The City of Lancaster Bureau of Police is accepting applications for new officers until October 18.
LANCASTER, Pa. — Lancaster's firefighter union is criticizing the city's decision to shrink the number of on-duty firefighters from 13 to 11, a number it says doesn't meet national fire protection standards.
An arbitration award put in place decades ago allows for up to 8 firefighters per shift to be off on PTO. In order to maintain 13 firefighters per shift, we must call in additional staff and pay them at time and a half. Only halfway through the year, we’ve already spent 82% of our overtime budget, amounting to $370,000 of $450,000. This is in addition to nearly $6 million in regular salaries. This is not sustainable for the City’s finances.
The union, however, believes differently. In its July 1 Facebook post, it accuses the city and fire administration of"effectively " to them. We were understaffed at the same low levels then as we are now. We signed a Side Letter Extra Hours agreement with the City and gave up our time and a half for overtime. This was to guarantee that the City staffed us daily with higher numbers. These higher staffing numbers helped provide better service and safer conditions for the citizens and firefighters on duty.
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