HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1979-029 ORDINANCE NO. 79-29
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES ,
CITY OF GRAPEVINE , TEXAS , BY AMENDING CHAPTER
18 , ARTICLE I , SECTION 18-3 , SUBSECTION (G) ,
BY ADDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT MEMBERS OF
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT
TAKE BIANNUAL PHYSICALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DETERMINING THAT SAID EMPLOYEES ARE PHYSICALLY
ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES OF A POLICEMAN
AND FIREMAN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE , TEXAS :
Section 1. That Chapter 18 , Article I , Section 18-3 ,
Subsection (G) of the Code of Ordinances , City of Grapevine ,
Texas , is amended to read as follows :
"Chapter 18 , Article I , Section 18-3 (G) Special
Provision for employment in public safety (police and fire) :
(1) State law requires that applicants for the
police department meet the following minimum
standards :
(a) Applicant must have a high school diploma
or G.E.D. (City requires minimum of thirty
(30) college credits) .
(b) Applicant must be at least eighteen (18)
year of age.
(c) Applicant must complete one hundred forty
(140) hours of police training within one
year of his date of hire and receiving his
commission.
(d) Applicant must pass a physical examination
prior to being accepted.
(2) State law requires that applicants for the fire
department meet the following minimum standards :
(a) Applicant must complete three hundred twenty-
five (325) hours of instruction at a certified
training school for fire fighter certification
within one year of the date of his hire and
receiving his commission.
(b) Applicant must pass a physical examination
prior to being accepted.
(3) As a condition of employment all police officers
and fire fighters employed by the City of Grapevine
shall take and pass a bi-annual (once every 24
months) physical by a physician designated by the
City Manager for the purpose of determining that
said employeecontinues to be physically able to
continue his or her duties . "
Section 2 . Emergency. The fact that the present
ordinances of the City of Grapevine do not require members of
the police department and fire department to take biannual phy-
sicals , creates an urgency and an emergency and in the preserva-
tion of the public health, safety and welfare requires that this
ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption as the law and charter in such
cases provides .
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of
Grapevine , Texas , this the 19th day of June , 1979 .
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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