Council takes step toward hiring fire chief

Council takes step toward hiring fire chief

By Joshua Sterling jsterling@titusvilleherald.com Friday, February 14, 2014 4:05 AM EST

Titusville City Council took a step toward eventually hiring a new fire chief, after the August retirement of former chief Joe Crotty.

City councilors, at their Tuesday work session, discussed a memorandum of understanding with the City of Titusville IAFF firefighters, whereby hiring a chief from inside the department would allow that person to continue fighting fires.

According to City Manager Larry Manross, by contract, the citys fire chief cannot fill a shift or fight fires.

Under the proposal, hiring a chief from within the department would allow a chosen applicant to become chief while still going about his regular duties.

Resumes are still being accepted from inside the citys fire department until Friday.

Manross said that a minuteman would continue their part-time hours as chief, while full-time fire fighters would become a full-time chief.

Should the city decide to hire from outside the department, that chief would not be contractually allowed to fight fires, and would therefore be hired part-time.

In other council business, councilors announced they had received a special event application for the 2014 Oil Festival from Titusville Area Leisure Services Commission.

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Council takes step toward hiring fire chief