HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04012014 - FPD C.03RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE Appropriation and Revenue Adjustment No. 5054 authorizing use of fund balance in the amount of
$1,154,876 and appropriating it for fiscal year 2013-14 personnel costs in the Contra Costa County Fire Protection
District.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Reduction in available fund balance of $1,154,876.
BACKGROUND:
This appropriation and revenue adjustment is necessary for four (4) reasons:
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District’s fiscal year 2013-14 Recommended Budget included the
closure of two fire stations. One station, Fire Station 87 in Pittsburg, was closed in July 2013. Subsequent to
adopting the Recommended Budget, the Fire Board of Directors (Board) voted to keep the second station
(scheduled to close in January 2014) open. Most of the costs associated with keeping an additional station open
for a partial year were temporarily absorbed into the existing budget by managing vacancies, continuing to
forgo certain expenditures, etc., but some budgetary adjustments are necessary to account for staffing a fire
crew for six months.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/01/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, Director
Candace Andersen,
Director
Mary N. Piepho, Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
Federal D. Glover, Director
Contact: J. Lorrekovich, Chief Admin
Services (925) 941-3312
I hereby certify that this 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: April 1, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C.3
To:Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:Jeff Carman, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Date:April 1, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Appropriation Adjustment – 2013-14 Fire District Operating Budget
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
In July 2013, the Board approved adding a two-person EMS squad for a 90 day period. The squad became
operational on September 6, 2013. In December 2013, the Board approved a 90 day extension of the EMS squad
to gather more data on its efficacy. The squad has been staffed by overtime recall of personnel. This overtime was
not included in the adopted fiscal year 2013-14 budget.
When four fire stations were decommissioned in January 2013, a fourth firefighter was added to the
three-person crew at Fire Station 1 in Walnut Creek. When the EMS squad was installed at Fire Station 1 in
September 2013, the fourth firefighter was moved to Fire Station 6 in Concord. Effective March 11, 2014,
the fourth firefighter was eliminated and the EMS squad was relocated to Fire Station 6. In all cases the
fourth firefighter was staffed at busy stations that formerly had two regularly assigned three-person crews.
The fourth firefighter was intended to help mitigate the effects of the significant reduction in fire units that
occurred in January 2013. The position was staffed by overtime recall of personnel. This overtime was not
included in the adopted fiscal year 2013-14 budget.
On February 21, 2014, the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District was awarded a two year federal
staffing grant in the amount of $9,571,500. The period of performance starts on May 16, 2014. An academy
is planned for May 19, 2014. There will be some personnel costs associated with hiring a recruit academy
for the remaining 1.5 months in fiscal year 2013-14. Those costs are reimbursable through the grant, but
that reimbursement will not occur until fiscal year 2014-15.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The above-referenced expenditures, most of which have already occurred, will not be budgeted for in the current
fiscal year. The District may overspend its budget.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.
ATTACHMENTS
Appropriations and Revenue Adjustment No. 5054