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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.E.4. Fire Fighter Officer Pay 2007-Res. No. 6556 City of Shakopee $".8.i, Memorandum corw~rl~r . ..."1~.~ \... ,< I,: .;l'!~ "'~ ~J "'to' IiIiiia TO: Mayor and City Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator FROM: Kris Wilson, Assistant City Administrato6t~J SUBJECT: Fire Fighter Officer Pay for 2007 DATE: December 27,2006 Introduction The City Council is asked to adopt the attached resolution, setting pay for the officers of the Shakopee Fire Department for calendar year 2007. Background The issue of pay for the twelve officers of the Shakopee Fire Department was raised late in the budget process last year and again during a Council Workshop last spring. At that time, the Department requested the following increases in officer pay: Current Requested Cost Chief $3500 $8000 $4500 1 st Assistant Chief $3000 $4500 $1500 2nd Assistant Chief $2500 $4500 $2000 Engineer $2600 $2800 $ 200 1 st Assistant Engineer $2200 $2200 - 2nd Assistant Engineer $1200 $1200 - 1 st Captain 1 Training Officer $2400 $5000 $2600 2nd Captain $1500 $3000 $1500 3rd & 4th Captains $1500 $2000 $1000 5th and 6th Captains $1500 $1500 - TOTAL: $13,300 In addition to these annual salaries, which are paid in twelve monthly installments, officers ofthe Fire Department also receive the same hourly wage for calls, drills and meetings as do the rank and file members of the department. Budget Impact Funding for these increases was included in the Fire Department's 2007 budget. Relationship to Vision A pay scale that attracts well-qualified candidates to leadership positions in the Shakopee Fire Department contributes to the effective operation of the department and in turn, a high quality of life for residents of Shakopee (Goal B). Requested Action: If the Council supports the requested increases, it should offer Resolution No. 6556, a resolution adopting the 2007 pay schedule for officers of the Shakopee Fire Department, and move its adoption. RESOLUTION No, 6556 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2007 PAY SCHEDULE FOR OFFICERS OF THE SHAKOPEE FIRE DEPARTMENT BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA, that the City Administrator is hereby authorized to issue warrants upon the City Treasury from and after January 1, 2007 payable to the officers of the Shakopee Fire Department, in the following amounts. 2007 Salary Chief $8000 1 st Assistant Chief $4500 2no Assistant Chief $4500 Engineer $2800 1 st Assistant Engineer . $2200 2nd Assistant Engineer $1200 1 st Captain 1 Training Officer $5000 2nd Captain $3000 3TO & 4th Captains $2000 5th and 6th Captains $1500 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all Resolutions in conflict with this resolution are hereby repealed and terminated effective January I, 2007. Adopted in regular session of the City Council of the City of Shakopee, Minnesota, held this 2nd day of January, 2007. Mayor of the City of Shakopee ATTEST: City Clerk , . Y"'-L' , ~b:-t C~~D\,,~Q'1','\ib') CITY OF SHAKOPEE Memorandum TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Mark McNeill, City Administrator SUBJECT: Fire Department Discussion - Workshop April 26, 2006 DATE: April 21, 2006 INTRODUCTION: At a special workshop to be held the evening of April 26th, the Council is being asked to consider a number of issues relating to the Fire Department. BACKGROUND: Last November, Chief Ed Schwaesdall asked the Council to consider increasing the pay for Fire Officers. Because this was after the budget had been set for 2006, the Council chose not to make any adjustments at that time. However, in March, there was a request from Council to have that issue looked at again. During the discussion on this, however, it was asked by Council that all Fire Department compenation issues be considered at the workshop. There are, therefore, three broad issues which need to be discussed, 1. Fire Officers Pay In November, Chief Schwaesdall asked that the Council consider increasing the pay for the fire officers. He based this on the increased amount of time being spent devoted to fire activities. A comparison showing the current pay, and the requested increase is as follows: Current Requested Fire Chief $3500 $8000 1 st Asst. Chief $3000 $4500 2nd asst Chief $2500 $4500 Engineer $2600 $2800 1st. Asst Engineer $2200 No Change 2nd Asst Engineer $1200 NoChange 1 st Capt./Training Officer $2400 $5000 2nd Captain $1500 $3000 "==c=c==,====cd~~1'I1I...Captains==,-c-=,$-1$QO~==c--c-==':c=$2QOO~,=-- .----.-..-'.....--..---- 5th_6th Captains $1500 No Change .