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Home My WebLink About14493 ORD - 09/06/1978JB:jkh:9 -6 -78; 2nd TEXAS: P AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, NO. 8127, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 501 BY SUBSTITUTING THE ATTACHED REVISED SCHEDULE FOR THE EXISTING PUBLIC SAFETY SALARY SCHEDULE FOR POLICE, TO PROVIDE FOR A COST -OF- LIVING INCREASE OF 6% EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 1978 AND AN ADDITIONAL 2% COST -OF- LIVING INCREASE ABOVE PREVIOUS SALARY LEVELS EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1979; AMENDING SECTION 510 BY ADDING THE TITLE OF POLICE CAPTAIN TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE, EXECUTIVE, PROFESSIONAL AND LABORERS CLASSIFICATION; AMENDING SECTION 551.5 RATE OF PAY ON PROMOTION, TO PROVIDE FOR A MINIMUM 4% INCREASE; AMENDING SECTION 552.2 TO PROVIDE A METHOD OF COMPUTING FIRST SALARY ADVANCES AFTER APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, AND SUBSEQUENT ADVANCES; AMENDING SECTION 552.6 TO PROVIDE FOR LONGEVITY PAY AND FOR A METHOD OF CALCULATION OF LONGEVITY PAY STEPS; AMENDING SECTION 552.10 BY ADDING THE PROVISION OF POLICE CAPTAIN TO FIRE AND POLICE CLASSIFICATION COMPENSATED UNDER THE GENERAL SALARY SCHEDULE; ADDING A NEW SECTION, SECTION 555, TO PROVIDE THAT FOR TRANSITION PURPOSES ONLY, THE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE OF POLICE CAPTAIN FROM THE POLICE SALARY SCHEDULE TO THE GENERAL SALARY SCHEDULE TO TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER SECTION 552. , S M RE F SET FORTH HEREINAFTER; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SECTION 1. That the Compensation Ordinance for the City of Corpus Christi, No. 8127, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 501 by substituting the attached revised Schedule, Exhibit "A ", for the existing Public Safety Salary Schedule for Police, reflecting a 6% cost -of- living increase effective August 1, 1978 and an additional 2% cost -of- living increase above previous salary levels effective February 1, 1979. SECTION 2. That Section 510 of said Ordinance No. 8127 be amended by adding the following class code, title and grade: ADMINISTRATIVE, EXECUTIVE, PROFESSIONAL AND LABORERS Class Code Class Title Class Grade 920 Police Captain 30 SECTION 3. That Section 551.5 Rate of Pay on Promotion of Ordinance No. 8127 be amended to hereafter read as follows: N1IR IL M) �01��® 14493 11551.5 Rate of Pay on Promotion. In any case where an employee is promoted to a position of class with a higher salary schedule, the entrance salary rate shall be at the lowest step in the higher salary schedule that will provide a minimum 4% increase over the salary received immediately prior to such promotion. Subsequent advancement to higher steps in grade will be on the same basis as described in paragraph 552." SECTION 4. That Section 552.2 of Ordinance No. 8127 be amended to hereafter read as follows: "552.2 The first salary advance after appointment or promotion to a position -shall be six months upon certification of satisfactory per- formance by the division head. For each succeeding advance, longevity shall be required as stipulated within the salary schedule for each step." SECTION 5. That Section 552.6 of Ordinance No. 8127 be amended to hereafter read as follows: 11552.6 Police and Fire Personnel shall receive longevity pay in addition to the base salary rates as prescribed above for service in either department or a combination of service in both departments in the amount provided by state law for service up to and including twenty -five (25) years of service and any other longevity pay as authorized by this ordi- nance. AdJancement to the six, eighteen, thirty, and forty -two month longevity pay steps for 'patrolman' and 'firefighter' shall be based on uninterrupted continuous service except that the City Manager may recognize prior service in the same division with the City." SECTION 6. That Section 552.10 of Ordinance No. 8127 be amended by adding the provision of Police Captain, said-Section 552.10 to hereafter read as follows: "552.10 Notwithstanding any other section of this ordinance, advancement beyond the 'D' step for the position of Chief of Fire, Chief of Police, Assistant Police Chief, Police Commander, Police Captain, First Assistant Fire Chief, and Assistant Fire Chief, shall be only according to the provisions of paragraph 552.7." SECTION 7. Amending Ordinance No. 8127, as amended, by adding a new section, 555, to hereafter read as follows: "555 For transition purposes only, the classification change of Police Captain from the Police Salary Schedule to the General Salary Schedule -2- shall take precedence over Section 552.10 as follows: (1) All officers within the rank of Police Captain effective August 1, 1978 shall be classified at salary grade 30, step 'D'. (2) All Captains transitioned to the General Salary Schedule effective August 1, 1978 shall be eligible for advancement to the 'E' step upon completion of either a combination of six months service at the six month step prior to transition and six months service at the 'D' step or one year of service at the 'D' step after transition. The provisions of Section 555 shall have no force or effect beyond August 1, 1979." SECTION 8. Except as otherwise may be provided herein, the effective dates of the above changes shall be August 1, 1978. SECTION 9. The necessity to maintain at all times an efficient administration of City affairs creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordi- nance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared that such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the fp day of September, 1978. ATTEST: City Secretary MUR THE ITY OF 0 CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED: '7th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1978: J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY By 4,alnt-"�City Attorney PUBLIC'SAFETY'GROUP'SAL'ARY- SCHEDULE August-.l,'1978 ' Police Class ' Code .91 as s Title Starting 6 18 30. 42 .. °aa= 914 Trainee $ 795 '•' °.` i 915 Police Officer 924 971• 1,020 1,074 1,728 916 'Sergeant 1,128 1,184. 1,243 Q - ;; „r j• 918 Lieutenant 1,306 1,372 1,441 7. February. 1, 1979 914 � Trainee 810 - , 915 P'ol'ice Officer 941 989 1,039 1,094 1,149 �•`s,'r, i 916. Sergeant. 1,749 1,206 i,266 Lieutenant ] 331 , 1,398 .1,468 . y, , Corp u Christi, Tex s yD day of 1g- TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, The Charter rule was suspended Gabe Lozano, Sr. Bob Gulley David Diaz Ruth Gill Joe Holt Tony Juarez, Jr. Edward L. Sample The above ordinance was passed Gabe Lozano, Sr. Bob Gulley David Diaz Ruth Gill Joe Holt Tony Juarez, Jr. Edward L. Sample THE CITY 0r C CHRISTI, TEXAS by/Ik following vote: 14493