ORDINANCE amending Exhibit "E1" of the City of Houston Fire Department Classified Personnel Ordinance No. 2019-446 to abolish two (2) remedial Captain positions and one (1) remedial Communications Senior Captain position and identify remaining remedial positions; providing a repealer

Approval of the following amendments to the Fire Classified Personnel Ordinance.

Various positions were created by court order, in settlement of lawsuits, or in compliance with Chapter 143.102(e) of the Texas Local Government Code for the duration that the plaintiff/incumbent filled the position. Once the plaintiff/incumbent leaves his respective remedial promotion rank, the court orders, settlement terms or City of Houston ordinance require that the position must be abolished thus not creating a vacancy. The following changes are to comply with these court orders, settlement agreements and City of Houston ordinances and to improve transparency on which positions which are subject to these terms. The Fire Classified Personnel Ordinance will be amended as follows:

                                                            Present Authorized                                      Proposed Authorized                                              

Job Title                                             Positions                    Change                       Positions

Captain                                                 432                             -3                                 429

Captain (remedial promotion) *                 0                            +1                                     1

Assistant Fire Marshal                              2                             -1                                     1

Assistant Fire Marshal (remedial              0                            +1                                     1

promotion)**

Communications Senior Captain            19                             -2                                   17

Communications Senior Captain              0                            +1                                     1

(remedial promotion)***

* Ordinance 2011-88 created 1 Senior Captain remedial promotion and 3 Captain remedial promotions. Ordinance 2012-926 abolished the 1 Senior Captain remedial promotion (Allen) due to vacancy. Two of the three Captain positions were vacated (Bazile and Mundo) and will be abolished in accordance with the court order by approval of this amendment. One filled remedial position (Hines) remains.

**Ordinance 2015-181 created 1 remedial Assistant Fire Marshal position. This position remains filled (Galvan).

***Ordinance 2015-268 created 1 remedial Senior Communications Captain position. This position was vacated (Dugar) and will be abolished in accordance with the City of Houston ordinance by approval of this amendment. Ordinance 2015-1239 created 1 remedial Senior Communications Captain position. This position remains filled (O’Neal).

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Samuel Pena                                                                       Jane Cheeks

Fire Chief                                                                             Human Resources Director

2019-446 (Exhibit E1)

2011-88, 2012-926,2015-181, 2015-268, 2015-1239