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<br />~SBVfbbE <br /> <br />Roseville Fire Department Responses <br />To questions from budget meeting <br />of Thursday December 4th. <br /> <br />Budeet Question #1: How does the hourly rate for firefighters of $9.50 compare to other <br />metro communities? <br /> <br />FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE: <br /> <br />City <br /> <br />Firefiahter pay per hour <br /> <br />Hamel <br />Wayzata <br />Chanhassen <br />Plymouth <br />Centennial <br />Roseville <br />White Bear Lake <br />Brooklyn Center <br />Blaine <br />AVERAGE <br />Brooklyn Park <br />Savage <br />Elk River <br />Maple Grove <br />West Metro <br />Oakdale <br />Vadnais Heights <br />Maplewood <br /> <br />$ 6.50 <br />$ 7.00 <br />$ 8.00 <br />$9.05 <br />$ 9.50 <br />$ 9.50 <br />$ 9.75 <br />$10.00 <br />$1 0.00 <br />$10.06 <br />$10.27 <br />$10.36 <br />$1 0.38 <br />$11.13 <br />$11.39 <br />$12.00 <br />$12.00 <br />$13.60 <br /> <br />There is a great deal of variation in how departments pay. Some pay per call, <br />and some pay per hour. For shifts some pay an hourly rate, some pay a flat <br />rate for the entire shift. <br /> <br />The above rate comparison shows that the average rate of pay for the <br />communities surveyed is $10.06. Roseville Fire has proposed a 2004 rate of <br />pay of $9.50 which is .56 per hour below the average. <br /> <br />1 <br />