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CITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 15-22
CONTINUING PAID ON-CALL FIRE RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Lino Lakes has decided to integrate fire services into the Public Safety
Department; and
WHEREAS, the recruitment of high quality paid on-call fire professionals is crucial for all fire
services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lino Lakes values those professionals that accepted the challenges of
providing public safety services;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by The City Council of The City of Lino Lakes that
the city does hereby continue an incentive program to recruit paid on-call fire professionals as
listed below.
Level 1— Recruitment incentive for individuals with firefighter & fire command experience - $3,500
• Must apply for and hired as a POC firefighter with Lino Lakes by June 1, 2015 at 4 PM
• Must meet all of the milestones of Level 2 incentive.
• Must have all certifications and training to operate as a fire command staff or fire officer.
• Actively assist the Public Safety Department management team in a manner consistent with
the duties of fire service command staff by attending 10 additional planning meetings.
• Ensure the fire implementation process is successful by the January 1, 2016.
• Upon final job offer from the City of Lino Lakes and acceptance the POC firefighter will
receive $1,500 coinciding with the first payroll.
• Upon meeting all milestones of the level 2 incentive the POC firefighter will receive $2,000
on the December 18, 2015 payroll.
Level 2 — Recruitment incentive for individuals with firefighter experience - $2,500
• Must apply for and hired as a POC firefighter with Lino Lakes by July 31, 2015 at 4 PM
• Must be certified in MN with FF1, FF2 and Hazardous Material Operations.
• Actively participate with the fire implementation process by assisting with recruiting and
training of Lino Lakes fire personnel.
• Attend at least six training/planning meetings prior to the December 1, 2015.
• Ensure the fire implementation process is successful by January 1, 2016.
• Upon final job offer from the City of Lino Lakes and acceptance the POC firefighter will
receive $1,000 coinciding with the first payroll.
• Upon meeting all milestones of the level 2 incentive the POC firefighter will receive $1,500
on the December 18, 2015 payroll.
Level 3 — Recruitment incentive for individuals with no or little fire experience — $2,600
• Must apply for and hired as a paid on-call (POC) firefighter with Lino Lakes.
• Upon successful completion of Firefighter 1 training with State certification receive $1,200.
• Upon successful completion of Firefighter 2 and Hazardous Materials Operations training
with State certification receive $1,400.
Adopted by the Council of the City of Lino Lakes this 23rd day of February, 2015.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was introduced by Council Member
Kusterman and was duly seconded by Council Member Roeser and upon vote being
taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Kustermanm Roeser, Rafferty, Stoesz, Reinert
The following voted against same:
none
ATTEST:
e Bartell, City ler
Jeff Reinert, M,ayror
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CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM 4B
STAFF ORIGINATOR: John Swenson, Public Safety Director
MEETING DATE: February 23, 2015
TOPIC: Approval of Resolution 15-22 Continuing Incentive Program for
the Recruitment of Paid On -Call Fire Personnel
VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5
INTRODUCTION
Continue the incentive program to be used as a tool to recruit experienced as well as new fire
personnel within the identified timeframe.
BACKGROUND
During the Council Meeting on June 2, 2014, Council approved Resolution 14-50 which
directed staff to integrate fire services for the City of Lino Lakes into the Public Safety
Department.
As prescribed in the Centennial Fire District Joint Powers Agreement, fire services in Lino
Lakes must be operational on January 28, 2016. Given the timeframe and documented
challenges of recruiting paid on-call fire personnel, staff has developed an incentive program to
attract high quality experienced fire personnel as well as individuals with no prior fire
experience.
These incentives were originally approved by Council on June 23, 2014 with the adoption of
Council Resolution 14-62. The incentive amounts for levels 1 and 2 are $500 less than the
incentive amounts articulated in Resolution 14-62.
Level 1 — Recruitment incentive for individuals with firefighter & fire command experience -
$3,500
• Must apply for and hired as a POC firefighter with Lino Lakes by June 1, 2015 at 4 PM
• Must meet all of the milestones of Level 2 incentive.
• Must have all certifications and training to operate as a fire command staff or fire
officer.
• Actively assist the Public Safety Department management team in a manner consistent
with the duties of fire service command staff by attending 10 additional planning
meetings.
• Ensure the fire implementation process is successful by the January 1, 2016.
• Upon final job offer from the City of Lino Lakes and acceptance the POC firefighter
will receive $1,500 coinciding with the first payroll.
• Upon meeting all milestones of the level 2 incentive the POC firefighter will receive
$2,000 on the December 18, 2015 payroll.
Level 2 — Recruitment incentive for individuals with firefighter experience - $2,500
• Must apply for and hired as a POC firefighter with Lino Lakes by July 31, 2015 at 4 PM
• Must be certified in MN with FF1, FF2 and Hazardous Material Operations
• Actively participate with the fire implementation process by assisting with recruiting
and training of Lino Lakes fire personnel.
• Attend at least six training/planning meetings prior to the December 1, 2015.
• Ensure the fire implementation process is successful by the January 1, 2016.
• Upon final job offer from the City of Lino Lakes and acceptance the POC firefighter
will receive $1,000 coinciding with the first payroll.
• Upon meeting all milestones of the level 2 incentive the POC firefighter will receive
$1,500 on the December 18, 2015 payroll.
Level 3 — Recruitment incentive for individuals with no or little fire experience — $2,600
• Must apply for and hired as a paid on-call (POC) firefighter with Lino Lakes
• Upon successful completion of Firefighter 1 training with State certification receive
$1,200
• Upon successful completion of Firefighter 2 and Hazardous Materials Operations
training with State certification receive $1,400
Please note that individuals hired as POC firefighters with no training or experience do not
receive any hourly compensation for the hours in the initial firefighter certification courses
(FF1, FF2 & Hazardous Materials Operations). The level 3 incentive was designed to
compensate POC firefighter for training hours only upon successful completion of the courses.
The costs associated with these fire recruitment incentives are included in the approved 2015
budget.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approval of Resolution 15-22 continuing incentive program for the
recruitment of fire personnel with the City of Lino Lakes.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution 15-22
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