Authorizing the ratification of the City Manager to activate the Laredo Fire Department’s Fire Engine 3016 by reclassifying nine (9) Full-Time equivalent firefighter positions to the position of three (3) Captains, three (3) Fire Drivers, three (3) Fire Assistant Drivers, and fifteen (15) cadets to firefighters. The engine will be located at Fire Station #14, 5309 Cielito Lindo Blvd., for the future Buena Vista Fire Station #16. The mobilization of this engine will provide quick responses and protection to South Laredo. The reclassification Funding is available in the General Fund - Fire Department.

Committee

City Council

Requested by

Fire

Introduced

April 1, 2026

On agenda

April 20, 2026

Where it was heard

City Council Apr 20, 2026

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