TO: Committee of the Whole - Finance, Administration, and Communications
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Finance
Kelley Cochran
425-556-2748
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
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Haritha Narra
Deputy Finance Director
Finance
Hailey Zurcher
Financial Planning Manager
Finance
Daniel Morgan
Sr. Financial Analyst
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Quarterly Overtime Report: January 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025
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The Quarterly Overtime Report provides citywide data from January 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025.
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Key highlights from the Quarterly Overtime Report include the following:
* Citywide overtime costs are 4.8% above target and total $2.05 million through the first quarter.
* Excluding overtime costs that are fully reimbursable, citywide overtime costs are 6%, or $411 thousand, above target.
* Total Salaries, including regular salaries and overtime, are 1.1%, or $2.4 million, under target.
* Fire Department overtime costs are 19.1% spent of budget for a total of $1.54 million, which is 6.6% or $534 thousand above target. Regular salary savings due to vacancies contribute $912 thousand to offset total overtime costs. Overtime is primarily driven by shift coverage overtime and incident-driven overtime.
o Shift coverage includes firefighter backfill while new recruits attend academy and covering planned leave or sick leave.
o Incident-Driven includes after-hours Prevention work and Wildland deployment to the California wildfires.
* Police Department overtime costs are 1.3%, or $32 thousand, above target and total $346 thousand; however, due to current vacancies, there are regular salary savings of $549 thousand to offset overtime.
* All other depa...
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