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Council expands fire‑department residency area to aid recruitment and retention
Summary
Council approved an amendment to the residency ordinance that expands the counties in which firefighters may live (broadening the previous boundary that covered fewer counties) to increase the candidate pool for the department and reduce recruitment/retention pressures, staff said.
The fire chief asked council to amend the city’s residency ordinance for firefighters to expand the counties where employees may live in order to improve recruitment and retention.
The chief summarized the history: residency requirements were tightened after statewide legal challenges to residency mandates, and the city’s current…
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