~ ,. As shown, Fire Officers current total pay is $21,900 annually. Therequested increase would total an additional $7,900. Staff did attempt to make a comparison of other fire departments and what they pay. For officers other than the Chief, they are "apples to oranges" comparisons; there are many different organizational structures, and titles for fire officers. As I understood the Council's concern in November, it translated primarily to the budget having already been set--normally, needs for the upcoming budget year are discussed in August, in time for the preliminary levy to be established in September. The Council did indicate that this could be looked at for the 2007 budget. Since that time, Chief Schwaesdall did indicate that there was a pending $6,000 sale of a truck to the City of Carver, which had not been included in the budget for 2006. He suggested that that could be used to fund proportionate shares of an increase. While Council could choose to do that, it would be a variation from established practice, in that equipment purchases and sales normally are to through the equipment fund. Personnel costs are typically operating budget. 2. Fire Pay There are several issues that the Chief has noted. These are Fire Department practices that have been in place by the Department over the past few years. However, these are not policies and procedures that have been adopted or approved by the City. (Note that the comments in italics are those of the Fire Chief: 1. Fire Call Attendance Pay Firefighters are paid the hourly wage for actual attendance at a fire call with pay in increments of an hour. A call is stated as any time the firefighter's pager sounds. Mutual aid calls/standby count as a fire cal!, 2. Fire Drill Attendance Pay A firefighter will be paidfor actual attendance at all drills per month. Firefighters who are unable to attend due to attendance at another fire service related activity will receive credit toward the 35% attendance requirement but will not be paid unless not being paid for the fire service related activity as per #4 below, 3. Departmental Meeting Pay Actual attendance at any fire department meeting will be paid. Firefighters who are unable to attend due to another unpaid fire service related activity ..c:c:=.c--'==-'c==:==:,,:c,=.c==wiltbe.:paidc:ijsent.and.app~QvedbY-cthe--cEi~e,Chiefi .-'----'-.- i /... " 4. Attendance at Fire Conference or School Firefighters will be paid the hourly rate for attendance at a fire conference or school for actual class hours attended. Firefighters will also receive attendance credit toward the 35% attendance requirement withoutfire call pay during class hours. Fire fighters will be paid and receive credit toward the 35% attendance requirement for allfire calls while not in class but attending any conference or school. 5. Firefighter Mandatory Meetings or Events Firefighters will be paid an hourly rate not going toward the 35% attendance requirement for any function or event the Chief makes mandatory attendance for the department to attend. 6. Workers Compensation Those firefighters receiving workers compensation income benefits from the "City" while being unable to perform firefighting duties will not receive fire call or drill pay. 7. Regular City Employees Regular City employees who attend a fire conference/school during normal work shifts will receive their regular pay, they will not qualifyfor any additionalfire pay, only creditfor calls toward the 35% attendance requirement. 8. Approved Leaves Firefighters on approved leaves will not receive payor credit toward attendance. 9. Attendance at Initial Training Firefighters will not be paid for attendance at initial training, (i. e. Firefighter L Firefighter II). 10. Fire Officer Pay Officers of the Fire Department are paid an annual salary for their duties. This is in addition to payfor items 1 through 7 above. Their pay will continue upon injury with no workers compensation being received for officer pay. Again, most of these items are not authorized in the current policy; however, the Chief informs us that these have been the practice for years, and are therefore included in the current operating budget. There are, therefore, no additional impacts to the 2006 budget. Our recommendation would be to discuss these, and have Council indicate its ------c-ccc.---------- ----- =c'==.,ccc:,.:cconcurrencecattocwhether-4o.adoptc:these-ascformaLGity-.policy;-:-----:cc-c---------:c-------==::c-:=cc=.=-=-=-=cc -" ., 3. Fire Pension Earlier this year, the State Auditor released a report on Fire Relief Associations, and their financial information for 2004. Some of the data from the report (excerpts shown in Attachment A) is as follows: 1. Shakopee is tied with Northfield for the highest lump sum payment pension in the State at $6,600 per year of service. 