http://www.plamerican.com/city-still-plans-hire-full-time-fire-chief-111 Comments for "City still plans to hire full- time fire chief" en http://www.plamerican.com/city-still-plans-hire-full-time-fire-chief-111 <p><strong>By Lori Carlson, Editor</strong><br /> The decision to go ahead with plans to hire a full-time fire chief caused some debate among Prior Lake City Council members during a budget workshop Monday.</p> <p>The 2010 budget includes enough money to hire a full-time chief to oversee the city’s paid on-call volunteer fire department. City leaders originally budgeted for the position for 2009 but delayed the hiring by one year due to budget cuts. Salary and benefits for the fire chief position are estimated at $112,000, Finance Director Jerilyn Erickson said.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.plamerican.com/city-still-plans-hire-full-time-fire-chief-111">read more</a></p> http://www.plamerican.com/city-still-plans-hire-full-time-fire-chief-111#comments City Politics General news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600 Lori Carlson 9475 at http://www.plamerican.com