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April 28 Special Session: FIRE STUDY UPDATE Public Safety Budget Trends Public Safety Annual Budget Trends $60,000,000 12.2% $50,000,000 $40,000,000 Police Fire $30,000,000 41.4% Sheriff $20,000,000 $10,000,000 54.1% $0 2006 2007

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April 28 Special Session: FIRE STUDY UPDATE

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Public Safety Budget Trends

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$0 $10,000,000 $20,000,000 $30,000,000 $40,000,000 $50,000,000 $60,000,000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Police Fire Sheriff

12.2% 41.4% 54.1%

Public Safety Annual Budget Trends

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FACETS FIRE DEPARTMENT STUDY

  • UG commissioned

comprehensive department study

  • Collaborative effort including

UG Administration, Fire Command Staff, and IAFF Local 64 – Developed study specifications – Interviewed applicants and selected FACETS to complete the study

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Current Station Locations

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Peer City Comparisons

KCK Olathe Independence

Population served 146,000 133,000 117,000 Square miles covered 129 60.42 78.25 # of stations 18 7 10 # of uniformed employees 426 102 157 FD budget cost / resident $293.62 $125.49 $140.44

*Data source: pages 26-30 of FACETS Fire Study

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LEGISLATIVE AUDIT TIME TRADING PRACTICES

  • County Administrator

requested an audit of the Fire Department Shift Exchange/Time Trading practices

  • Released March 2016
  • Audit Findings

– Need for enhanced approval and tracking procedures – Antiquated time accrual and year-end payout procedures

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What is Shift Exchange/Trading Time?

  • Prevalent practice among Fire Departments
  • Two scenarios:
  • 1. Firefighter exchanges shift with another

Firefighter

  • 2. Firefighter works another Firefighter’s shift

without reciprocating

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Shift Exchange Scenario #1

  • Practice whereby a Firefighter exchanges

shifts with another Firefighter

– Firefighter A works Firefighter B’s shift

  • Firefighter B receives regular pay

– Firefighter B reciprocates and works A’s shift

  • Firefighter A receives regular pay
  • Allowed under FLSA and current labor

contract provisions

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Shift Exchange Scenario #2

  • Practice whereby a Firefighter works another

Firefighter’s shift without reciprocating

– Firefighter A works Firefighter B’s shift

  • Firefighter B receives regular pay

– Firefighter B does not reciprocate

  • Permitted by current and past practice
  • Allowed under FLSA
  • Not specifically addressed in labor contract
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Legislative Audit Findings

  • Report illustrates an exchange imbalance

– Trade does not mean trade – 3,154 total shifts traded – 1,770 shifts were not traded back – $1M paid to Firefighters who did not work – Includes $250k paid in overtime to Firefighters who did not work – Assumption that cash payments were made to Firefighters who did the work

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FIRE OVERTIME PAY

FISCAL YEARS 2006 - 2015

$16,079.00 $72,230.00 $251,981.00 $275,365.00 $1,101,263.00 $373,943.00 $675,302.00 $1,012,657.00 $492,663.00

$1,304,744.00

$- $200,000.00 $400,000.00 $600,000.00 $800,000.00 $1,000,000.00 $1,200,000.00 $1,400,000.00 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Fire

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FIRE OUT OF CLASS PAY

FISCAL YEARS 2006 - 2015

$146,209.00 $162,879.00 $185,167.00 $182,523.00 $189,914.00 $230,752.00 $198,065.00 $200,346.00 $269,170.00

$317,654.00

$- $50,000.00 $100,000.00 $150,000.00 $200,000.00 $250,000.00 $300,000.00 $350,000.00 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Fire

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FIRE Annual EOY Total Payouts

Fiscal Years 2011-15

$98,698.00 $257,874.00 $308,507.00 $366,258.00 $191,388.00

$0.00 $50,000.00 $100,000.00 $150,000.00 $200,000.00 $250,000.00 $300,000.00 $350,000.00 $400,000.00 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

FIRE EOY Total Payouts Average: $244,545

*Values represent Vacation, Kelly Days, and Holidays

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Average Retirement Payouts as % of Base Pay*

Fiscal Years 2011-15

90.59% 133.49% 223.81% 173.26%

175.56%

139.15% 145.96% 118.48% 108.10%

106.00%

22.82% 23.40% 61.51% 30.72%

39.85%

40.76% 35.69% 35.15% 66.56%

46.15%

0.00% 50.00% 100.00% 150.00% 200.00% 250.00% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Fire Police Sheriff Other

*Figures include KPERS penalty payments made by the UG

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Retirement Payouts

*Figures comprised of Police, Sheriff/Jail, and non-Public Safety Employees

  • In 2015, 96 UG employees retired
  • In 2015, the UG paid $3.7M to retire 26

Firefighters

  • In 2015, the UG paid $3.4M to retire the

remaining 70 UG employees*

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FACETS FIRE STUDY UPDATE