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Third‑quarter financials show healthy revenues; fire overtime above target and offset by salary savings
Summary
Finance reported the city is tracking near budget with strong retail sales tax and assessed‑value growth; the fire department reported overtime above target (~53.7% over the overtime budget, largely due to shift coverage and vacancies) but overall personnel costs remain within budget due to salary savings from vacancies.
City finance and fire staff reported on third‑quarter 2025 finances and overtime at the Nov. 18 council meeting.
Deputy Fire Chief Ami Verell presented the fire department’s overtime update: the city’s salary expenditures were tracking at roughly 35% of the biennium (below the expected 37.5%); overtime, however, is above target — reported as approximately 53.7% over the overtime budget (noted as about $4.6 million) —…
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