Comments on: SFD April 2015 Draft Minutes

By: Concerned Taxpayer

Concerned Taxpayer — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:47:41 +0000

Not only does the chief go down to the valley every weekend he also takes the Sedona Fire vehicle with him. That’s not how my tax dollars should be spent. The next money grab he’s trying to pull off is putting all non fire personnel on the Arizona State Retirement System. We are already responsible for the soaring burden of the Public Safety Retirement System and now they want us to be tied to two pension systems where costs in the future are unlimited. Our tax dollars already pay for a quite handsome compensation package for their employees and now they want us to pay twice for their retirement. How much is enough?

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:44:58 +0000

Why slam this site @who cares? Reads to me like it’s well balanced. Reads to me like every voice gets heard, pro or con. Reads to me that even at its expense it gives your slams air time. Reads to me that you get voices in Sedona and outside the city limits.

By: who cares

who cares — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:10:49 +0000

to Darren in Sedona

Wow, you must be very connected to sfd to know if the chief is or isn’t here on Friday.

If you read the comments you would see that HE didn’t move to Phoenix his family did. It’s just common sense that if he lives here mon to thursday he has to live some place here. I really don’t think that he could make a commute like that daily.

It sounds like a bunch of bull diddley on this site, like I said up above, have a question ASK THE GUY or get a life and shut the heck up.

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 03:12:15 +0000

Actually Darren said Monday to Thursday, not Monday to Friday. Besides, as I understand it, SFD went on a 4 day work week back in 2011. The 48/96 schedule makes it possible to work 10-11 days out of the month and spend the rest of the time at home.

By: Just Wanderin'

Just Wanderin' — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:39:17 +0000

The other thing that bothers me is that Chief Kazian from the time he was hired, had no intentions of living here permanently. He rented several homes for 3 years and once he moved his family down in Phoenix, he went ahead and bought a house. How can we trust a highly paid Fire Chief at his job if he had that kind of deceit in the back of his mind. Had he shared his intentions when he was initially interviewed, he would never have been a contender for this job.

By: Darren in Sedona

Darren in Sedona — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:13:34 +0000

@who cares
Just for the sake of clarification, the Fire Chief is here through Thursday NOT Friday.

I agree with David… I am sure that we have very capable Battalion Chiefs that can get the job done…in that case, why not eliminate the Chief’s position and save the high-end salary that he is getting. By his moving to Phoenix, he is actually an Interim Fire Chief getting the salary intended for a full time fire chief who lives in our community and feels that’s good enough to have his family living here. Perhaps it’s time to have someone at the helm who takes pride in our community and wants to live here. I am sure that there are plenty of qualified people who would be willing to do that.

By: who cares

who cares — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:56:46 +0000

If you read what Darren said up top it says that the chief lives here monday to friday. What’s the problem?

I’ll only care when something happens and the sky fell because Kazian wasn’t here. I have met a few of our battalions chiefs and with their knowledge and experience, I’M NOT WORRIED ONE BIT.

Stop making a big deal out of nothing.

By: David, Sedona

David, Sedona — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:10:40 +0000

Read and don’t weigh in, we read but comments not our style. Might be good time to change sides. Here goes. Like the content here.

Comment to above—‘You should care. We ought to care. That comment by Warren is right. The suggestion to bring it up to the board is good. He had to have been hired to live here wasn’t he? Didn’t he give money to build to water park? Kazian is a great guy, no problem with him. He needs to live here or go to work in Phoenix. Simple. Or like my wife says maybe time to change job description and agree to remote fire chiefs and pay onsite acting chiefs the difference, up their pay. I’m thinking it might indicate we don’t need high pay or even need a chief here. Can Sedona join call center and let Cottonwood handle us?’

By: Warren

Warren — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:54:39 +0000

@ Why cares! — People care because there could be an “all hands on deck” type situation. In such a situation, fire dept. employees are called up regardless of where they live or whether it is their day off. If they live in Phoenix then obviously their response time will not be exactly rapid. A chief living in Phoenix is ridiculous.

By: Who Cares

Who Cares — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:03:15 +0000

Who cares!