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A RESOLUTION
CHANGING AND MENDING THE FIRE @MEN AND POLICEMEN QUALI-
FICATIONS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI UNDER ARTICLE
126961 SO AS TO ALLOW THE HIRING OF TEMPORARY FIREMEN
AND POLICE41EN OVER THE AGE OF THIRTY -FIVE YEARS WITH
CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS; AND DECLARING AN B ERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi is unable to recruit quali-
fied employees in its fire and police departments because of the maximum
age limit of thirty -five years provided by Article 126961 of Vernons
Annotated Civil Statutes, and
11HEREAS, it is very desirous that the City of Corpus Christi
have additional employees and such employees are needed at the present
time, and
19HEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi hereby
finds that such condition constitutes an emergency.
BE IT RESOLVED BY TILE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the Civil Service Commission of the City of
Corpus Christi is hereby requested to promulgate additional rules and
regulations governing the temporary employment of personnel for the fire
and police departments of the City of Corpus Christi to allow the temporary
employment of personnel over the age of thirty -five (35) years, provided,
however, that such rules shall contain these provisions:
(a) Such personnel shall be designated as temporary employees.
(b) Such personnel shall be ineligible for pension benefits.
(c) Such personnel shall be ineligible for appointment or promo-
tion when one or more permanent applicants or employees
are available.
(d) Such personnel shall be ineligible to become full - fledged
civil service employees.
(e) Such personnel may be terminated before any permanent
civil service employee is terminated pursuant to Section 21,
Article 1269Mi of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes.
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SECTION 2. That the inability to recruit qualified employees
for the fire and police departments of the City of Corpus Christi because
of the thirty —five year age limit creates a public emergency and an inF-
perative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule
that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of
its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at
three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, declaring
such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension
of said 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 SO RESOLVED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, This the-23rd day of.October, 1951.
MAYOR —
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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Assistant City (Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL'
Corpus Christie Texas
Gentlemens
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the fore -
going 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, hereby 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,
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MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following votes
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndcr_
George L. Lcwn.:a
The above ordinance was passed by the following votes
Leslie Wasserman
Jack lleForrast
Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman.
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