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Fire Department plans 40 hires in 2025; council asks about overtime and mutual aid costs
Summary
At the budget hearing, Fire Chief Anthony Luke said the department plans to bring on 40 firefighters in 2025; council members asked about overtime estimates, maintenance budgets for stations and mutual‑aid arrangements with neighboring jurisdictions.
Fire Chief Anthony Luke told council budget committee members that the Division of Fire expects to hire a class of 40 new firefighters in 2025 and that the department’s 2025 budget includes a goal to manage uniform overtime at roughly past levels set in the budget book. Committee members asked how realistic overtime targets are and raised concerns about very small maintenance line items for station upkeep.
“ We anticipate bringing on 40 additional firefighters,” Chief Anthony Luke told the committee; finance staff said the department is budgeted for 770 total fire employees for 2025 and showed total…
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