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Fire budget spotlights Central Station window replacement, PFAS‑free turnout gear funding and ambulance revenue transfer
Summary
Fire staff projected a 2026 increase in health insurance and pension contributions, proposed a roughly $400,000 window replacement at Central Station, and requested an additional $50,000 contingency for PFAS‑free turnout gear when available; ambulance revenues will transfer 54% to the general fund per ordinance.
Fire department leadership and city staff presented the 2026 fire budgets and capital requests to the Finance Committee of the Whole. The presentation called attention to building repairs at Central Station and to a planned contingency for future PFAS‑free turnout gear.
On personnel costs, staff reported cost‑of‑living increases to nonbargaining and bargaining fire wages and a projected $150,000 increase in health insurance for 2026. "Both line items increased by cost of living," the presentation said; overtime for fire was projected to decrease.
Under capital and improvement…
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