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Fire Department report: budget concessions, new academy class, bond funds and equipment timelines
Summary
Acting Chief Mark Gonzales and Deputy Chief Ramona Williams updated the commission on recent budget negotiations (about $580,000 in agreed reductions), recruit academy graduations and new classes (48 graduated; 42-start class), and the passage of a health bond to fund an EMS headquarters and fleet purchases; timeline estimates placed major facilities work within a multi-year window.
Acting Chief Mark Gonzales briefed the commission on department business including the fiscal process, staffing and planned equipment orders.
Gonzales said the department negotiated roughly $580,000 in reductions with the budget analyst and preserved proposed positions and fleet priorities through agreement. Deputy Chief Ramona Williams said the department planned to order engines and ambulances…
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