Local brief
Four acting fire sergeants approved to cover three vacancies and a medical leave
City staff said the acting assignments were needed to maintain enough certified officers to meet the Fire Department's minimum staffing requirement.
Starkville aldermen approved four acting-sergeant appointments Oct. 20 after city staff said the assignments were needed to maintain enough certified officers to meet the Fire Department's minimum staffing requirement.[1][2][3][4]
Christopher McGlothin, Gage Wesley, Yaakov Weinstein and Caleb Pugh were approved for the acting roles. The Human Resources request identifies three vacant sergeant posts—Ladder One, Engine One and Ladder Two—and a fourth sergeant on medical leave.[1][2][3][4]
The request lists annual salaries of $52,218.78 each for McGlothin, Wesley and Weinstein, and $52,263.71 for Pugh.[4]
The appointments were approved through the board's consented agenda, resolving the outcome left open in our earlier report on the staffing request.[1][2][3]
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