02/20/2015 - Personnel CommitteePERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
FRIDAY FEBUARY 20, 2015
8:30 AM
CONFERENCE ROOMS 2 A &B
AGENDA
I. AGENDA ADOPTION
I1. FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE
III. OTHER BUSINESS
IV. ADJOURNMENT
Agenda Information Memo
February 20, 2015 Personnel Committee Meeting
II. FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE
DIRECTION TO BE CONSIDERED.
To receive an update on the outcome of the meetings conducted between Fire Department and
Administrative Staff regarding the questions raised about the Full Time Firefighters and their ability to
also serve as Volunteer Firefighters and members of the Eagan Fire Relief Association.
FACTS:
• Fire Department Staff and Administrative Staff conducted two meetings to review the issues
associated with Full Time Firefighters also serving as Volunteer Firefighters.
• One meeting included attendance by the City's Labor Attorney who provided information to the
group advising that the Department of Labor regulations specifically state that a "firefighter
cannot volunteer as a firefighter for the same public agenda."
0 Additional ideas to encourage a level of engagement for the Full Time Firefighters were
identified by the Fire Department Staff and Administrative Staff attending the meetings. Those
will be shared with the Personnel Committee.
• Certain changes in the operations and works schedules of the Fire Department were also
addressed by
the
group to assure timely
responses
by the Full Time Firefighters under certain
types of calls
and
time of day. Those will
be shared
with the Personnel Committee,
ATTACHMENTS: None - -- Information can be provided at the meeting.