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Gardner City fire chief reports staffing steady, cites overtime overruns and grant-funded radio purchase
Summary
The fire chief told the committee Jan. 23 that all budgeted positions are filled but overtime spending is over budget; the department won a FEMA AFG award for portable radios but reduced the number of units to stay within funding and requested a $35,118.68 city match.
Fire Chief (Speaker 3) told the Gardner City committee on Jan. 23 that all budgeted fire-department positions were filled and that one firefighter moved to injury leave while pursuing disability retirement. ‘‘At the time of this report, all budgeted fire departments positions are filled,’’ the chief said.
The chief reported overtime expenditures that have exceeded line-item budgets: fire overtime was $347,108 and ambulance overtime $81,008 as of Jan. 17. He said fire overtime is roughly $100,000 lower than the same time last year,…
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