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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS .IG Costa
FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR County
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DATE: May 18, 1993
SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT ON FIRE DISTRICT SAVINGS AND FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION
Specific Request(s) or Recommendation(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION•
Acknowledge receipt of report from the County Administrator regarding current
fire district savings and the status of the functional integration of the
five merit system districts.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
On May 4, 1993 the Board of Supervisors directed the County Administrator to
provide a status report on May 18, 1993 regarding fire district savings to
date from various sources and a summary of progress made toward functional
integration.
In prior reports, savings related to the retirement of two fire chiefs and
four assistant chiefs were estimated to be approximately $758,000 per year
after covering the one-time cost of early retirement of $400,000. The actual
gross annual cost savings resulting from the early retirement is
approximately $791,000 in salaries and benefits. The retirements reflect a
reduction of chiefs and assistant chiefs from a total 11 to the current
integrated structure of one chief and three assistant chiefs.
In addition to the savings related to the early retirement previously
identified, there are 21 other vacant positions ranging from clerical to
battalion chief which are being held open until the total functional
integration plan is developed and implemented. The annual savings of these
additional vacant positions is approximately $1,853,000 for a total current
annual savings of $2,644,000. It should be noted that some of these vacant :::
positions will need to be filled to implement the functional integration
plan.
Continued on Attachment:—X— YES Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other
Signature(s) :
Action of Board on: �T Approved as Recommended X—Other-X
The Board APPROVED the above recommendation and REQUESTED staff and the County's fire consultant
to address the issue of alternative ways of feasible cost savings or integration relative to
inclusion of the East County Fire Districts with the five merit districts and to provide this
data to the Board in June.
Vote of Supervisors: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: ) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Terry McGraw (646-4855) Attested: May 18. 1994
cc: County Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
Auditor-Controller the Board of Supervisors
County Counsel n Count Administrator
County and Indep. Fire Districts '
United Professional By: , DEPUTY
Firefighters Local 1230
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Status Report on Fire District
Savings and Functional Integration
Page 2
May 18, 1993
Since the establishment of the interim integrated management structure, Chief
Allen Little acting on behalf of all five districts, with the involvement of
fire district management staff and the County Administrator 's Office, has
been working on the development of several elements of functional integration
and cost savings. Chief Little has been meeting with the Commissions and
staff of the five districts to develop the integration plan. Fire district
management, representatives of the County Administrator' s Office and the
County' s fire district consultant have met with the firefighters union, Local
1230, on an informal basis. There have also been three ( 3 ) meet and confer
sessions between district management and Local 1230.
As the development of the functional integration plan has been underway,
various aspects of district operations, in addition to the management
structure, have begun to be integrated.
Budget, personnel, labor relations and affirmative action matters for the
five districts are in the process of being centralized under the two
Administrative Services Officers.
Plan checking and permit issuance for the unincorporated areas and the cities
that contract with the County for building inspection service are being
centralized in the Central Permit Bureau in Martinez.
The benefits of these and other functional integration actions will be
reflected in the fire district cost reduction report to the Board on
June 22, 1993 .
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