Post by district5 on Nov 18, 2007 12:38:32 GMT -5
From the City Of Cincinnati City Manager's Recommended 2008 All Funds Budget Update for the City of Cincinnati:
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Title: Recruit Class
Budget Amount: ($436,680) Fund: General Fund FTE: 0.0
Description: This represents postponing the Fire Department’s recruit class of 30 for 2008. Without a recruit class in 2008, the Department’s sworn strength will drop below 841 sworn members in early 2008. Overtime increases above the 2007 overtime level may be required.
Comment/Recommendation:
This decrease in funding is recommended to achieve the necessary reductions in the General Fund budget for 2008.
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Significant Program Changes
Title: Consolidation of Police and Fire Communications
Budget Amount: ($983,260) Fund: General Fund FTE: -19.0
Description: This funding adjustment is the result of the consolidation of the Police and Fire communications sections. The absorption of the Fire Department’s communications personnel will allow for an overall reduction in personnel costs associated with the operation of the City’s Communications
Center. This will be accomplished by combining supervisory responsibilities shared into a single point of contact, reducing supervisory staff performing similar dispatch floor functions, ensuring more pre-arrival medical "calls for service" are properly processed, cross-training of personnel, and enhancing the delivery of service more effectively. Specifically, five Emergency Services Dispatch Supervisor positions and fourteen Fire Alarm Operator and Dispatcher positions would be eliminated from the Fire Department's complement.
Comment/Recommendation:
This decrease in funding is recommended, as the consolidation will enhance service delivery and reduce costs.
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Title: Recruit Class
Budget Amount: ($436,680) Fund: General Fund FTE: 0.0
Description: This represents postponing the Fire Department’s recruit class of 30 for 2008. Without a recruit class in 2008, the Department’s sworn strength will drop below 841 sworn members in early 2008. Overtime increases above the 2007 overtime level may be required.
Comment/Recommendation:
This decrease in funding is recommended to achieve the necessary reductions in the General Fund budget for 2008.
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Significant Program Changes
Title: Consolidation of Police and Fire Communications
Budget Amount: ($983,260) Fund: General Fund FTE: -19.0
Description: This funding adjustment is the result of the consolidation of the Police and Fire communications sections. The absorption of the Fire Department’s communications personnel will allow for an overall reduction in personnel costs associated with the operation of the City’s Communications
Center. This will be accomplished by combining supervisory responsibilities shared into a single point of contact, reducing supervisory staff performing similar dispatch floor functions, ensuring more pre-arrival medical "calls for service" are properly processed, cross-training of personnel, and enhancing the delivery of service more effectively. Specifically, five Emergency Services Dispatch Supervisor positions and fourteen Fire Alarm Operator and Dispatcher positions would be eliminated from the Fire Department's complement.
Comment/Recommendation:
This decrease in funding is recommended, as the consolidation will enhance service delivery and reduce costs.