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CITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 15-50
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PAID ON-CALL FIRE TRAINING COMPENSATION
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, The City of Lino Lakes has decided to integrate fire services into the Public Safety
Dept tinent; and
WHEREAS, Paid On-call Firefighters are an integral part and crucial to the success of the Lino Lakes
Public Safety model; and
WHEREAS, Paid On-call firefighters do not receiving an hourly rate of pay during initial fire training;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Lino Lakes appreciates their dedication and time commitment and believes they
should be compensated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes, Anoka
County, Minnesota, does hereby establish an incentive program as follows:
• Must apply for and are hired as a paid on-call (POC) firefighter with Lino Lakes.
• Upon successful completion of Firefighter 1 training with State certification will receive $1,200.
• Upon successful completion of Firefighter 2 and Hazardous Materials training with State
Certification will receive $1,400.
Adopted by the Lino Lakes City Council this 11th day of May, 2015.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was introduced by Council Member
Roeser and was duly seconded by Council Member Kusterman and upon vote being
taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Roeser, Kusterman, Rafferty, Stoesz, Reimr
The following voted against same: d
none
ATTEST:
•J 1 mine Bartell, City Clerk
Jeff Reinert; Mfy6ir
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CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM 4C
STAFF ORIGINATOR: John Swenson, Public Safety Director
MEETING DATE: May 11, 2015
TOPIC: Approval of Resolution 15-50 Establish a Fire Training
Compensation Program for Paid On -Call Personnel
VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5
INTRODUCTION
Establish a compensation program that compensates paid on-call (POC) fire personnel for their
time during initial fire training certification process based on completion of the Minnesota
certifications.
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.
On June 23, 2014 Council approved Council Resolution 14-62 establishing an incentive
program as a tool to recruit POC fire personnel. The fire Recruiting incentive program was
modified on February 23, 2015 with Council approval of Council Resolution 15-22. As part of
this recruiting incentive program Council established compensation levels for the POC fire
personnel who are hired with no fire training or certifications.
Resolution 15-49 canceled the fire recruiting incentive program due to the strong community
response and success of fire recruiting effort.
With the approval of Resolution 15-50 a compensation program will be established to
compensate POC fire personnel for their time in the initial fire training based on their
successful completion of Minnesota FF 1, FF2 certifications and hazardous materials training.
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 fire fighter certification courses.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approval of Resolution 15-50 establishing a fire training
compensation program for POC fire personnel with the City of Lino Lakes.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution 15-50