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Sunnyside council approves surplus engine grant application and mobilization pay policy for state deployments
Summary
Council approved applying for a surplus brush engine from the Washington Department of Natural Resources and adopted a policy allowing exempt city employees deployed on state incidents to receive overtime when reimbursed by the state.
The Sunnyside City Council voted to authorize two measures aimed at strengthening the city's wildland firefighting capacity and clarifying pay rules for employees who deploy to state-managed incidents.
First, the council approved an application to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources' surplus engine program. Fire officials said the city would receive a surplus type-5 brush engine at no purchase price if awarded; the vehicle would require an estimated upfit cost of roughly $7,700 plus licensing and delivery.…
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