O-1981-1285-R ordinance implementing Civil Service

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ORDINANCE NO. 1285-R AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE No. 1285, "AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING POLIC~'S CIVIL SERVICE; ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS; NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN EACH CLASSIFICATION; ESTABLISHING PAY SCHEDULES"; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Section 3 of Ordinance 1285 is herby amended and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Section Three. There are hereby established the following number of authorized positions in each of the foregoing classifications, to-wit: Classification Number of Authorized Positions Patrolmen 57 Sergeant 10 Lieutenant 4 Assistant Chief 2" Section 2. Section 4 of Ordinance 1285 is hereby amended and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Section 4. As authorized by V.T.C.A. Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 143, Section 143.014, the City Council hereby provides that the Chief of Police may appoint the persons occupying the positions in the classification immediately below that of Chief of Police and that the persons appointed to this position serves at the pleasure of the Chief of Police." Section 3. Except as hereby specifically amended, Ordinance No. 1285 and amendments thereto shall remain in full force and effect. Section 4. 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, it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City of Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part