Case File 26-0892
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An Ordinance amending El Paso City Code Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Chapter 2.110 (City Organizational Structure) to amend section 2.111.040 (Office of Management and Budget function) to remove language placing the Risk Management function from under the Department of Human Resources and create section 2.110.090 (Enterprise Risk and Safety Office) relating to the creation and purpose of the department of Risk Management.
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Check naming and section mismatches in risk management ordinance
Why now: The official item text for both the August 4 and August 18 second readings uses two different names for the new office and ties a Human Resources change to a section captioned as the Office of Management and Budget function.
What to do: Obtain the engrossed ordinance and compare the caption against the enacting text: the caption amends section 2.111.040 while labeling it the 'Office of Management and Budget function' yet removes Human Resources language, and it creates section 2.110.090 titled 'Enterprise Risk and Safety Office' while describing 'the department of Risk Management.' Ask the City Attorney whether the caption fairly describes the enactment before final passage, because correcting a codification or caption defect after adoption requires a new ordinance cycle.
Act before: After the next material record update
Confirm where to file city insurance certificates and claims
Applies if: You hold or are bidding on a City of El Paso contract with insurance or claim-notice requirements
Why now: The ordinance heard on both August 4 and August 18 removes the Risk Management function from under the Department of Human Resources and stands it up as a separate office under City Code Chapter 2.110.
What to do: If your city contracts route certificates of insurance, indemnity notices, or injury and property-damage claims through Human Resources Risk Management, confirm with the contracting department where those filings go once Risk Management becomes its own office. Notices sent to a dissolved reporting line can be treated as untimely under contract notice provisions.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why risk management reorganization needed two second readings
Why now: The same ordinance text appears as a City Council 'Second Reading' item on both 2026-08-04 and 2026-08-18 with no recorded disposition in between.
What to do: The identical ordinance splitting Risk Management out of Human Resources was posted for second reading twice, on August 4 and again on August 18 — pull the August 4 minutes and vote tally to determine whether council postponed, tabled, failed to reach a vote, or lacked a quorum, and who moved the delay. Without that, the record shows no explanation for a two-week repeat of a final-reading item.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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An Ordinance amending El Paso City Code Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Chapter 2.110 (City Organizational Structure) to amend section 2.111.040 (Office of Management and Budget function) to remove language placing the Risk Management function from under the Department of Human Resources and create section 2.110.090 (Enterprise Risk and Safety Office) relating to the creation and purpose of the department of Risk Management.
An Ordinance amending El Paso City Code Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Chapter 2.110 (City Organizational Structure) to amend section 2.111.040 (Office of Management and Budget function) to remove language placing the Risk Management function from under the Department of Human Resources and create section 2.110.090 (Enterprise Risk and Safety Office) relating to the creation and purpose of the department of Risk Management.