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:
Finance
Haritha Narra
Deputy Finance Director
Finance
Hailey Zurcher
Interim Financial Planning Manager
Finance
Daniel Morgan
Sr. Financial Analyst
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Quarterly Overtime Report: January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2024
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The Quarterly Overtime Report provides citywide data from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2024.
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Key highlights from the Quarterly Overtime Report include the following:
* Citywide overtime costs are 41.5% above target and total $13.2 million.
* Excluding overtime costs that are fully reimbursable, citywide overtime costs are 70%, or $3.1 million, above target.
* Total Salaries, including regular salaries and overtime, are 2.3%, or $4.4 million, under target.
* Fire Department overtime costs are 33.2%, or $2.3 million, above target and total $7.9 million, 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, Wildland, deployment to hurricanes, and the bomb cyclone.
* Police Department overtime costs are 110.5%, or $1.48 million, above target and total $2.8 million, primarily driven by significant position vacancies, Sound Transit, special events, drone as a First Responder, and increased presence at Council meetings.
* All other departments' overtime costs are 7%, or $72,624, above target and total $1.1 million, driven in part by...
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