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City Council Regular Meeting - 08/14/06 Minutes - Page 20 pension benefits for full-time firefighters within a specific time frame, suggested within the next 2-3 months. Councilmember Pust encouraged, for the record, that the Chief be required to provide written support, and use his power of persuasion to seek by-law amendments within the next three months; with her recommendation to table action until such time as the procedural aspects were clarified. Discussion ensued regarding the procedure for moving a vote of the Relief Association forward; regular meeting schedule and projected attendance at the annual Relief Association meeting held in January; and the Chiefs assurance that he would bring forward the request at the next meeting of the membership. Ihlan moved, Klausing seconded, an amendment to the original motion that the Fire Chief would take action within the next three months to propose a by law revision to address the double pension benefit, to be voted on at the next membership meeting of the Firefighters Relief Association. Roll Call [Amendment] Ayes: Ihlan; Pust; Kough; and Klausing. Nays: Maschka. Councilmember Maschka spoke against the motion, opining that hiring of another full-time supervisor was redundant when the department currently had both a full-time Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief. Discussion ensued regarding administration functions of the department; Fire Chief s supervision and response at incident scenes; average number of calls annually (371); daily operations and workload; writing and administering policies and procedures; attending meetings with regional fire departments; FEMA training; and post 9/11 preparedness and emergency planning. Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of the motion; and provided her rationale that while the part-time model was working well for evening and weekend coverage, difficulties in