{"id":50950,"date":"2023-03-27T07:12:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=50950"},"modified":"2023-03-27T07:12:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:12:37","slug":"city-council-to-decide-on-hiring-8-new-firefighters-at-voting-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/city-council-to-decide-on-hiring-8-new-firefighters-at-voting-session\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council To Decide on Hiring 8 New Firefighters at Voting Session"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jamestown City Council<\/strong> will decide whether to move forward with hiring eight firefighters<\/strong> using federal grant funds.<\/p>\n

The City of Jamestown received $1.8 million in Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program<\/strong> funds for the eight positions, but council members have raised concerns about having to lay off those positions once grant funds run out in three years.<\/p>\n

Also on tonight’s voting agenda is a resolution to use $500,000 in American Rescue Plan<\/strong> funds for the construction of Splash Pads<\/strong> at Allen and Jackson-Taylor Parks<\/strong>. Council also will vote on a total of $221,000 in requests using ARP funds to add a playground at Willard Park<\/strong>, a pickleball<\/strong> court at Roseland Park<\/strong>, repave basketball courts, and buy 18 new planters for downtown.<\/p>\n

A proposal to stabilize the banks of the Chadakoin River<\/strong> in the south basin and between the Warner Dam and North Main Street bridge is up for Council approval.<\/p>\n

The allocation of $327,925 in ARP to the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy<\/strong> had been approved by the Jamestown Local Development Corporation<\/strong>, but as the request is over the $100,000 threshold, it requires Council approval. Chautauqua County Soil and Water Conservation District<\/strong> would be contracted to do the work.<\/p>\n

Council also will review a local law to increase the mayor’s salary to $82,000 and increase city council member’s salaries to $7,000 with council president receiving an additional $1,000.<\/p>\n

A second law pertaining to increasing elected officials’ salaries has also been filed per the request of Council Member Bill Reynolds<\/strong> that includes the original recommendation from the Jamestown Salary Review Commission<\/strong>. This local law would increase City Council members’ salaries from $5,000 to $7,500 while increasing the Council President’s salary from $6,000 to $9,000. It also recommends increasing the Mayor’s salary from $72,000 to $82,000.<\/p>\n

Both local laws will be tabled for 30 days and be voted on at the April voting session. If approved, the salary increases would not go into effect until January 1, 2024.<\/p>\n

A school bus stop arm camera program<\/strong> contract with BusPatrol<\/strong> and a contract with Bird Bike<\/strong> to bring an ebike and escooter program to Jamestown are also up for consideration.<\/p>\n

A work session will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the fourth floor Police Training room with the voting session starting at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall. Both are open to the public with the voting session being livestreamed at jamestownny.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown City Council will decide whether to move forward with hiring eight firefighters using federal grant funds. The City of Jamestown received $1.8 million in Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program funds for the eight positions, but council members have raised concerns about having to lay off those positions once grant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":11161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[94,10348,10984,13003,13004,12579,376,445,483,13097,1122,1135,1147,5473,9640,13001,1950,12902,12901,13002],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/jamestownseal-feature.png?fit=332%2C190&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-dfM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50820,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/hiring-13-firefighters-increasing-elected-officials-salaries-and-funding-chadakoin-river-work-on-jamestown-city-council-agenda\/","url_meta":{"origin":50950,"position":0},"title":"Hiring 13 Firefighters, Increasing Elected Officials Salaries, and Funding Chadakoin River Work on Jamestown City Council Agenda","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"March 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Jamestown City Council will review resolutions to hire 13 firefighters at its work session tonight. 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