TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) - Over 40 new positions with the City of Tallahassee are being proposed in the 2016 budget.
Eighteen of those positions are with the Tallahassee Police Department, 16 officers and 2 investigators, but the other positions are spread out across the city.
Another 16 proposed positions will go to the Fire Department. According to the proposed budget, those positions will be used to staff the station at the Tallahassee-Leon County Public Safety Complex. As of July, that station is being staffed with overtime employees until the positions can be filled in October.
Below are the proposed positions:
| Police Officers - 16 full time positions Police Investigators - 2 full time positions Senior Horticulture Technician with Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs - 1 full time position Equipment Operator II with Public Works - 2 full time positions Fire Engineer - 3 full time positions Firefighters - 6 full time positions Lieutenant - 3 full time positions Maintenance Repair Worker with the Fire Department - 1 full time position Training Specialist - 1 full time position Fire Inspector Specialist - 2 full time positions Electric System Operator with Electric Department - 1 full time position Airport Maintenance Technician - 1 full time position Airport Operations Agent - 1 full time position Senior Technical Support Analyst with the Management & Administration Department - 1 full time position Administrative Specialist I with the Ethics Office - 1 part-time position |
