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<br />Special City Council Minutes - 12/04/03 <br />Page 10 <br /> <br />current practice of pro-actively working with citizens. <br /> <br />Leaf!ue Position #8: <br />"The L WV would not support a fee for service for the <br />Fire Department." <br />It was the consensus of those present that the City was not <br />interested in pursuing a fee for service. <br /> <br />Leaf!ue Position #9: <br />"The L WV would not support the hiring of a fire <br />prevention specialist." <br />Assistant Fire Chief O'Neill noted that this position was <br />not in the 2004 Budget, but was part of the proposed <br />Strategic Plan for the next ten (10) years of the <br />department, not yet authorized by the City Council, and <br />was only referenced in projected 2006 - 200 7 years of the <br />Strategic Plan. <br /> <br />Councilmember Maschka noted that the City's Fire <br />Inspectors currently performed several of those functions, <br />allowing for additional prevention through their <br />inspections. <br /> <br />Assistant Fire Chief O'Neill, at Mayor Kysylyczyn's <br />request, offered more accurate numbers for the regular <br />Council meeting on Monday, December 8,2003, related to <br />salary increases across the board, or in specific areas, and <br />implications for recruitment and retention. <br /> <br />Proposed Full-Time Training Position <br />Further discussion took place on the proposed training <br />position in the 2004 Budget. <br /> <br />Assistant Fire Chief 0 'Neill reviewed the advantages of a <br />full-time trainer (i.e., training during shift time, rather than <br />having firefighters return after their shift; multiple <br />company drills). <br /> <br />Discussion included various levels of pay for firefighters; <br />advantages of a full time trainer in training during shift <br />time; holding multiple company drills; more hands-on <br />