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ORDINANCE # ` 7 I
AN ORDINANCE ABOLISHING THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE AND POSITION OF ASSISTAP,ri
CHIEF OF POLICE, INVESTIGATOR, ALL SERGEANT POSITIONS, SENIOR PATROLME11 AND
ALL OTHER PATROL,1EN POSITIONS; ABOLISHING THE PAY SCHEDULE FOR EACH OF THE
ABOVE POSITIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AivD FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section l: The office of Chief of Police of the Batesville Police Department
is hereby abolished.
Section 2: The following positions and offices of the Batesville Police
Department are hereby abolished:
(a) Assistant Chief of Police,
(b) Investigator,
(c) All Sergeant positions,
(d) Senior patrolmen
(e) All other patrolmen positions.
Section 3: The pay schedules for each of the positions described in Sections
1 and 2 of this ordinance are hereby abolished.
Section 4: Any ordinance, parts of ordinances or any council action in
conflict with the provisions herein are hereby repealed.
Section 5: The City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas has determined
that the offices andpositions above described and the salaries appropriated
to those positions are no longer needed due to the fact that on this date the
City Council has adopted an Interlocal Agreement by Ordinance #
whereby Independence County and the City of Batesville will pool their
resources and establish a Metropolitan Branch of the Independence County
Sheriff's Office; that due to said agreement the above described positions and;
salaries are economically unjustified; that said agreement will provide greater
law enforcement protection for the citizens of the city at a reduced cost and
is therefore in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Batesville.
Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage in order
to preserve the public peace, health and safety.
DATED THIS S- day of 1981.
APPROVED:
JIM 3HIRRELL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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LARRY WILL AT1S, CITY CLERK