Fire chief fields council questions on department presentation

Fire Chief Ray Franco presented the Fire Department section of the council agenda on June 17; Assistant Fire Chief Charlie Butterfield and City Administrator Susan Robertson joined responses to council questions. Council Member Peter Hendricks led several technical and operational inquiries while Council Member Michelle Griffith asked follow-up questions on maintenance and staffing-related topics.

Staff and chiefs provided clarifications on operations and relationships between administrative and fire functions. As with other departmental items on the agenda, the transcript does not include dollar amounts or detailed personnel counts in the excerpt provided; council members moved on to the next agenda item after concluding the discussion.