Framingham Fire answers the question of sick time/overtime

In a Ways and Means meeting in early April with the FFD I asked about the overtime and the sick time, as I have in the past and like the past, FFD never answered the question. So when the FFD budget came up at TM, I had to ask for the numbers, which were just given  to me on Friday May 15th. Their overtime is over 1 million dollars while their sick time has come down it's still the driving force in overtime. Each employee is taking around 6 days a year. The private sector sick day average  is around 4 days a year.

2013                2014           2015 Academy Training                         1974             4910             2274 Compensatory Time                      2606             2236             2230 Family Leave (unpaid)                    14                   15                 16 Sick Leave                                  15020            12324           11422 Injury Time (Worker's Comp)         7417             3756            4444                                                                                                          Approximate Days (using 12 hour shifts)                  Academy Training                         165              409               190 Compensatory Time                      217               186              186 Family Leave (unpaid)                     1                    1                  1 Sick Leave                                    1252            1027             952 Injury Time (Worker's Comp)        618              313              370