Fire Department needs 1.5 million dollars

So far this year, the department has spent about double the whole year's overtime budget -- each month. That's just one of a host of problems that has Mayor Greg Ballard pushing for an overhaul of the entire department. The agency faces several high-profile discrimination lawsuits, and word came Monday that its chief is leaving to become state fire marshal.

This budget wasn't realistic," said Newman, who was appointed by the mayor. "It flies in the face of public accountability, and I think it's misleading to the public."
Newman said the bottom line is that the department must shift up to $1.5 million from other areas to its overtime costs.

The IFD merger last year with the Washington and Warren township fire departments was promoted by then-Mayor Bart Peterson as a move that would save on overtime and other costs.
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Looks like Bart did it again. It seems that he was more interested in building a billion dollar dome then to take care of the city of Indianapolis.