From this weekend's story:

The understaffed Coatesville Fire Department has exceeded its budgeted overtime expenses for the year in less than five months, according to city officials.

The department’s 2008 budget passed by City Council in January allotted the department $15,000 to pay for the extra shifts covered by the city’s full-time firefighters. On Thursday, city spokeswoman Kristin Geiger confirmed Coatesville had paid more than $24,100 so far this year.

Coatesville hopes alleviate the problem by hiring more full-time firefighters, and the city has begun advertising three openings in the department. Geiger said applications for those positions will be accepted through June 20.

From those applicants the city plans to administer a civil service test and hopes to compile an eligibility list.

No date has been set for the test yet, and it looks like it could be the middle of the summer before anyone is hired, at the earliest.