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Board reallocates $4 million to cover Fire Department overtime, supervisors press for staffing strategy
Summary
The Board approved an ordinance to deappropriate about $4 million from permanent salaries and fringe benefits and reappropriate it to cover projected overtime in the Fire Department. Supervisors used the vote to push for more staffing and additional academy classes to reduce mandatory overtime for firefighters.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved an ordinance (Item 13) that deappropriates approximately $4,000,000 from permanent salaries and fringe benefits and reappropriates the funds to cover projected overtime in the Fire Department. The measure passed by unanimous roll call.
Several supervisors used the debate to press for a longer‑term strategy to reduce the department's overtime burden. Supervisor David Campos said the board's recent ordinance requiring departments to return to the board before spending significant amounts for overtime enabled the public and the board to see the growing expense and called for a comprehensive strategy to address chronic overtime. "I'm a strong supporter of our firefighters and I don't think that it is fair to…
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