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REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: Apri12,2024 FROM: Jerrod Vanlandingham, Fire
ITEIVI NO. 4.8(a) Chief
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SUBJECT: 4.8(a)--Authorize the Redding Fire Department to Overhire Two Firefighters
Recommendation
Authorize and approve the following:
(1) Authorize the City of Redding Fire Department to overhire two firefighters for the
upcoming April 2424 Fire Academy to fill anticipated openings due to retirement and
industrial injury that would otherwise require staff overtime; and
(2) Adopt Resolution approving and adopting the 39th Amendment to the City Budget
Resolution No. 2023-060 appropriating $0 to the Redding Fire Department for the
additional two full-time Firefighters for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and one additional full-time
Firefighter for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
Fiscal Impact
The Redding Fire Department's (RFD) temporary overhire of two firefighters will have a net
neutral effect on the budget. Over the calendar year, these two positions will be absorbed as
personnel retire. The reduction in overtime will balance out the cost of the two personnel.
Alter�native Aetion
The City Couneil could choose not to a11ow staff to overhire. Current staff, utilizing overtime,
would cover the open positions due to an industrial injury and anticipated retirements until the
end of the 2024 fire season. At that point, RFD will resume hiring.
Background/Analysis
RFD has one firefighter on long term inju�ry leave and ane who is anticipated to retire before the
end of Calendar Year 2024. There is one additional member who is anticipated to retire in July
2024. Hiring two additional �re�ghters for the April academy will alleviate overtime due to
these two vacancies through the end of CY 2024.
Report to Redding City Council March 28,ZOZ4
Re: 4.8(a)--Overhire Two Fire�ghters Page 2
RFD staffing is configured so that any time-off taken by a firefighter, requires overtime backfill
in order to Inaintain staffing levels. Each newly hired fire�ghter attends a four to six-week
(depending on number of recruits) fire academy prior to being assigned to an engine/truck; it is
not possible to hold a fire academy during fire season due to high heat, increased dai]y staffing
levels, and deployments. The fire academy is scheduled to begin in April and end in June prior to
the 2024 fire season. The next opportunity to hire for vacancies will be in the fall of 2024.
Environmental Review
This is not a project defined under the California Environmental Quality Act, and no further
action is required.
Council Prio�ity/City Manage� Goals
• Public Safety - "Work together to improve all aspects of public safety to help people fee1.
secure and safe where they live, work, and play in the City of Redding."
• Budget and Financial Management– "Achieve balanced and stable 10—year Financial
Plans for all funds."
Attachments
^Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDDING APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE
39���H AMENDMENT TO CITI' BUDGET RESOLUTION NO. 2023-060
APPROPRIATING $0 FOR THE ADDITION OF TWO FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTERS
FOR THE REDDING FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 AND THE
ADDITION OF ONE FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER FOR THE REDDING FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25
BE�T RESOL VE�BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RE�DING
THAT Budget Resolution No. 2023-060 be and is hereby amended as follows:
FUND DIVISION DESCRIl'TION INCREASE DECREASE
101 1502 Fire - Suppression $0
THAT account titles and numbers requiring adjustments by this Resolution are as follows:
PERSONNEL FY 2023-24
Firefighter 2 FTE
PERSONNEL FY 2024-25
Firefighter 1 FTE
THAT the purpose is to appropriate $0 far the addition of two full-time Firefighters for the Redding Fire
Department for fiscal year 2023-24 and the addition of one full-time Firefighter for the Redding Fire
Department for 2024-25.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Redding on the 2nd day of April, 2024, and was duly adopted at said meeting
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
TENESSA AUDETTE,Mayor
ATTEST: FORM APPROVAL:
SHARLENE TIPTON, City Clerk CHRISTIAN M. CURTIS, City Attorney