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Six-year fire agreement would phase staffing and schedule changes, cost $3.5M in year one
Summary
City Manager Atkinson summarized a six-year meet-and-confer with firefighters that phases toward a 24/72 schedule by year six, hires roughly 22 firefighters per year, and carries first-year costs of about $3.5M and year-two costs of $1.5M with longer-term overtime savings.
City Manager Atkinson described a six-year proposed agreement with the Lubbock Professional Firefighters Association that phases staffing increases and schedule changes to reduce overtime. He said the agreement is designed to move the department toward a 24/72 work pattern by year six while adding roughly 22 hires annually in early years to buy down callback and overtime costs.
Atkinson outlined the raise pattern for the six-year agreement ("3%, 3.25%, 3.5%, 3.25%, 3.25%, 3%, 0%") and said the package includes givebacks such as reductions in vacation and sick leave to produce net savings in later years. "This agreement is a $3,500,000 cost the 1st year but only $1,500,000 cost the 2nd year," he said, adding that the overtime savings and paramedic-training efficiencies should grow the savings after year two.
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