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ORDINANCE NillU3ER 933
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE -1JTJ1\1BER 'F r:'HE
CITY OF \{EST UNDJERSITY PLACE, TEXAS (SECT''lN
CODE OF ORDINAj\TCES OF THE CITY OF ~\TESI' illrnTKRSITY
PLACE, TEYAS); T~~NDING SECTICN 19-1 or THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF' (vEST UNTVERSITY PL.A-CE,
T~S; PRO'JI"I:0fG FC'R THE CREATJ:vJ.if ''? TES PCS:':TJ C~~3
OF "LIEUTE::-JANT" Al~D "PATROLMA~~ CLASSIFICATIOll
IN AJDITION TO OTl1ER "ATROL.MEn" F SAID C:r_TY; AU-
TH:JRIZIKG PAY DIFFERENTIAL; AND PROVIDn~G AIT EFFECTIVE
JATE.
~\JHEREAS. it is the desire of the Citv CL'rmnission of "rT8 C ,f ;,Jes"~
e C
Place, Texas to provide a means to di-ride leaiership in the Poli2e
oy distribut in positions other than t~at of ~he Chief
f Polo' cc: and
vJ~~REAS, the Ci~y Co~ission finds tLat ~t is impossible for the
Chief of Police to be on hand at all Lours of the and ~o wa~c deci-
sions and j~rect the work if ~he members of the Police Department and the City
ComrrTission further finds that it is advisable to have an administrative officer
in charge of tLe Patrolmen 0n each of three (3) Tours of duty lTith authori
tr make decisions and instructions and directions to :)-her members of ~he
Police in the absence of the Chief of Police; and
\iJL~:REAS, it is the desire of the C CormnissLm of the City of VTest
Univers Place, Texas TO create three (3) new positions in the Police Depart-
ment of said C and to differentiate betweeG the positions of "Pa-crolnan"
and the off~ce cf the three (3) new posi-cions by the holders of such
posi ~ ion the rany of "Lieutenan"", such nomenclature beine'; a useful choice tlpor
the of t:1e Commission applicable to this Pc)licc Department, af d in no .-vays
iYldicati, e of somparable authori , position. and s \)f the hIders of sl"ch
pcsi tiOIl sucn name in larger pc lice departments; an 1
iJREREAS, it is further jeemed advisable ~o create f\iur (4) addi ti nal
pcsi ~ icns, be -chat of "Patrolman Classificat" on T:Le persons app0inted
to "rese pos'tions shall be thOSE:- HL are nOI'! melT-bel's of the P lice Department,
cr srall hereafter be appointed.
NOH, THEREFORE, 5E IT ORDAINED BY THE CY"Y C MMISS ION OF TEE CITY f\F
\'TEST TJIliJTERSITY PlJ\CE, TEXAS
SECTIC1lJ 1. That Ordinance Number 585 passed and approved on T.,he lOth
of Dccember, 1951, and appearing as Section 19-1 of the Code of Ordinances of
the C of Wes-c Univers Place, Texas, is Lereby repcaled and shall be of no
further force and effect.
SEC'1'ION 2.
~est University Place,
shall read as follows:
Sec-cion l~-l of -che Code of Ordinances of the Ci"y of
Texas is l:.ereby amenied tha~ hereafter said Sect"on 10-1
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(a) !!Section 19-1. There is hereby created three (3) positions
in the City of West University Place, Texas Police Department
to be intermediary positions between the Chief of Police and
the Patrolmen. The holder of each such position shall be known
as !!Lieutenant!! of the Police Department.
(b) Each lieutenant shall be designated such power and authority
as the Chief of Police of the City of West University Place,
Texas, shall see fit to delegate and each such officer shall
be responsible directly to the Chief of Police of the City of
West University Place, Texas.
(c) Each of such positions shall carry an additional remuneration
over and above the remuneration paid to Patrolmen and such
additional remuneration shall be that which is reco~~ended by
the Director of Personnel and the Chief of Police, and approved
by the City Commission.
(d) There is hereby created in addition to the position of Patrolman
an additional classification to be called !!Patrolrnan Classifica-
tion II!! of which there shall be a total of four (4). The desig-
nation of the persons holding such positions shall be made
the Chief of Police and shall carry a pay differential. Each
position of !!Patrolman Classification II!! shall carry an addi-
tional remuneration over and above the remuneration paid to
!!Patrolmen!! and such additional remuneration shall be that which
is reco~mended by the Director of Personnel and the Chief of
Police, and approved by the City Commission.
(e) Each !!Patrolman Classification II!! shall be designated such
power and authority as the Chief of Police of the City of
West University Place, Texas shall see fit to delegate and
each such person shall be responsible to the Chief of Police
through the authority of a Lieutenant of the Police Depart-
ment of said City.
(f) The total complement of personnel of the Police Department of
the City of West University Place, Texas shall hereafter con-
sist of the following personnel: Chief of three
(3) Lieutenants, four (4) Patrolmen Classification II, seven
(7) Patrolmen, four (4) Radio Dispatchers, and two (2) School
Patrolmen, making a total of twenty-one (21) persons.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this
aay of January, 1970,
Commissioners Voting Aye: