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Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Contra
FROM:
4i) Costa
DATE: February 4 , 1985 County
SUBJECT: Proposed Combination of the Eastern Fire Protection
District and the Brentwood Fire Protection District
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the proposed combination of the Eastern Fire Protection District
and the Brentwood Fire Protection District and refer the proposal to the
County Administrator and County Counsel for the preparation of an
implementation plan to include a Resolution of Application to the Local
Agency Formation Commission to accomplish the combination.
BACKGROUND
Ray H. Morgan, Chief of the Eastern Fire Protection District and Acting
Chief by contract of the Brentwood Fire Protection District, on behalf of
the Commissioners of the two districts has requested and proposed that the
two districts be combined to form a single district to serve the areas
presently served by the two districts.
Although the proposed combination would not result in any significant
direct savings, there would be some indirect cost savings and benefits to
county departments that deal with the fire districts such as the
Auditor-Controller, County Administrator and Personnel. The combination
will result in improved utilization of manpower, equipment, training
programs, facilities and other resources of the two districts.
Many of the functional benefits discussed above have already been
accomplished on an informal basis inasmuch as Ray Morgan has served as
contract fire chief of the Brentwood Fire Protection District for the last
several years. This proposed combination will solidify and make those
benefits permanent.
The commissioners of both districts are aware that the proposed combination
would result in the elimination of five commissioners and are agreeable to
working out a plan to make such reduction. It should be noted that this
would be an opportune time to make this change inasmuch as there is
currently one vacancy in each district. Thus, it would be necessary for
only three of the commissioners to volunteer to resign from the Commission.
In addition to the operational and administrative advantages of the
proposed combination, the residents of the two fire protection districts
would benefit in that the combination would result in improved insurance
ratings in both districts which should have a beneficial effect on
insurance rates.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X_ OTHER
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AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED
Eastern Fire Protection District
Brentwood Fire Protection District PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
LAFCO
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRA
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M382/7-83 Auditor-Controller BY , DEPUTY