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Council approves ordinance amendments clarifying ambulance assignment pay and adding paramedic assignment pay
Summary
Council approved first reading of an amendment to the city code clarifying ambulance assignment pay eligibility and adding single‑role paramedic assignment pay for certain fire department assignments.
The Georgetown City Council approved on first reading amendments to the city code that clarify ambulance assignment pay and establish assignment pay for single‑role paramedic positions in the Fire Department.
The chief explained staff worked with association leadership to craft a change prompted by differing overtime calculations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The amendment adjusts existing language to refer to "peak deployment shift" rather than only "ambulance" shifts and adds a new single‑role paramedic assignment pay for specified assignments.
Staff said the change is intended to align pay practices with FLSA calculations and to improve pay parity for specialty assignments. Council moved and seconded approval of the ordinance on first reading; no public hearing was required.
The item will appear on second reading with final ordinance language; staff noted a revised version of the ordinance text will be in the packet for the second reading.
