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(a) The department shall provide for the administration of programs and the expenditure of funds for housing and neighborhood revitalization with both public funds, public and private grants, and private donations.
(b) The department shall coordinate the implementation of neighborhood and community development projects endorsed by the city council.
(c) The department shall oversee projects designed to increase investment in the central city areas of Fort Worth and other targeted areas.
(d) The department shall use incentives as allowed by law to encourage new investment and business expansion in targeted areas of the City of Fort Worth as designated from time to time by the city council.
(e) The department shall manage City of Fort Worth special corporate entities created for the furthering of economic development and affordable housing activities.
(f) The department shall conduct and participate in activities that promote job opportunities for citizens of the City of Fort Worth in targeted areas as designated from time to time by the city council.
(Ord. 21651-02-2015, § 1, passed 2-17-2015)
The department of environmental services is hereby established. The department shall be under the supervision of the director of environmental services, who shall be subject to appointment and removal by the city manager. The salary of the director of environmental services shall be in accordance with the compensation plan of the city.
(Ord. 27042-08-2024, § 2, passed 8-13-2024)
In accordance with established personnel procedures and as provided by the city budget, the director of environmental services shall have the power to appoint, employ and remove such employees and personnel according to authorized budgeted positions or authorized personnel overages for the efficient administration of the affairs of the department and to prescribe and fix their duties, scope of authority and qualifications.
(Ord. 27042-08-2024, § 2, passed 8-13-2024)
The director and his or her employees shall be responsible for investigating, monitoring, inspecting, and auditing matters and issues pertaining to environmental quality, consumer health, solid waste within the City of Fort Worth, and other matters assigned by the city council or city manager’s office.
(Ord. 27042-08-2024, § 2, passed 8-13-2024)
Charter reference:
Council to provide for establishment, etc., of merit system governing personnel policies, see Ch. XXIII, § 1
Cross-reference:
Office of city traffic engineer created, see § 22-2
Retired employees’ group death benefit fund, see §§ 2.5-226
Editor’s note:
Section 2 of Ord. 11921, adopted April 18, 1995, repealed Ch. 2, Art. V, §§ 2-176 through 2-189, which pertained to personnel and derived from Ord. 8486, § 1, adopted December 15, 1981 and Ord. 8923, § 1, adopted September 20, 1983. Section 2 of Ord. 11921 added a new Art. V to read as herein set out.
The city council shall establish a system of human resource management based upon merit principles that meet the program needs of the city. This merit system shall provide the means to recruit, select, develop and maintain an effective and responsive work force and shall include policies and procedures for employee hiring and advancement, training and career development, job classification, salary administration, employment benefits, discipline, discharge and other related employment activities.
(Ord. 11921, § 2 (3), passed 4-18-1995)
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