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SEPTEMBER
MONDAY
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MET IN ALL ITS
CAPACITIES PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE CODE
SECTION 24-2.402
IN ADJOURNED REGULAR SESSION
AT 9:30 a.m.
Monday, September 20, 1982
IN ROOM 107
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA
PRESENT: Supervisor Nancy C. Fanden
Supervisor Tom Powers
ABSENT: Supervisor Robert I. Schroder
Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak
CLERK: J. R. Olsson, Represented By
Geraldine Russell, Deputy Clerk
(This was a Finance Committee meeting hearing on supplemental allocations of special
district augmentation funds continued from Sept. 8, 1982. A quorum did not attend,
so no closing was done.)
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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Continued Hearing )
on Supplementary Allocations from )
the Special District Augmentation ) Monday, September 20, 1982
Fund. )
The Board on September 8, 1982, sitting as a committee-
of-the-whole, having continued to this day the hearing on requests
and recommendations for additional allocations from the Special
District Augmentation Fund (SDAF); and
A quorum of the Board not being present, and the hearing
having proceeded before the two members of the Finance Committee,
Supervisors T. Powers and N. C. Fanden; and
Frank Fernandez, Assistant County Administrator-Finance,
having presented and summarized the September 20, 1982 report of the
County Administrator with respect to comments and requests by repre-
sentatives of certain special districts submitted at the September 8
hearing in response to the recommendations contained in the
September 3, 1982 report of the County Administrator as well as
additional requests which previously were not submitted; and
Mr. Fernandez having submitted recommendations for a
total net decrease in allocations of $58,168 to fund certain county
service areas/special districts' requests which, if approved, would
leave a balance of approximately $427,911 in the fund to serve as
reserves; and
Supervisor Powers, Chairman of the Finance Committee,
having requested those persons desiring to speak to come forward,
and the following representatives from special district and county
service areas having presented comments:
Tom Birdwell, Chief, Rodeo Fire Protection District,
on funding for manpower to staff a proposed new fire
station in Hercules;
Edward Spencer, Ambrose Recreation and Park District,
on the need for additional manpower to assist in the
resolution of maintenance problems, and difficulty
in obtaining agreement with the County Auditor-
Controller as to their fund balance;
Tom Hanson, County Service Area R-7, on acquisition
of a 10-acre park site from the San Ramon Valley
Unified School District;
Vincent J. Aiello, Chief, Riverview Fire Protection
District, on funding for manpower and the need to
develop a mechanism (i.e. acreage fees) to fund fire
facilities;
William Maxfield, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire
Protection District, on the need for an additional
fire inspector to review construction plans and make
site inspections, and the need for new fire stations
in Walnut Creek and the Alhambra Valley;
Ray Morgan, Chief, Brentwood Fire Protection District,
on fundii., to build an auxiliary fire facility in
Brentwood, noting the site has been provided by the
City of Brentwood;
Gerald Littleton, Chief, Crockett-Carquinez Fire
Protection District, on funding to replace two vehicles,
and requested information with respect to criteria
for determining justification for vehical/equipment
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Jerry Prideaux, Administrator Services Office, County
Library, on funds for a feasibility study for an
upgraded library circulation and control system; and
Louis M. Ellis, D.D.S., and Kenneth F. Edwards, a tax-
payer, having expressed concern on the cost incurred by the Contra
Costa County Fire Protection District in maintaining an aircraft at
Buchanan Airport for fire suppression purposes, and having commented
on the advantages of utilizing private aircraft and volunteer
pilots; and
Chief Maxfield and other fire chiefs having spoken on the
advantages of having the aircraft available at all times, par-
ticularly in emergency situations; and
All persons desiring to speak having been heard, and
Supervisors Powers and Fanden having considered the requests sub-
mitted for supplemental augmentation funds and the recommendations
of staff, and having expressed concurrence with staff's recommen-
dations and having also recommended additional supplemental funding
as follows:
$95,000 to the Contra Costa Mosquito Abatement
District for a mosquito fish aquaculture
project in a former sewer treatment facility
in Hercules;
$3,000 to fund the library study with $22,000 to
be provided from the budget for libraries;
$18,000 to fund the new Brentwood Fire Station; and
There being no further discussion, Chairman Powers
announced that the Committee's recommendations will be presented to
the Board on September 28, 1982.
THIS IS A MATTER FOR RECORD PURPOSES ONLY.
cc: County Administrator
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