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Fire chief requests small increases for communications, station maintenance as overtime trends improve
Summary
Fire Chief Christina Sheck told the finance committee the department is trending below its overtime projection after recent hires but requested modest increases for recruitment, radio repairs and station maintenance and flagged CIP needs for the new emergency operations center.
Fire Chief Christina Sheck presented the fire department's fiscal-year budget overview, highlighting a division structure that includes suppression, a fire marshal's office and two deputy chiefs and noting the budget is largely driven by contractual salaries and benefits. "The overtime is 13%. Operations is 4%," Sheck told committee members, and said the department's contractual items are set by the collective bargaining unit.
Sheck said the department performed a deep internal review and is asking for "a small increase in recruitment" and higher amounts for communications and station maintenance because…
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