Five-Year Staffing Outlook
At a glance
- What: department heads' four-year outlook of about 55 additional positions (roughly 18 percent), shared for awareness.
- Status: not a budget request; FY2028 requests will need justification and revenue offsets.
- Key points: 19 police and 13 fire positions (mostly to put Engine 22 in service); several members raised sustainability concerns.
(From auto-captions; names and numbers may be misheard.)
Log
- 2026-08-22 - Town Council Retreat - Staff presented the outlook; members questioned police numbers against crime rates, parks and recreation cost recovery, and long-term pension and facility costs; the Town Manager estimated 50 positions at roughly six cents on the tax rate (from auto-captions)