HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.E.2. Part-time Fire Department Officers
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Memorandum
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TO: Mayor and_City Council ./;"'1. pI" V~~,:R" "K I
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Council-Elect, Pamela Punt
Mark McNeill, City Administrator
FROM: Rick Coleman, Fire Chief
SUBJECT: Part- Time Fire Department Officers
DATE: December 15,2009
Introduction
The City Council is asked to approve the appointment of individuals to part-time positions within
the Fire Department.
Background
In 2007, the City Council approved the Fire Department to proceed in its first selection process
to hire its part-time positions. Prior to the selection process part-time positions were elected into
officer's position by a majority vote of the firefighters on the Fire Department. In, the selection
policy, the number of firefighters holding each position shall be established in the annual
operating budget of the Department. Part-time positions shall be selectedto serve a two-year
term corresponding to two calendar 'years. Part-time positions, shall receive an annual salary, to
bepai~in twelve monthly increments. The salary level for each position shall be set annually by
the City Council.
The part-time positions that were selected in November 2007 are ending. The two-year term ran
:from January 1, 2008 until December 31? 2009.
At its May 5, 2009 meeting, the City Council approved a revised selection process policy for
part-time positions of the Fire Department for 2010. Along with the revised job description
which was approved at the July 21,2009 City Council meeting.
The selection process requires interested candidates applying for a part-time position shall be
required to submit a letterof application stating their name, position applying for and
qualifications to hold that position. Interviews for the upcoming term (2010-2011) were
conducted in November 2009.
Recommendation
Staff recommends the appointment ofthe following individuals to a two-year term (2010-2011)
for the positions listed:
Assistant Chief of Operation: David Judd
Deputy Chief of Training: Marty Glynn
Deputy Chief of Engineering: Ryan Yttreness
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Station Captain: David Giddings
Tom Pitschneider
Lieutenant: Trevor Geis
Tom Breeggemann
Dan Pauly
Shawn Remme
Engineer: John Clay
Darren Giese
SeBA Coordinator: Allen Johnson
Scott Davis
Budget Impact
The positions listed above are paid a salary for their work as officers. The total salary cost for
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these 13 individuals is $33,670 and was included in the Fire Departmerit's 2010 budget. There
was no increase to the total salary cost for these part-time positions from 2009.
Relationship to Vision
Hiring, training and retaining qualified individuals to serve as fire officers for the City of
Shakopee contributes to Goal B - a high quality oflife for residents.
Requested Action
~If it concurs, the Council should offer a motion to appoint the following named individuals to the
indicated officer position within the Shakopee Fire Department, effective January 1, 2010:
David Judd, Assistant Chief of Operation; Marty Glynn, Deputy Chief of Training; Ryan
Yttreness, Deputy Chief of Engineering; David Giddings and Tom Pitschneider, Station
Captains; Trevor Geis, Tom Breggeman, Dan Pauly, and Shawn Remme, Lieutenants; John Clay
and Darren Giese, Engineers; and Allen Johnson and Scott Davis, SCBA Coordinators.