Redding averts firefighter layoffs as council approves 2-year budget
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Working through its two-year budget, the council approved Fire Chief Gerry's request to keep the positions and avoid more cuts to an already thinly staffed department.
"The math of getting firefighters to a fire is actually really simple. The more firefighters you put on an engine, the fewer engines you have to send," he said.
Gray said a house fire in the city pulls half the department to respond, effectively leaving half of
Six apprentice firefighter positions -- low-paid, entry-level jobs -- have already been cut. Those positions and the three firefighters were funded by a grant extended for two years by the city's one-time use of reserve cash.
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The money will come from
"That's based on our projections of the savings," he said. "We think it's pretty accurate and that the actual savings will be in line with what we're presenting but it could be subject to change."
Keeping the firefighters was the only major change the council made to Tippin's budget recommendation, which called for a
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Most departments submitted spending plans on par with previous years' with spending increases coming mostly from employee benefit cost increases.
That includes
So far that campaign has raised about
"As long as the community is responding to the campaign, Advance Redding -- we will keep going," McCandliss said Wednesday.
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Tippin said the city is also pursuing a grant to keep the police unit longer.
Pension cost increases for employees citywide, stemming from lowered investment return expectations and increased contributions to the
"We have been working with the employee groups for some time to address some of these issues," Tippin said, noting the
By 2020, the city could exhaust its reserves and be
Tippin said he'll have a plan to address those shortfalls in place by
"It's sort of an all-hands on deck approach right now," he said.
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