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Budget committee trims Fire Department overtime reallocation after debate; moves ordinance to Board as amended
Summary
After a lengthy debate about staffing, mandatory minimums and overtime caps, the committee accepted the Budget Analyst’s recommended $466,002 reduction in the Fire Department’s reallocation request and forwarded the ordinance amended to the full Board with the committee’s recommendation.
The Budget and Finance Committee considered an ordinance that would reallocate $4,539,012 within the Fire Department budget from permanent salaries and fringe benefits to overtime to cover a projected overtime deficit. Chief Hayes White said the request was a reallocation, not new money, and attributed the overtime shortfall to low staffing levels, station re‑openings and an elevated volume of medical and fire responses. "The way to reduce overtime, obviously, would be to hire additional personnel into the field," he said.
Chief Hayes White described WDO (work day off/voluntary overtime) policy and a…
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