HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-23-2023 Fire Department Budget PresentationCITY OF SOUTH BEND, IN
Common Council
2024 Budget Hearing
Fire Department
August 23, 2023
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CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IN
Fire Department
•Fully staffed, there are 256 firefighters working 24-hour shifts
averaging 56 hours per week, and 2920 hours per year.
•Minimum of 69 firefighters per day to staff our 11 Fire
Stations.
•Engines-11, Aerials-4, Heavy Rescue-1, Ambulances-7.
•Stand by equipment for confined space, Haz Mat, water rescue,
technical rescues.
•Training Center- 22-week regional training academy.
•NB staff-7. (4 process ambulance billings).
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CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IN
2024 Department Goals/Strategic Initiatives
Focus on Recruitment
•Streamlined Application Process
•Recruiting events and strong presence at job fairs
•Lateral Hiring process –quicker onboarding of qualified
firefighters
•Internship program –leveraging CTE program and retaining
talented youth
Focus on Retention
•Competitive wages and pension base.
Focus on Community
•Community Paramedic program
•Community Risk Reduction activities
•Indiana River Rescue School and IAWRP conference
•Fire Nuggets sponsorship in 2024
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Fire 2024 revenue $14.5 million
•Cash inflow-$10.8 million
(yellow)
•Accounting-$3.8 million
(green)
•Charges for service-next
slide.
•Intergov Revenue-State
reimbursement of 1977
plan pension expense.
2021 Actual 2022 Actual 2023 2024
Charges for Services 6,195,613 6,502,665 5,780,845 6,037,405
Intergov Revenues 4,101,279 4,061,778 4,700,000 4,600,000
Donations - 100 - -
Fines, Forfeitures Fees 311 59 - -
Interest Earnings 14,298 41,193 10,495 19,303
Intergov./ Grants 94,668 - 75,000 75,000
Licenses & Permits 23,137 29,308 24,000 26,000
Other Income 23,900 68,367 1,000 1,000
10,453,205 10,703,470 10,591,340 10,758,708
Interfund Transfers In 952,385 344,156 342,857 341,331
Debt Proceeds 210,000 1,355,000 1,430,000 3,410,000
1,162,385 1,699,156 1,772,857 3,751,331
Total 11,615,590 12,402,626 12,364,197 14,510,039
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CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IN
Charges for service-$6.3 million
•EMS–city receipts $3.2
million.
•EMS-county payment for
service $2.1 million.
•Medicaid-$469,000
•Event coverage-$160,000
•Training-$146,000
2021 Actual 2022 Actual 2023
Budget
2024
Budget
River rescue/training 94,890 135,256 151,500 146,000
Event coverage 131,008 173,743 150,000 160,000
Medicaid 590,368 578,790 443,000 469,580
EMS=County 1,905,360 1,972,044 2,021,345 2,066,825
EMS 3,473,987 3,642,833 3,015,000 3,195,000
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1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
Charges for service
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CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IN
Fire 2024 expense budget-$46.5 million
•Salary & benefits-$30.0
million and 64% of total.
More on next slide.
•Pension-1977 plan
reimbursed by state.
•Allocations-primarily IT.
•Capital & debt service-
acquisition cost of
equipment and fire
stations.
Salary &
Benefits Pension Interfund
Allocations
Capital &
Debt Service Supplies Services
2021 Actual 26,632,997 4,131,672 3,850,758 2,073,126 1,025,679 1,903,188
2022 Actual 28,227,578 4,122,958 3,628,962 1,878,388 1,273,025 2,264,069
2023 Amended 29,108,998 4,585,990 3,736,838 7,408,231 1,575,493 2,329,529
2024 Proposed 30,008,822 4,433,046 3,879,559 4,471,681 1,392,000 2,347,550
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5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
30,000,000
35,000,000
Fire Expenses
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Salary & Fringe
Benefits
Fire-2.25% contract wage increase. No change in staffing. 256 fire fighters.
(7) Non bargaining staff, 3% increase, no change in staffing.
Fringe benefits reflect increase in fire
pension expense due to increase in the pension base and increased INPRS rate.
Health insurance increased from
$12,300 to $13,600 per person.
2023 2024 Increase
Salary & Wages 21,665,503 22,105,827 440,324
Fringe 7,443,495 7,902,996 459,501
29,108,998 30,008,823 899,825
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Equipment replacement front line fleet
•This schedule drives the capital plan.
•Engines in service 20-plus years (15 is recommended life).
•Ambulances in service14 years.
•Aerials in service 16 years.
•Rescue 2007, 2023 replacement.
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In Service 11 7 4
Year Engines Ambulance Aerial
1 2 1 1
2
3 1
4 2
5 1 1
6
7 2 1
8
9 1 1
10 2
11 1
12
13 2 1 1
14
15 1
16 2
17 1
18
19 2
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Capital-$2.9 million for 2024
•2024 budget reflects plan.
•36 months production
cycle for apparatus.
•Three 20-year-old trucks will
be in service for three more
years.
•Radios-end of ten-year life.
2024 Cost
75,000$
75,000$
1,350,000$
30,000$
280,000$
1,100,000$
$ 2,910,000
Radios
Description
Personnel Equipment
Specialty Team Equipment
(2) Pumper Fire Truck
(1) Mid-Size Sedan Hybrid
(1) Medic (Ambulance) - New
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Supplies-$1.4 million 2024
•2024-$118,000 or 9%
increase over 2022 actual.
•Decrease from 2023 is due
to large rollover of open
POs into 2023 which
increased the 2023
amended budget.
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200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
1,800,000
2021 2022 2023 2024
Supplies
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Services-$2.3 million
•Similar to 2023, 4% increase over 2022.
•Repair & Maintenance largest expense. Cost of maintaining fleet and fire stations.
•Professional service split between legal costs and fire fighter physicals.
•Other-Training ($144,000), Bill processing ($48,000)
Repairs &
Maintenance
Professional
Services Utilities Other
2021 1,001,547 377,365 290,081 233,602
2022 1,155,277 498,620 309,124 300,218
2023 1,369,985 387,783 348,000 223,760
2024 1,152,000 542,000 327,500 326,050
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200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
Services
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Questions?
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