City To Look Internally For Fire Chief

The city’s Police and Fire Commission agreed last week to post the position for Sturgeon Bay’s fire chief internally for Sturgeon Bay Fire Department personnel to apply, said commission chair Wayne Spritka.

The city won’t be using a human resources firm to help select someone for the position, he said, which is now held on an interim basis by assistant chief Kalin Montevideo, who the commission appointed on Feb. 5 for a period of up to six months.

Spritka said the commission had been holding off moving forward on a permanent hire pending a revision of the fire chief’s job description, which the Common Council updated this month for the first time since 1997. 

That job description requires the chief to live within 15 miles of city limits.

Spritka said the commission is scheduled to meet next on May 1, when it plans to interview police officer candidates.

Assistant police chief Dan Brinkman said the police department, which no longer has a residency requirement for its officers, is now looking to fill two vacant police officer positions.