HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011998 - 1998-475 1015
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED this order on s e n t emb e r 15 , 1998 , by the following vote:
AYES: SUPERVISORS UILKEMA, GERBER, beSAULNIER, 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. Code §§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. 98/418 regarding the
subject proposed boundary reorganization.
The purpose of this resolution is to specify the terms and conditions of the proposed change 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 Board
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: Bentemher 15 , 199
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supe isors and County Administrator
By
Deputy
cc: County Administrator
Auditor-Controller
County Counsel
LAFCO
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