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BOARD OF DIRECTORS - ACTION SUMMARY
Wednesday, February 21, 2001 - 6:00 p.m.
Administration Building
2101 Hurley Way, Sacramento, CA
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by President Horel. Board Members
Present: Engellenner, Goold, Granados, Horel, Jones, Stewart, Trujillo,
Vanderveen, Valley; Fire Chief Martinez, General Counsel Price, Board
Clerk Tilson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CONSENT AGENDA:
1. Board Meeting Action Summary-February 3, 2001
2. Board Meeting Action Summary-February 7, 2001
3. District Claims - January 31, 2001
4. Deposit Report
· Board Action:
Engellenner/Jones - Approve Consent Agenda. Unanimous vote in favor.
ACTION ITEM(S)
1. Regional Fire & Rescue Training Authority-(Price)
Amendment to Joint Powers Agreement (JPA)
Presentation received. Proposed amendments to the Training Authority
JPA:
§ Name change-reference to "McClellan" deleted
§ Membership revised from four to three agencies in recognition of the
reorganization of the American River Fire and Sacramento County Fire
Protection Districts
§ Financial contribution formula revised in recognition of the
reorganization
§ Minimum duration revised to Year 2010
§ Other clarifying and non-substantive changes made to the agreement
q Reference to the two previous amendments to be added as an
explanatory footnote on the first page of the Agreement
· Board Action:
Stewart/Jones - Approve Amended JPA Agreement. Unanimous vote in favor.
2. Special District Commissioner for Office No. 7 and Alternate
Special District Commissioner to Sacramento Local Agency
Formation Commission (LAFCo)-Nominations for Election-(Horel)
q Staff to work with President Horel as the District nominee for
Commissioner and network with other Special Districts for designation of
an Alternate Commissioner.
q Nomination of Alternate Special District Commissioner to LAFCo to be
placed on the Agenda for March 7, 2001; followed by notification of
official Board action to LAFCo.
· Board Action:
Vanderveen/Valley - nominate President Horel as the District voting
representative at the April 4 LAFCo meeting and for the position of the
Special District Commissioner for Office No. 7. Unanimous vote in favor.
President Horel thanked the Board for their support.
3. Resolution of Appreciation-Judge Morrison C. England, Jr.-(Martinez)
A Resolution recognizing Judge England for his participation in
swearing in the Directors and Fire Chief of the Sacramento Metropolitan
Fire District on December 1, 2000, was considered.
q An invitation to be extended to Judge England to receive the framed
resolution at a future Board meeting or other arrangements made in
accordance with his schedule.
· Board Action:
Vanderveen/Granados - Adopt Resolution No. 24-01. Unanimous vote in favor.
PRESENTATION ITEM(S): None
PRESIDENT'S REPORT: None
FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT:
q California State Association of Counties (CSAC) brochure distributed
to the Board for the Annual Legislative Conference to be held April 4-5,
2001, at the Sacramento Convention Center.
Board members interested in attending can contact either the Fire Chief
or Board Clerk Tilson.
q Workshop On Wheels brochure for the Special District Management &
Governance conference to be held March 13, 2001, at the Fulton El Camino
Recreation and Park District distributed to the Board.
q McClellan Fleet Facility overview report prepared by Deputy Chief
Ritter distributed to the Board. Both the Orange Grove and Mather fleet
facilities are closed with all Fleet personnel relocated as of February
20. Complimented Chief Ritter for an excellent job on the overview and
dissemination of the report to the entire district through the internal
e-mail system.
q Bulletin announcing the following three Fire Engineer promotions
effective March 1, 2001 was distributed: Timothy Martin, Matthew
Ellinwood, and Jeffrey Conzatti. On-going interviews for Captains and
Engineers with announcement of 11 more Captain promotions this Friday.
Tentative dates of March 9 or 10 and March 30 and 31 for the Badge
Ceremony-- Board to be notified.
q District-wide station bids by seniority starting February 20 through
February 22, with implementation mid-March or April.
q Chief Plessas, Captains Mugartegui and Ellis, and he met with
representatives of the Rio Linda community this morning on Station 111.
