The same recommendation would abolish the position of assistant fire chief, and reduces the current assistant chief to the pay scale for a fire captain. It also eliminates the position of secretary for the fire department.
The same report also does away with the secretary's position with the police department, along with the city building custodian and one street department worker.
The plan calls for immediate implementation once reviewed by the finance committee and approved by the city council.
The total estimated savings would be $510,991.
The deficit going into the city's 2013 budget is $750,000, said Mayor Mike Bowers.
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