8:09 - 8:43
“this budget includes increasing that paramedic pay incentive from 5% to 15%.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 8:09 – 8:43
- Transcript
- 5/02/26 Budget Work Session
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai
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From the transcript
We benefit greatly, our people benefit greatly for us having them. You know, neighboring departments pay a 15% premium on salary. And when you compare a firefighter at City of Kenai with a firefighter in neighboring departments who have them, straight up, we're very competitive. When you throw a paramedic incentive in there, their paramedics are making, you know, significant amount more than ours. So this budget includes increasing that paramedic pay incentive from 5% to 15%.
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