopted 10/28/03; Ordinance 04-009, sec. 1, adopted 2/10/04; Ordinance 05-012, sec. 1, adopted 1/25/05; Ordinance 06-009, sec. 1, adopted 2/14/06; Ordinance 06-078, sec. 1, adopted 12/5/06; 1978 Code, sec. 21-75; Ordinance 08-008, sec. 1, adopted 1/22/08; Ordinance 08-047, sec. 1, adopted 5/27/08; Ordinance 08-101, sec. 1, adopted 11/18/08; Ordinance 09-026, sec. 1, adopted 5/19/09; Ordinance 10-010, sec. 1, adopted 1/26/10; Ordinance 10-019, sec. 1, adopted 3/23/10; Ordinance 10-094, sec. 1, adopted 11/9/10; Ordinance 11-026, sec. 1, adopted 3/22/11; Ordinance 11-041, sec. 1, adopted 6/21/11; Ordinance 11-085, sec. 1, adopted 10/25/11; Ordinance 12-008, sec. 2, adopted 2/7/12; Ordinance 13-027, sec. 1, adopted 4/30/13; Ordinance 14-022, sec. 1, adopted 5/27/14; Ordinance 15-024, sec. 1, adopted 7/21/15; Ordinance 15-036, sec. 1, adopted 9/21/15; Ordinance 15-044, sec. 1, adopted 10/20/15; Ordinance 16-007, sec. 1, adopted 2/2/16; Ordinance 16-015, sec. 1, adopted 3/15/16)
The “class specifications” for grades in the police
department and the fire department as set forth in the official copy
of “Class Specifications for Police Department and Fire Department”
on file in the office of the city clerk are hereby adopted. Such class
specifications are descriptive and not restrictive. They are intended
to illustrate the duties of the various grades and are not intended
to set forth all of said duties.
(1958 Code, sec. 12-21; 1978 Code,
sec. 21-76)