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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 16, 2016 Page 10 At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Chief O'Neill reviewed the vesting process and timing with increased pension potential for every year of service, and age-related payout options. Councilmember McGehee opined that this should be a topic of discussion going forward, whether or not part-time firefighters had grown accustomed to a second income, since the city continued to expend considerable funds annually for turn- out gear whether for part- or full-time firefighters. Councilmember McGehee opined this was an expense residents should be aware of and that as city govern- ment should be looked at. Councilmember McGehee noted the concern was not to intentionally cut someone off, but if at year 10 it was determined that there was no reason in any longer delaying going to a full-time department, there should be no reason for the city to continue carrying part-time firefighters. Specific to measuring response times once the pilot program for closest unit re- sponding is started this fall, Councilmember McGehee asked that the reports to the City Council be of sufficient detail to show actual markers and times for when the calls originally come in to dispatch, when the Roseville department received the call, and when they arrived at the scene. Chief O'Neill clarified that the information was already available today on every call: from the tiine the 9-1-1 call was answered by dispatch, when received at the Roseville queue, when the unit was out the door, and when they arrived on scene; all data captured today. - Councilmember McGehee asked how it was determined to move the employee safety and loss control from the Finance Department to the Fire Department. Chief O'Neill responded that the City's Assistant Finance Director had performed the duties for a long time and had been good at it; but when she moved on about 1.5 years ago, internally during a department head meeting, staff had evaluated whether or not that was the right fit for the Finance Department, and determined that it seemed to be a better fit for the Fire Department, given their coordination of other employee training citywide. Chief O'Neill advised that his department enjoyed training, and offered to give it a try, and now after eight months into it, originally being an adventure in learning, a good foundation had been established to move forward. Chief O'Neill noted that another component was that the Fire Department's current Administrative Assistant had performed those duties in an- other city they'd worked for, including maintaining OSHA logs and compliance requirements, making the transition even better. Chief O'Neill expressed his hope that the duty would improve annually and that training would continue to be en- hanced for employees versus being stale and boring, but more exciting and en- hancing overall safety aspects for city staff and Roseville citizens.