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Consultant: understaffing, not management, drives Compton Fire Department overtime; council hears options
Summary
A Matrix Consulting Group presentation to the Compton City Council found chronic understaffing and accounting gaps drove high firefighter overtime, and recommended separating FLSA overtime in the budget, improving tracking of overtime drivers and negotiating limits on consecutive work hours.
The Compton City Council on Oct. 14 heard a report from Matrix Consulting Group concluding that the Compton Fire Department’s high overtime costs are primarily driven by understaffing and by not separately accounting for mandatory FLSA overtime.
The study, presented by Robert Finn, vice president and project manager for Matrix Consulting Group, said Compton’s overtime percentage of personnel costs was 23.3%, higher than peer cities examined, and that the department was frequently short about four personnel per shift based on a three‑year leave analysis. “Your overtime percentage compared to personnel was 23.3%,” Finn said, presenting the payroll…
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