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Commissioners press for ability to hire in-house trades to speed station repairs
Summary
After repeated maintenance delays attributed to Public Works, commissioners urged the Fire Department to pursue authority to employ its own plumbers, electricians and trades staff; chiefs said conversations with Public Works are underway and an opinion from the city attorney was suggested.
Commissioners at the San Francisco Fire Commission meeting pressed department leaders to reduce dependence on Public Works Bureau of Building Repair (BBR) for routine station maintenance and to consider hiring in-house trades staff.
Assistant/Support Services (Don/Keith) DeWitt described operational limits: "DPW has the right of first refusal for everything," he said, and explained that DPW labor shortages and contract thresholds (JOC and $10,000 limits for private approved contractors) have left some maintenance requests unaddressed or…
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