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City Council Minutes <br />September 4, 2018 <br />Page 11 <br />Mr. Cunningham added there is an expectation that the fire chief is a leader. Even if <br />the fire chief is not there, a senior officer takes charge to maintain a balance of the <br />senior leadership team. <br />Mr. Portner added it was impossible to compare the City of Brooklyn Park fire <br />department with Elk River's fire department. He took the first response portion out <br />of the job description so the role could be more management focused. He hopes Elk <br />River could be a place to develop these types of skills in future chiefs. <br />Mayor Dietz wants the incident commander role to be added back to the job <br />description. <br />Councilmember Wagner is neutral on the issue. <br />Councilmember Ovall did not see any harm in including it. <br />Councilmember Olsen agrees it should be added back in. <br />The Council asked Ms. Wipper to reword the job description. <br />Councilmember Westgaard pointed out the job description doesn't cover every <br />scenario that could come up on the job. <br />Councilmember Wagner suggested adding the phrase `when appropriate". <br />Ms. Wipper pointed out the job description currently says "Ability to provide <br />leadership" and showing up at a fire scene would be providing leadership. <br />Mr. Portner asked who determines when an incident is "appropriate" to respond to <br />and what are the repercussions if the Fire Chief does or does not respond? <br />Mayor Dietz asked Ms. Wipper to work with Acting Fire Chief Surratt to come up <br />with a sentence to clarify the job description. Once this change is made, and the <br />addition of 25 minute distance is added, the interviews can proceed. <br />10.3 Vacation and Paternity Leave <br />Ms. Wipper presented the staff report. She proposed changing the current vacation <br />policy to increase number of days off sooner in the employment instead of waiting <br />for the five year anniversary to increase. There would be no financial impact but <br />department productivity may be affected. <br />Councilmember Ovall asked if bereavement was separate. <br />Ms. Wipper responded it was. <br />Mayor Dietz asked if there were complaints from employees regarding the current <br />vacation accrual. <br />PRWI'RI1Rr <br />NAR UD <br />