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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09151998 - C105 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ADOPTED this order on September 15 1998 by the following vote: AYES: SUPERVISORS UILKEMA, GERBER, DeSAULNIER, CANCIAMILLA and ROGERS NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE RESOLUTION NO. 981 4 7 5 SUBJECT: Amended Application to the Contra Costa County Local } Agency Formation Commission to Detach the Territory ) of the Former Oakley Fire Protection District {currently the } Oakley Reserve Division of the Contra Costa County } Fire Protection District)from the Contra Costa County ) Fire Protection District, Form the Dependent Oakley Fire ) Protection District consisting of the Territory of the Former } Oakley Fire Protection District, Detach the portion of the ) Hotchkiss Tract area that was formerly(prior to the 1994 } consolidation) part of the Bethel Island Fire Protection ) District from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection } District, Annex the detached portion of the Hotchkiss Tract ) area to the Bethel Island Fire Protection District, Amend the } Spheres of Influence of the Contra Costa County Fire ) Protection District and the Bethel Island Fire Protection } District and Establish the Sphere of Influence of the Oakley ) Fire Protection District ) (Gov. Com§§ 56652, 56428 ) On August 11, 1998 the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, acting as the governing board of the Bethel Island and Contra Costa County Fire Protection Districts, adopted Resolution No. 981418 regarding the subject proposed boundary reorganization. The purpose of this resolution is to specify the terms and conditions of the proposedchange of organization. 1. The terms and conditions proposed for the change of organization are as follows: a. The name of the proposed new fire protection district will be the Oakley Fire Protection District. b. Fire protection services in the proposed new Oakley Fire Protection District will be provided by traditional paid-on-call personnel. It is the intention of the Board of Supervisors to continue the paid-on-call system unless future circumstances suggest that the system is no longer effective, in which case, the policy decision to alter or augment the system will be made by the Board of Supervisors. C. All equipment and other personal property, all real property, and all records,funding, rights, liabilities and assets, whether tangible or intangible, of the former Oakley Fire Protection District shall be transferred to and become the property, rights and obligations of the proposed new Oakley Fire Protection District. The Board of Supervisors, as the Governing Board of the Districts, Shall take whatever measures are necessary to effect these actions. Resolution 98/475 d. The chief officers of the Oakley Reserve Division of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District shall be placed in non-merit system positions in the Oakley Fire Protection District as follows: Reserve Division Position Title Oakley Fire Protection District Title Volunteer Chief/Reserve Coordinator Chief Volunteer Asst. Chief/Training Coordinator Asst. Chief Volunteer Asst. Chief/Training Coordinator Asst. Chief All other employees of the Oakley Reserve Division will be placed in non-merit system positions in the Oakley Fire Protection District comparable to their present positions. e. All employees of the Oakley Reserve Division of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, as employees of the Oakley Fire Protection District, shall be paid at the level and on the basis they are paid at the time of this Reorganization. f. All employees of the Oakley Reserve Division of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, as employees of the Oakley Fire Protection District will be eligible only for benefits being received at the time of this Reorganization unless otherwise authorized by the Beard of Supervisors. g. This application recognizes that no employees of the Bethel Island Fire Protection District are affected by the reorganization. h. With this change of organization to delete territory from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, it(the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District)as it now exists shall remain in existence for the purposes and continued application of the Fire Protection District Laws of 1961 and 1987. 2. The reason for this proposal is to separate the dissimilar fire district operations, i.e., the fully staffed, fully paid Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and the paid on-call Oakley Reserve Division. The existence of a "volunteer" operation within a fully paid fire district has caused dissension among District staff, fire fighters union employees and they Oakley reserve staff. Because of the District's operating financial shortfall and the need for new fire stations in its pre-consolidation territory, staffing the Oakley station with full time firefighters has not been feasible. The efforts to displace the paid-on-call employees of the Oakley Reserve Division has caused a significant amount of morale problems among the ranks of the paid-on-call firefighters. The re-establishment of the Oakley Fire District will return a feeling of local control and fire service identify to the communities of Oakley and Knightsen which could help ensue passage of any revenue measures that may become necessary in the future to meet the fire service needs of the Oakley District. 3. The proposal is not consistent with present spheres of influence of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District or the Bethel Island Fire Protection District but would be consistent with the amended spheres of influence proposed herein for the Contra Costa County and the Bethel Island Fire Protection Districts. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: Sep mb r 15 , 1998 Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of Supe isors and County Administrator Deputy cc: County Administrator Auditor-Controller County Counsel LAFC© RESOLUTION NO. 98/ 4 7 5