Resolution 15257CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15257
APPROVING WORKFORCE CHANGES TO ADD THREE NEW
POSITIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE PREVENTION
BUREAU EFFECTIVE MAY 28,2017; ONE FIRE CAPTAIN AND TWO
FIRE INSPECTORS AT THE FIREFIGHTER OR APPARATUS
OPERATOR RANK.
WHEREAS, at the start of Fiscal Year 2009 -10, in response to declining revenue
and in order to achieve a balanced budget, the City made significant cuts in staffing
throughout the organization, including reducing the Fire Prevention Bureau from seven
positions (four sworn and three non - sworn) to two non -sworn positons; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to reinstate the Fire Prevention Bureau in order to
provide necessary Fire Prevention Services including maintaining records, inspecting
buildings, providing fire education, issuing and enforcing code violations, and reviewing
plans; and
WHEREAS, to meet service demands related to the Fire Prevention Bureau, the
Fire Department recommends that the City Council add one Fire Captain position and
two Fire Inspector positions at the Firefighter or Apparatus Operator classification.
NOW, THERFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that
the following workforce changes are approved and that the City's authorized positions
are so modified:
Alameda Fire Department
a. Add one Fire Captain position
b. Add two Fire Inspector positions at the Firefighter or Apparatus
Operator classification
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular
meeting assembled on the 18th day of April, 2017, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Ezzy Ashcraft, Oddie, and Vella — 3.
NOES: Councilmember Matarrese and Mayor Spencer — 2.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this 19th day of April, 2017.
Lara Weisiger, Cifyberk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Janet kern, City Attorney
City f�Alameda