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. City Council Regular Meeting:. February 6, 2012 1 1
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AGENDA ITEM: Approval of-Firefighter Pay Increase Discussion
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PREPARED BY: Dwight Johnson, City Administrator &
4 Emmy Foster,, Assistant City AGENDA NO P.U. 1 z 1.
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, ATTACHMENTS: Comparison. Document APPROVED B Dal
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve an increase of the per call and per drill
F amounts from $2.00 to $6.00 for Firefighters. effective January 1, 2012...,
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For City Council consideration is a recommendation - to approve an increase of the per call and per drill
(training) amounts from $2.00 to $6.00 for paid -on -call Firefighters effective January 1, 2012: The 2012
operating budget for the City of Rosemount accommodates this proposed wage adjustment. 1 ,
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' `BACKGROUND a i'
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The City of Rosemount operates a paid on -call "volunteer" Fire Department. Firefighters currently receive
$2 per call and per drill, in addition to an annual pension contribution -into the Fire Relief Association., As
• 1 . discussed at the January 11, 2012 City Council Work Session, increasing Firefighter compensation by $4 per
- call and per drill is a good first step in improving the recruitment and retention of paid on -call Firefighters.
Since Fire Station 2 opened five years ago, the Fire Department has not met its goal °of having 50
Firefighters.
r At the WorleSession, the Council reviewed information that Staff gathered including data•from 14 other
communities with comparable population bases that utilize paid on -call Firefighters. The average pay for
these Firefighters is '$12 per hour (table attached). Staff has calculated that the,proposed in would' get
the Rosemount Fire Department to approximately 50% of parity with other departments for Firefighter pay.
At the request of the City,Council, data from 3 neighboring cities (Apple Valley, Eagan and Lakeville) has -
been included on the attached table. The City's excellenf fire pension also helps `mitigate sortie of the
disparity with other departments.
For 2012, Staff recommends that the per call and per drill amounts be increased to $6 effective January 1, J
2012. At Council's directi money was budgeted for 2012 to cover the cost of the proposed increase. As
discussed at the Work Session, it is likely that the Fire Department will need to make additional adjustments
and changes in the future in the form of full-time staff, duty crews, or, additional pay to ensuk that the Fire
Department continues to be viable in the future. 1
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SUMMARY ' "1
It is requested that the Council make a motion to approve on the increase of the per call and per drill
(trang) amounts from $2.00 to $6.00 effective January 1, 2012.
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Attachments . - ,
Paid On -Call Firefighter !
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g Population, y p 'of Service ; • Or anization Po ulation � Pa er Hour _ , FT Chief ?; -
Andover 31,298 13.86 didn't respond accordingly ; yes
Chanhassen 23,629 ' 9.00 5,050 1, no`
Columbia Heights 18,361 12.84 didn't respond accordingly yes & AC
Cottage Grove 34,000 11.00 3,600 i yes
Farmington 21,086 , 10.21 4,575 i no
. Golden Valley 20,371 ` 14.40 6,700 yes `
Hastings - 22,491 13.00 4,000 l yes & AC -.
Hopkins 17,290 7,000 yes ,:
Inver Grove Heights , 33,600 11.50 5,800 yes & AC
New Brighton 22,321 1111MIMI 5,600 .yes (PSD) , ""
Prior Lake IMMO 11.00 6,500
Ramsey 23,272 12.88 didn't respond accordingly yes
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unt'" ' . 21,847 2 per call 6,900 • .` no
, Shakopee 37,000 10.00 7,500 yes
`' - Stillwater -, 18,235 IIIMIMIIIII „ 5,000 yes
Average $12.00 $5,575 {
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$13.82 (1/1/11)
Apple Valley 49,084 $13.99 (7/1/12) '' $6,400 yes
. Eagan 64,205 " $13 per call. . _ $6,716 yes
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Lakeville 55,954 training $ below k $6,417 yes f
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* Lakeville firefighters are paid $10 per call and training is separate at $20 for,2 -4 hour drill train ing;`
,- $20 for 2-4 hour supplemental training and $46 for 5+ hour supplemental training.
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