2, In the metro area, Shakopee has the third lowest funding ratio (biggest cap between assets and liabilities) which is closed over time by annual State aid payments and tax levy. 3. Shakopee has the second highest city contribution to the Relief Association in the State at $224,770. Eden Prairie is the highest at $260,000. 4. Shakopee is ranked in the 82nd percentile for return on investment (interest earnings). This is an item for which the Council should be aware, and may wish to discuss. We would not suggest to make any changes for existing firefighters - they joined the Department, and have served with dedication for years with an expectation of this compensation at the time of retirement. However, it may be timeto look at whether a "two tiered" system might be considered. In other words, as new firefighters come on, is there merit in rebalancing this being a "rear loaded" benefit, to something which might have less retirement benefits, but for which the hourly rate is increased? With a new generation of firefighters and a more mobile society, it is possible that a lower percentage of firefighters will realistically expect to stay with the Shakopee Fire Department for 20 years or longer? Is there benefit in providing more pay up front for new recruits, but balance that over the years by having a reduced retirement benefit? Staff has no recommendations on this. We know that the Fire Relief Association will be very interested in this, and may wish to provide comments. ACTION REQUIRED: Council should discuss, and give direction as to what, if any, action it would like to see as a change. Mark McNeill City Administrator . :r Uj , , . _ h__ _ _4'_ .- - .-_. -., ., ~ .,- - . lr) 2005 TwIn Cities Metropolitan Area Compensation SUrvey i. ( i Survey Title: Paid On-Call Fire Chief Job Number: 72 I ~ , Level: The top fire position in each unit of government. In charge of entire department. ! i" i Minimum Qualifications: Extensive experience in all areas in the provision of tire services including considerable supervisory i experience. ; i Typical Duties: Responsible for planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of fire services, Oversees a/l phases of fire \ prevention, protection, and suppression and is closely involved in all fire investigating activities. ! f i Basic Salary I Jurisdiction FulHlme Volunteer Pay Arrangement orr Title I GROUP 5 CITY OF SHAKOPEE NO FIRE CHtEF j CITY OF INVER GROVE $11,139/YR NONE NO VOL FIRE CHIEF , HEIGHTS i CITY OF BLOOMINGTON $2,460IYR $4. 12/HR/CALL&DRILL VOL FIRE CHIEF i i GROUP 6 CITY OF MENDOTA $8469/YR $10.38/HR/CALlfTRAINING/DRILL NO FIRE CHIEF HEIGHTS i CITY OF HAM LAKE .$7,212/YR $12.02/HR/CALl NO VOL FIRE CHIEF i CITY OF ROBBINS DALE $7,200/YR $11.00/CAlL & $1O.00/DRILl NO FIRE CHIEF CITY OF NORTHFIELD $1O,914/YR RESPONSE & TRAINING PAY NO FIRE CHIEF CITY OF FARMINGTON $5,813/YR $9. 13/HR/CALL AND TRAINING NO FIRE CHIEF CITY OF PRIOR LAKE $3,300/YR $9.50/HR/CALL & $4.00/HRITRAINING NO FIRE CHIEF CITY OF ROSEMOUNT $7,800 $2.00/CALL & DRILL NO FIRE CHIEF CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON $4,718/YR NO DEP FIRE CHIEF CITY OF CHANHASSEN $2,500/YR $8/HR/CAll & $16/HR/DRlll & TAKE HOME CAR NO VOL FIRE CHIEF I , ! i ! i ! I I SrrANTON I 175 I GROUP . i 1 I I I '" ~ . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .~ . . .; . . . . eo .! ... lie .. .; _, ., .. ., 1/&, i.a .. .. .-. .. ... - - - - - - - - - ~ ~....,.. 2005 Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Compensation SUrvey I ! ! Survey Title: PaidOn-Call Fire Chief Job NUmber: 72 II Level: The top fire position in each unit of government. In charge of entire department. !' I I I Minimum Qualifications: Extensive experience in all areas in the provision of tire services including considerable supervisory II experience, : I II , I Typical Duties: Responsible for planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of fire services. Oversees all phases of fire II \, prevention. protection, and supp..-ession and is closely involved in all fire investigating activities. iI 1,1 i I i i Basic Salary I I I Jurisdiction Full-Time Volunteer Pay Arrangement Q!I Title I GROUP 7 I i i CITY OF LONG LAKE $3,OOOIYR NO FIRE CHIEF I I I CITY OF CARVER $7.50/HR/CALL & DRILL NO VOL FIRE CHIEF Ii I CITY OF OSSEO $3,6001YR $8.00/CALL & DRILL & OER TRAIN NO FIRE CHIEF II CITY OF WAYZATA $5,OOOIYR $7.00/HR/CALL NO FIRE CHIEF II CITY OF DAYTON $9/HR/CALL & DRILL, ADD'L POSITION/CERT PAY NO FIRE CHIEF CITY OF ST, PAUL PARK $2,5001YR FIRES & DRILLS RESPONDED TO NO FIRE CHIEF CITY OF VICTORIA $1,5601YR TRAINING, FIRE CALLS AND WORK DETAIL NO FIRE CHIEF ,. CITY OF LAKE ELMO $2,4001YR $10.25/HR/CALL & TRAINING NO FIRE CHIEF ! CITY OF HUGO $4,2251YR $15,50/HR/CALL & DRILL NO FIRE CHIEF CITY OF WACONIA $2,1001YR $10.00/HR EMERGENCY CALLS NO VOL FIRE CHIEF II I II' II III " I II ! t I'll 'i 'I il !i :t S'f~NTON , 176 I~ROUP li\( I, ! l- Ii' -'~ III