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Firefighters press for 18‑person minimum and pay changes as city warns staffing is management prerogative
Summary
Firefighter negotiators asked that minimum fireground staffing and several pay and wellness items be written into the collective bargaining agreement, citing the city's ISO 2 rating and a need to improve retention; city staff said staffing decisions are managerial and agreed to provide detailed cost breakdowns.
City negotiators and firefighters debated whether minimum staffing levels and new pay and wellness incentives should be codified in the collective bargaining agreement during a prolonged bargaining session.
City staff opened by confirming the union’s staffing article request and reading the financial estimate tied to the proposal, saying the three‑year cost for the staffing element and related items was roughly $1,028,074.65 for the staffing line and about $3,319,820 across the certification, fitness and wellness items presented to the commission. “That's based on the 18 firefighters that are being requested,” the city staff member said when listing the estimate.
The firefighters’ representative argued the city is growing and that the department’s Insurance Services Office rating — described by the speaker as…
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