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CITY OF SEBASTOPOL
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AUTHORIZING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR TWO
FIRE CAPTAIN POSITIONS SALARY AND BENEFITS AND RELATED COST WHEREAS, the Sebastopol Fire Department (SFD) is staffed by a contracted Fire Chief from the Gold Ridge Fire Protection District, two full-time 40-hour Fire Engineers supported by a stipend volunteer firefighter to provide day-time coverage/ and one-half of an Administrative AssistanU and
WHEREAS, Fire Captains are mid-level managers responsible for both operationaland administrative tasks. This ranl< serves as the designated company officer on emergency response units by leading firefighting teams during emergency operations and ensuring their response's safety, efficiency, and effectiveness; and WHEREAS, hiring Fire Captains strengthens fire station operations by providing skilled leadership, supervision, and critical decision-making during emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Captains are anticipated to be hired in April2025, depending on the recruitment process, or potentially sooner, The City's Measure H funds will cover the costs associated with this process; and WHEREAS, Sebastopol is projected to receive St.Og million annually from the county-wide sales tax Measure H, with an estimated 5810,000 allocated for Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and WHEREAS, Funding for two Fire Captains for the fourth quarter of FY 24/25 will be a|51,17,2I7. This calculation is based on their total compensation of 5203,856 annually plus 15% overtime (530,578), resulting in a total cost of 5234,434 per position. Dividing this by four quarters gives 558,608.50 per position per quarter, totaling 51"17,2I7 for both positions; and
WHEREAS, the proposed budget adjustment for this request is 5117,2I7 for the remainder of FY 24-25, along with approximately $tO,OOO for related outside recruitment expenses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Sebastopol does hereby approve a budget amendment as identified in the financial system in various salary and benefits accounts in Measure H fund 248 and24B3I-02-4320 for 510,000 for the anticipated recruitment costs.
The above and foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted at a meeting bythe City Council on the 7th day of Janua ry, 2025, by the following vote:
l, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City of Sebastopol City Council by the following vote:
VOTE:
Ayes: Councilmembers Carter, Hinton, Maurer, Vice Mayor Mclewis and Mayor Zollman Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
APPROVED:
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Mary Gourley, Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Alex Mog, City Attorney
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