The purpose of this Mayor and Council Communication and the attached ordinances is to take actions to effect the recently adopted Fiscal Year 2018 budget for the Fire Department.
Adoption of the first ordinance will revise civil service staffing in the Fire Department to reflect staffing changes included in the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget due to the opening of Fire Station 42. The City's adopted Fiscal Year 2018 Budget includes funding for the addition of fourteen positions in the Fire Department, all of which are civil service positions: eight Firefighters, three Engineers, two Lieutenants and one Captain.
The most recently adopted staffing ordinance for the Fire Department (Ordinance 21937-09-2015) prescribed an authorized strength of 911. Adoption of the first attached ordinance would officially create the fourteen additional civil service positions effective October 1, 2017. Addition of the fourteen new positions will enable staffing of the new Fire Station at Spinks Airport, Fire Station 42.
Approval of the ordinance would result in new authorized civil service staffing levels as follows:
Classification | Current Authorized Positions | Change | Authorized Positions Effective October 1, 2017 | Assistant Chief | 3 | | 3 | Deputy Chief | 6 | | 6 | Battalion Chief | 27 | | 27 | Captain | 86 | +1 | 87 | Lieutenant | 124 | +2 | 126 | Engineer | 205 | +3 | 208 | Firefighter | 460 | +8 | 468 | TOTAL | 911 | +14 | 925 |
Adoption of the second attached ordinance would prescribe the salaries for each classification of fire fighter personnel in the Fire Department in accordance with state law and the adopted labor agreement.
This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity. |