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advantageous to the City to centralize this effort by having one person with the knowledge, process and documents that everyone can go to and work together with to accomplish this critical task. Our goal will be to obtain another person with a CPA certificate if possible which will add further depth and skill to this department for critical financial analysis. Having this position will also allow Mr. Anderson to delegate staff managerial duties. As with the ACM position discussed earlier, this is another position that I believe will create greater efficiency within our ever increasingly dynamic organization. The fourth, fifth and sixth positions that I am seeking permission to create are three additional full-time paramedics to replace three part-time positions within the City's EMS Department. This would allow us a full-time 4th frontline ambulance crew each shift with the Deputy Chief available in a 511 unit to supervise and respond to emergencies as necessary on a 24/7 basis. The number of calls for service has begun to approach ten thousand a year and will likely exceed that in short time. To service this ever increasing demand for emergency services, the EMS Department currently has four full-time frontline ambulance crews each day (24/7). Each truck requires two personnel (Captain and Crewmember). Three of these units are staffed with full-time employees while the 4' unit is staffed with a full-time employee and a part-time employee for 15 hours, after which the part-time employee leaves and the full-time employee is joined by the Deputy Chief. This prevents the Deputy Chief from effectively managing the shift at night and causes us to lose the ability to utilize a fifth ambulance quickly when needed. After much discussion, Fire Chief Thomas McMonigle, Assistant EMS Chief Jason Dyess and I are in agreement that the City of Paris will be better served with four full-time front line ambulances, operating 24/7 along with the Deputy Chief in a 5t' unit to properly supervise and be ready to effectively respond when necessary. To accomplish this, we need to hire three new personnel (one per each of three shifts). We would like to replace the part-time position with a full-time position, thus giving us a Deputy Chief and eight full-time positions each shift. Given the demand requires the need of a 4' front line truck (often times even more than this), we need to shift away from a permanent part-time employee presence each day to a full-time employee each day. This will also allow us to once again place our part-time employees in reserve status for filling in for vacation, sick, high demand times beyond what four front line trucks can manage, transfers, etc., which was the goal of part-time positions to begin with in this department. When examining the net cost change, we will take a 15 -hour per day part-time position and simply add the additional 9 hours a day and make it a full-time position. There will be added cost for these 9 hours each day with benefits for the entire day, but given the differences in hourly rates between FT and PT, a need to have the position more reliably and consistently filled, and a need to free up the Deputy Chief for shift management 24/7 and part-time employees for leave coverage, we believe the added cost is outweighed by the gains we will receive. The seventh position that I am seeking permission to create is a fourth Utility Meter Reader. We currently have two Utility Meter Readers and a Customer Service Representative who doubles as a Meter Reader. With the City of Paris increasing its sewer rate incrementally these past 24 months, and with more increases planned in the future on account of our Wastewater Treatment Plant Project, we have seen the number of disconnects for non-payment double. This places a heavy demand on staff as we must timely perform this task, as well as timely restore service upon payment by the customer. During these tense situations with upset customers, we believe there is a need to increase our service ability by adding a new full-time meter reader. This is also necessary to prevent abuse of non-payment situations as utility bills must be paid in order to operate our utility business, which means situations where non-payment is occurring must be dealt with swiftly to cease the issue before becoming worse. Given our rate increases are not a temporary measure, making this a full-time position is necessary. For full disclosure, due to the high demand on staff and the need to keep up with the service, Mr. Anderson and I approved utilizing temporary help beginning this summer with the hopeful goal of it turning into a full time position in FY23/24. The eighth and final new full-time position that I am seeking permission to create is a Community Development Department Secretary. The City of Paris has enjoyed a tremendous amount of industrial, commercial, and residential growth in recent years with much more planned on the horizon. To accomplish this pursuant to city code, city staff must be swift and timely with its pre -development meetings, plan reviews, Page 14 of 23