Lancaster City is facing backlash from firefighters after the decision was reportedly made to reduce staffing.
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We may burn to death tonight another family or some innocent children sleeping may die due to poor staffing levels tonight — contact city hall and express your concerns.She said the reduced staffing from 13 to 11 on a shift is essentially just an adjustment on how the firefighters receive paid-time off.
Due to this, the decision was made to go from 13 to 11 firefighters as 82% of the overtime budget was having to be used to cover the terms of the arbitration agreement. "Over the ten years that we worked the side letter for straight time, we have saved the city millions of dollars. We were the only department ever asked to work overtime for straight time rate,"
According to the city, halfway through the year, the firefighters had spent $370,000 of that $450,000 overtime budget.
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