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Council workshop highlights public safety staffing increases, funding for Fire Station 8 design and EMS expansion
Summary
The draft budget funds new police and fire positions, adds paramedics to launch a peak ambulance unit and budgets preliminary design money for Fire Station 8, which staff plan to open in fiscal 2028.
City staff presented public safety additions in the draft fiscal 2026 budget that would expand police, fire and emergency medical staffing and fund preliminary design for a new fire station.
Key proposals include funding for additional sworn officers and firefighter positions, expanding crisis-intervention (CIT) capacity and measures to reduce overtime. The draft also includes a request to fund preliminary design for Fire Station 8 and a three‑year staffing ramp to prepare for the station’s planned opening.
Details in the presentation - CIT and mental‑health response: staff said the budget…
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