Your department, or any department you are familiar with, has expanded to where the span of control is no longer met for you as the fire chief.
As the chief executive of your department, your intention is to present a new deputy chief position as part of the budget preparation process.
For this position, you will need to review the deputy chief job description you created in Unit IV.
This project will consist of two parts.
First, you will create a justification document explaining why this position is needed and how you intend to pay for it.
The audience for your justification document is the local government manager (e.g., mayor, city manager, township administrator) and the town council (e.g., city council, board of trustees.) You must thoroughly sell this position and justify why it is necessary for the success of your department.
Your justification should also include:
how budgeting for this position will affect community stakeholders (e.g., government, taxpayers), and
how budgeting for this position reflects community goals.
Second, you will create a line-item budget for the position outlining the initial startup costs along with any continuing costs that will occur as a result of this new position.
