The Menlo Park Fire Protection District has an overtime problem.
The district has two firefighters who last year received more in overtime pay than regular pay. And in the same year, three firefighters made more than the fire chief, two battalion chiefs, a deputy fire chief and division chief of operations, who do not get overtime, according to district records.
Engineer-paramedic Michael Lamb was the district’s second-highest paid employee last year, getting $137,193 in regular pay and $151,516 in overtime. His total pay including benefits for the year was $368,745. Only Battalion Chief Ben Marra, at $387,799, made more, including $127,267 in “other pay.”