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City of Redwood City FY 2009..2010 Budget Amendments Detail of ProRrammatic Reductions 78 Pa9-e 15 Attachment~ GENERAL FUND Fire Package 1 Package 2 Package 3 Package 4 Total: ($151,900) ($98,100) o ($201.900) ($451,900) Cumulative ($151,900) ($250,000) ($250,000) ($451.900) Packae:e 1 Description of Proposed Reduction The department's reductions include eliminating 1.00 FTE of Administrative Clerk II ($78,123), and shifting .50 FTE of a Fire Prevention Officer ($73,777) funding to CDS. Service Level Impacts The Administrative Clerk II position is assigned to the front office at Fire Administration. Eliminating this position will impact customer service, public education request processing, phone/counter service coverage and it will impact office efficiency and business continuity by reducing capacity for payroll, permits, record keeping, workers compensation processing and mail distribution. This reduction will increase workload of other clerical staff including the Fire Prevention Secretary. The shifting of .50 FTE of a Fire Prevention Officer to CDS will not impact service delivery to the Fire Department. The cost sharing of the position was a collaborative effort by staff between Fire and CDS. Packae:e 2 Description of Proposed Reduction All reductions from Package 1; Additionally, Package 2 would reduce Operations overtime by $98,100. Service Level Impacts The reduction in Operations overtime will result in adjusting staffing on Truck Company Nine from four personnel to three personnel for 365 days, up from 295 days previously agreed upon. This increase in the length of time during which staffing will be reduced on Truck Nine must be mutually agreed to by labor and management because of requirements contained in a side letter. If an agreement cannot be reached the Fire Chief will determine how to manage the reduced overtime which may require the closure of an Engine Company. The staffing reduction on Truck Nine reduces the efficiency of fire ground truck company operations by 50% and may require assigning other companies to augment truck company personnel. A truck company typically performs search and rescue and/or ventilation at structure fires and with four personnel both of these tasks can be accomplished simultaneously; three personnel can only accomplish one task.