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Bradley County mayor reallocates vacancy savings to boost fire-department pay, asks committee to revisit dispatch zone maps
Summary
Mayor Davis said the county used roughly $76,000 in vacancy savings to raise several firefighter pay bands effective Dec. 1, and asked staff to reconvene an urban-fringe committee to recommend dispatching the closest station for incidents near jurisdictional boundaries.
Mayor Davis told the Bradley County Commission that the county has converted savings from vacant fire-department positions into across-the-board pay increases and that the changes went into effect Dec. 1 and will appear on this week’s payroll.
"A total savings of approximately $76,000," Davis said, was identified after reviewing vacancy timing, and he said that money was redistributed to raise starting and mid-level firefighter salaries. He said…
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