Commission authorizes two part‑time dispatch positions to curb overtime
Director Jeff Ridgeway told the commission the hires would use existing budgeted funds, reduce overtime and avoid additional health insurance costs; commissioners approved authorization to staff up to two part‑time dispatchers.
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Jeff Ridgeway, director of emergency communications, asked the commission for authorization to hire up to two part‑time dispatchers to ease overtime and cover training gaps. Ridgeway said the department currently staffs 14 full‑time equivalents, is training personnel, and would use experienced former employees where possible. "Basically, the theory is that we would pay straight in those areas that we would have been paying overtime," Ridgeway said, describing cost‑neutral personnel coverage.
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