Is there some story behind why the highest paid individual in the entire city is a "fire apparatus operator"?
He pretty much doubled his salary with overtime.
And there are way too many city salaries over $200k in my opinion. Judging by the job descriptions and requisite educations for those jobs, I'd say they are way, way over market rates.
In what fantasyland do you need to pay $250k a year to find and retain a talented individual to be an "EMT supervisor"?
https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2016/berkeley/