AGENDA DATE: 11/6/2024
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Amendments to Albemarle County Fire Rescue and Sheriff's Office FY25 Pay Scales
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Request adoption of amended Fiscal Year (FY) 25 Albemarle County Fire Rescue (ACFR) and Sheriff's Office pay scales
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Henry, Bessette, Rice
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Albemarle County maintains a classified employee pay scale and separate public safety pay scales for the Police Department, Sheriff's Office, and Department of Fire and Rescue. Each year, the Board of Supervisors approves the pay scales for County staff in conjunction with the adoption of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The pay scales set forth pay ranges in a grading system that are established through the County's classified and public safety compensation strategy.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Workforce & Customer Service - Recruit & retain engaged public servants who provide quality government services to advance our mission.
DISCUSSION: The FY25 pay scales for classified and public safety personnel were adopted on May 1, 2024, the same meeting during which the FY25 budget was adopted. The Department of Fire Rescue and the Sheriff's Office are now requesting approval for modifications to the FY25 pay scales (Attachment A).
Fire Rescue
The Department of Fire Rescue has identified a cost savings strategy to provide supervision and oversight for the new ladder truck, while ensuring there is adequate management coverage for 2 pieces of heavy equipment deployed from the same station. In the adopted budget, there were funds to support 3 Captains for this responsibility. Fire Rescue has more narrowly focused the responsibility of those positions and is now able to fill them at a lower supervisory rank. This request is to approve a frontline supervisor role of Lieutenant, which is positioned as an assistant to an existing ...
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