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Chief Hayes White reports on budget, hiring, academies and surge response after power outage
Summary
Chief Joanne Hayes White told the commission the department remains on track for its current fiscal-year budget, has filled a senior finance position, graduated 49 recruits from the recent academy and reported a roughly 30% increase in call volume during a citywide power outage that affected an estimated 88,000 customers.
Chief of Department Joanne Hayes White delivered the department's report covering budget, personnel, training and recent major incidents.
On budget, Hayes White said the department remains on track for revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year and will present to the Board of Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee on April 27. She said the department's goal is to maintain current funding levels as call volume increases; commissioners were told staffing for new programs (for example, a marine unit) would likely be a general-fund commitment unless an…
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