Update: Mayor's budget hearing for police, fire, sheriff and related departments

The 2014 Mayor's office budget hearings started today. Below are links to the Metro Police Department, Fire, Sheriff's Office and some other related departments.  I will be watching some of them and summarizing and commending but will not watch them all. Anyone contemplating running for Metro Council should watch all of the hearings.  Since Metro had a property tax increase last year, I doubt a property tax increase will be proposed this year. Unfortunately, metro departments only get close scrutiny during years in which a tax increase is  proposed.

FY15 Office of Emergency Management Mayoral Budget Hearing  

 
FY15 Police Department Mayoral Budget Hearing, 03/31/14

  Police ask for additional funding to open a new precinct.

FY15 Emergency Communications Center Mayoral Budget Hearing, 03/31/14

 FY15 Sheriff's Office Mayoral Budget Hearing, 03/31/14 by MetroGovNashville 

  

FY15 Nashville Fire Department Mayoral Budget Hearing

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Fire Department Budget Hearing: They want $2.3 million more. more money.

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Fire Department Budget Hearing
Fire Chief Steve  Halford make the presentation.

New fire stations have opened in the last year. If the department was to have a 2% reduction, we would have to have a reduction of 31 personnel.  This would result in the elimination of 2 of the current 35 fire companies. This would result a reduction in response time. The Department this year had a Department of Homeland Security grant called a "safer grant" which allowed, along with some existing vacancies, the department to train hire and field 63 new firefighters and emergency medical technicians. We need to make up with local funds the loss of this one-time grant. The bottom line? The Chief list several line item "budget modifications" that total to a $2.3 million additional budget request.

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