The community received a grant to rebuild the original train depot at the
park which houses an antique fire engine known as "Betsy"
located across from the station. The community wanted the antique
apparatus to remain in Rio Linda; it will be housed in fire station 111 as
an interim solution during the construction period.
q Janet Ruggiero, Community Development Director of the City of Citrus
Heights, contacted him. The City Council received a presentation from a
local activist purporting an 80% reduction in the paramedic service to the
City. Copies of the memo from Ms. Ruggiero and the response by Chief
Haverty, reassuring the City that the staffing levels of our fire
companies have not been reduced, will be provided to the Board. Chief
Haverty will appear before the Citrus Heights City Council on February 28
at 7 p.m. to address their issues.
q Starting new process next month of selecting about 12 employees from
the District each month to have lunch with him and discuss their issues.
q Reminder--Workshop Meeting at 9 a.m. this Saturday at Hurley.
q A newspaper article available for reproduction reported the
involvement of a District employee in an accident while attempting to
divert traffic to avoid a possible head-on collision with a lady he
observed getting on Freeway 80 traveling in the wrong direction. In the
process, he was rear-ended and the District vehicle was totaled, but he
was not injured badly and returned to work yesterday.
GENERAL COUNSEL'S REPORT: None.
COMMITTEE AND DELEGATE REPORTS
Communications Center Delegate-(Vanderveen)
q Next meeting February 27, 10:30 a.m., at the Sacramento Metropolitan
Fire District, 2101 Hurley Way.
q JPA amendment back on the Agenda with the advocated voting percentage
and necessary cleanup language; incorporated Comm Center Manager
requirement to respond to governing boards contingent on a two-thirds
approval by the Comm Center Board. Recommends delegate be authorized to
approve the amendment to go to the respective Governing Boards.
· Board Action:
General consensus to authorize District delegate to approve the JPA
amendment.
Regional Fire & Rescue Training JPA-(Stewart)
q March 9 meeting canceled; will be rescheduled-date to be determined.
Policy Committee-(Goold)
q Director Goold elected as Chair, Director Granados as Vice Chair
q Issues for future meetings: annexation, redevelopment, recruitment,
policies
q Next meeting March 7 at 5 p.m.
q Requested input from Board members on issues relative to policy for the
agenda
Finance Committee-(Vanderveen)
q Director Vanderveen elected as Chair, Director Jones as Vice Chair
q Retained Committee Charter as written
q Next meeting March 28 at 9 a.m. focusing on the Fleet. Future
issues-facilities; and normal budget expenditures for the coming year,
excluding the Master Plan.
q Next fiscal year's budget to be developed in April for presentation to
the Board and approval by the end of June
INFORMATIONAL ITEM(S):
Correspondence:
1. County of Sacramento Thank You/Chief Martinez
2. Elkhorn Moose Lodge Thank You/Johnson; Carter;
Von Allworden; Arellanez; Taylor; Martin; Kidwell
· Board Action
Received and filed.
BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
Stewart:
¨ Any plans for the old SCBA's at Logistics?
Chief Martinez-hopefully it can be sold. Orange Grove to be cleared
out.
¨ Went for a ride-along with a Deputy Sheriff assigned to the City of
Citrus Heights. Received five or six calls and was amazed they do not have
maps of the apartment complexes. Asked if our Mapping Division could
assist them at their expense.
Chief Martinez-we will take a look at the Sheriff's Department as a
whole including the City of Citrus Heights.
Engellenner:
¨ The County Board of Supervisors appointed Linda Budge, a former member
of the Sacramento County Fire Board, to the County Fire Advisory Board.
Martinez:
¨ Several staff assignments are vacant-Battalion Chief Haverty filled two
positions in the EMS Division--introduced and welcomed
Firefighter/Paramedic Maurice Johnson who was present.
Trujillo:
¨ Attended a two-day OSHA conference in San Francisco and was extremely
pleased that the District was represented by Deputy Chief Appel.
Battalion Chief Jesse Rosson, District Safety Officer, also attended.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
Charles A. Horel, President Gay Jones, Secretary
Charlotte Tilson, Clerk of the Board
(1) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of Litigation Pursuant to (c) of Section 54956.9 - 1 case
(2) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Existing Litigation Pursuant to (a) of Section 54956.9 - 3 Cases
Dry Creek Fire Protection District, et al., vs.
Placer County Local Agency Formation Commission
Placer County Superior Court SCV 10549
County of Placer, et al, vs. Dry Creek Fire Protection District, et
al.,
Placer County Superior Court SCV 10417
Chad Anderson vs. American River Fire District, WCAB SAC 0277024
(3) CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: 8481 Florin Road (Station 251), Sacramento, CA
Negotiating Party: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District and Keith Watson
(4) LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957.6
Employee Organizations: Administrative Support Personnel (ASP)/American
River Fire District; American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME), Local 146 /Sacramento County Fire Protection District
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