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demands from the Fire Department, including overseeing construction of the second Fire <br />station, will gradually increase. <br /> <br />Negating the Need for Additional Maintenance Workers in Parks and Streets: As <br />mentioned above, both divisions of Public Works have requested additional maintenance <br />staff. Currently, the two divisions spend an estimated 4,000 hours annually on <br />administrative activities. If a Public Works Director assumes responsibility for preparing <br />and monitoring the budget, recruiting and hiring temporary seasonal help, and arranging <br />training and purchasing, the two supervisors should have a significant number of hours <br />per week freed up to spend as on-site working supervisors assisting with maintenance <br />activities and overseeing special projects such as cleaning catch basins. This effectively <br />eliminates the need for two additional maintenance workers, as well as some of the <br />contract and part-time seasonal help. The latest staff budget recommendation to add 1.5 <br />FTEs in 1998 for part-time seasonal employees in Public Works would cost $27,558 <br />annually and would be eliminated if this alternative is adopted. <br /> <br />Flexibility Gained by Having Two Supervisors in Public Works: If employees of the two <br />Public Works divisions are combined and there are two supervisors available, the <br />department has more flexibility in structuring the work day. During busy periods, <br />employees could be deployed in two shifts with a supervisor on duty during each one. <br /> <br />F/re Department Inspections: The Fire Department budget proposal for 1998-1999. <br />contained a request for a half-time Fire Marshall/Inspector. This position would provide <br />services that the City currently does not provide. The allocation of time would be 30% <br />spent doing Daycare inspections, 40% doing business inspections, and 30% doing <br />Preplan inspections. There would be some revenue generated by the inspections activity <br />but prices have not been established. <br /> <br />If the Fire Chief position is made full-time, he would still be responsible for all of the <br />activities he currently supervises. In addition, he could do the inspections that a part-time <br />Fire Marshall would do for day care facilities, businesses and preplans. Inspections <br />activities would increase over time as the City continues to grow and the responsibilities <br />of the Public Works Director assignment decrease. <br /> <br />The Cost of Expanding the Fire Chief Position to Full-time <br />As a department head position, the full-time Fire Chief position would be an exempt <br />position and there would be some one-time start-up costs associated creating it: <br /> Office space in the Public Works facility <br /> A computer for the Director's office <br /> A City car for the Director's use <br /> <br />Ongoing annual expenses would include salary and benefits. Stanton Group Six Cities <br />with full-time Fire Chiefs have an average salary range of $49,200 to $57,564. Full-time <br /> <br /> <br />