"We're At A Breaking Point": St. Paul Fire Chief Asks For Additional $3.8M In 2023

By Adam Duxter, CBS Minnesota

September 9, 2022

The St. Paul Fire Department is requesting nearly $4 million in relief from the city in 2023.

Chief Butch Inks made his case to St. Paul City Council Wednesday, emphasizing that the department is doing more than ever before with only slightly higher staffing levels.

Inks is proposing a $74,509,998 budget for 2023 – an increase of 5.5 percent. The changes to the general fund would include adding an additional nine staff members, including two fire investigators and a new deputy chief of alternate response.

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