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<br />2. Emergency Management <br />o This duty would be assigned to another employee. <br /> <br />This option would result in net savings of approximately $55,000. There would be consequences <br />of exercising this option, including: <br />1. Decreased emphasis on employee safety. <br />2. Increased workload on directors and employees assuming additional duties. <br />3. Possibility of fines for safety violations. <br />4. Loss of an administrative staff member and loss of an incident safety officer on <br />fire scenes. <br /> <br />Division of Duties and Personnel Assignments, After Reduction in Force <br />There would be three divisions within the department, as follows: <br />· Administration (2 personnel) <br />o Fire Chief <br />o Administrative Assistant <br />· Operations (27 full-time personnel) <br />o Division Chief <br />o Three shifts, consisting of (8) personnel each <br />o Two Rovers <br />· Firefighters that work to backfill the three shifts for leave and sick time <br />· Firefighters that perform hydrant maintenance while working shift duties <br />· Fire Prevention & Support (1 employee) <br />o Fire Marshal <br /> <br />Executive Summary <br />A directive was given to submit options for a reduction in force, equivalent to two full-time <br />personnel. Options had to fall within the City's Reduction in Force Policy. Furthermore, an <br />emphasis had to be on organizational needs. <br /> <br />In order to help me with this task, I called a meeting of my senior staff including the Division <br />Chief of Operations, Assistant Fire Chiefs, Fire Marshal, and Emergency Management <br />Coordinator. I gathered information, focusing on gathering the duties of every fire department <br />position and the related effect of elimination of the given positions. I left the meeting with that <br />information and considered it for an informed decision. <br /> <br />I studied the City's Reduction in Policy, dated 11/15/2006. Under section "P A-20A Procedure", <br />it reads, "In determining those employees to be retained from a reduction in force. ..priority will <br />be given to #1: the organizational needs of the City." Within this subsection it reads, "Mandated, <br />operational, and service demands of the CitY will be given first priority in determining which <br />positions will be eliminated." <br /> <br />Options as outlined for a mandatory reduction in force are based on three factors including the <br />city policy on a reduction in force, the organizational needs of the City's Fire & EMS <br /> <br />3 <br />