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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/24/1981 Adjourned Meeting (4 ADJOURNED MEETING -- BUDGET REVIEW November 24, 1981 The City Council met in session on this date at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Room at the Yakima Center, Yakima, Washington. Council members present were Mayor Betty L. Edmondson, Henry Beauchamp, Lynn Carmichael, Shirley Doty and Don Hinman. Council members Clarence Barnett and Lynn Buchanan absent and excused. Following discussion, it was determined that the discussion on the Parks , & Recreation Department will be held on December 9th, fran 9:00 a.m. to noon. :,'=•-.,,,,- FIRE ., . , ,... Chief Carroll made some corrections on page 169 of the Preliminary ... Budget, stating that the staff for 1982 should be 51. He explained the difference in personnel between 1981 and proposed 1982. Council briefly discussed the training function. Referring to Service Unit No. 122, he stated that 40% of our response activity is medically related, but it is a little misleading because the false alarms are not included in those figures, so that figure is a little low. In response to Council member Doty's question, Chief Carroll gave an update on the status of the Fire Master Plan. Council member Doty requested a report on this fran the Planning Division. There was concern expressed about the slow progress taking place on this Plan, and discussion followed regarding the Community Development work load and priority of projects. Council members asked questions about the increase in manpower, the change of equipment regarding the ladder apparatus, and staffing levels at the different stations. Council members also requested information on the number of times the City responds to mutual aid calls fran other jurisdictions and any requests we have made for mutual aid. The justification for the three additional fire fighters was given by the Fire Chief, who gave information about overtime costs. Chief Carroll brought up for discussion the policy issue of increasing the nonitoring rates. Following discussion, it was the general consensus of the Council to request staff to prepare the legislation for the rate increase for monitoring services to $4 and ask staff to bring back information on what other communities do regarding a charge for responding to false alarms. Council members discussed the Arson Investigation Team and Chief Carroll explained that the detective has been eliminated fran the team. Chief Carroll explained that he did not budget for the cadet program because there are still three individuals on a re-instatement register. Even having that re-instatement register, a register was formed, which numbers 30, including several minorities in the top positions. Council member Hinman requested information on the possibility of a special levy to support medical response calls. (Council member Beaudhamp temporarily absent after 2:10 p.m.). Chief Carroll reported that he has applied for a grant to expand the current medical examination system. (Council nember Beauchamp present after 2:16 p.m.). Doug Gordner, President of 469 Firefighters Association, stated that the Radio Technician does work for every department in the City, and if they need work done, they will have to seek outside service. These people also work with electronics; they are involved in stringing the wire for the ccmputer and all this work justifies the need for that position. Referring to the wage package, he stated that the Union accepted reduced hours instead of wages. He stated that they understood that if they took the reduction in hours, it would be the same as wages and there would not be any cuts in personnel. Mayor Edmondson suggested that if this budget is adopted like it is, then staff should keep track of how many tines outside services was required for radio service. There being no further business to cane before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at the hour of 12:22 p.m. OP l i READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE 4,11, 4 I It A. A, t le ,_ 0 DATE/5 MEMBER DATE I' 51 -,- i t OD VIL MEMBER ATTEST: , •r )87 ILIA04 CITY fol RK A /