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Zionsville fire deputy chief outlines staffing, recruitment and midyear budget issues; deputy chief to retire
Summary
Deputy Chief Jason Potts updated the town safety board on staffing, an active recruitment drive, pending apparatus deliveries and midyear budget variances; he announced Deputy Chief Josh Frost’s upcoming retirement and a Sept. 9 walkout ceremony.
Deputy Chief Jason Potts of the Zionsville Fire Department told the town safety board that the department is actively recruiting to fill vacancies, is managing midyear budget variances and has multiple apparatus on order.
"We currently have 2 firefighters continuing in week 6 of the Northside Fire Academy," Potts said, and added that after those hires the department still would have "9 vacancies to get to our full staffing." He said the department’s hiring process opened Aug. 1 and "runs through August 29," creating an eligibility list for future openings.
The updates came during the board’s monthly report and midyear budget review, items presented as information rather than for formal action. Potts emphasized that the spreadsheet provided to the board is an internal fire department document compiled daily from purchases and encumbrances, not the town finance office’s finalized accounting, and that some lines — including stipend and health-insurance estimates — are skewed by how human resources provided projections.
Why it matters: staffing levels…
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