Page 344 - 2022-23 Blue Book Vol 1

Fire

Program Changes Direct Cost Positions Total Cost
Changes in Salaries, Expense, Equipment, and Special

Restoration of Services
8. Restoration of One-Time Expense Funding 5,000,000 - 5,000,000
Restore funding in the Overtime Constant Staffing Account
that was reduced on a one-time basis in the 2021-22 Budget.
SOFFCS: $5,000,000
Efficiencies to Services

9. One-Time Salary Reduction (3,500,000) - (4,929,250)
Reduce funding in the Salaries General ($500,000) and the
Salaries Sworn ($3,000,000) accounts on a one-time basis to
reflect savings generated by positions filled in-lieu,
maintaining vacancies, and anticipated attrition. Related costs
consist of employee benefits.
SG: ($500,000) SW: ($3,000,000)
Related Costs: ($1,429,250)
10. Expense Account Reduction (3,000,000) - (3,000,000)
Reduce funding in the Overtime Constant Staffing
($2,000,000) and Overtime Variable Staffing
($1,000,000) accounts on a one-time basis to reflect
anticipated expenditures, which include savings achieved due
to Departmental efficiencies and expenditure reductions.
SOVS: ($1,000,000) SOFFCS: ($2,000,000)
Other Changes or Adjustments
11. Salary Account Adjustment - - -
Transfer funding from the Salaries Sworn Account to the
Overtime Constant Staffing Account on a one-time basis to
reflect platoon duty vacancies maintained by firefighters on
overtime.
SW: ($24,189,182) SOFFCS: $24,189,182
12. Special Fund Realignment - - -
Realign funding on a one-time basis totaling $707,275 from
the Local Public Safety Fund to the General Fund. Realign
funding on a one-time basis totaling $5,000,000 from the
General Fund to the Medi-Cal Intergovernmental Transfer
Program Fund. There is no change to the level of services
provided nor to the overall funding provided to the
Department.
13. Firefighter Position Realignment - - -
Add funding and regular authority for six positions consisting
of four Firefighter IIIs and two Fire Captain Is. Delete funding
and regular authority for six positions consisting of one vacant
Firefighter III-4, three vacant Firefighter II-5, and two vacant
Fire Captain I-3 positions to reflect current staffing. The
position realignment is necessary to reflect authorized
positions and remove obsolete Firefighter classifications that
are vacant.
TOTAL CHANGES APPLICABLE TO VARIOUS PROGRAMS (4,966,228) -

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