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BOARD OF DIRECTORS – ACTION SUMMARY
Wednesday,
February 20, 2002 – 6:00 p.m.
Administration
Building
2101
Hurley Way, Sacramento, CA
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called
to order by President Goold. Board
Members Present: Engellenner,
Goold, Granados, Horel, Jones, Stewart, Trujillo, Valley, Vanderveen; Fire
Chief Martinez, General Counsel Price, Board Clerk Tilson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF
PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN DISTRICT JURISDICTION INCLUDING ITEMS ON OR NOT ON
AGENDA
CONSENT AGENDA:
1.
Board Meeting Action Summary—February 6, 2002
2.
Deposit Report—January 2002
3.
District Claims—January 2002
4.
Resolution No. 3-02—Commendation—Vernon D. Brown
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Board Action:
Stewart/Trujillo—Approve
Consent Agenda and ratify claims. Vote
in favor with Directors Granados and Horel, abstaining.
ACTION
ITEM(S)
None.
PRESENTATION ITEM(S)
1.
Fire Station Master Plan—(Martinez)
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Redistributed
copies of the “Draft” Fire Station Master Plan for Phase I dated
February 6, 2002, for Board comment
- Timeline
document for Phase II and Phase III requested to cover the entire Master
Plan year-by-year
2.
Divisional Redistricting—(Vanderveen)
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Divisional
boundary descriptions submitted--each Director to edit individual division
lines for any change
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Sacramento
County approved the draft Divisional District Boundary Map
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Final
District Divisional Redistricting Map to be adopted by the Board in March
or April for submittal to the County
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Director
Vanderveen to check with the County on acceptable boundary descriptors;
i.e., use of street names in irregular division lines versus reference to
the boundary of the City of Sacramento, City of Folsom, El Dorado County,
Elk Grove, etc.
3.
Fiscal Document Amendment/County of Sacramento—(Simcoe)
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County of
Sacramento routine document—an Addendum to the December 6, 2000
signature list of employees authorized to sign fiscal documents that are
transferred to the County
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Director
Horel referenced the broad delegation; suggested review by the Policy
Committee to insure no conflict with Policies and Procedures already in
place that provide a clear delegation of fiscal signature authority from
the Fire Chief to those within the District.
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Board Action:
Stewart/Granados—Authorize
signatures. Unanimous vote in
favor.
PRESIDENT’S
REPORT—(Goold)
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Colleagues attending SDI conference to share information
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Friend’s home caught fire--the family expressed great
appreciation for the Department’s efforts—expressed his pride in being
a party to this team
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Reminder of the Board Workshop on Saturday
FIRE CHIEF’S
REPORT—(Martinez)
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Board notified in writing of the appointment of Dennis
Plessas as Deputy Chief to replace D/C Raddigan
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Captain Dave Stoddard assigned to Emergency Planning duties
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Reassignments on-going—appointments to be made to fill a
couple Battalion Chief vacancies; will start an interview process for Fire
Captain
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Assistant Chief Jim Hartley nominated for consideration as
the next Communications Center Manager
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Fire Chief and Captain Rennie James are co-chairing a new
committee to memorialize the District’s history in a Year Book
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Board Workshop this Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Board Room
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O.E.S./F.E.M.A. participation policy adopted through a staff
report in 1985. He was
out-of-town for ten days (leading the Incident Management Team in Salt
Lake City) under the perception that this Board endorsed the policy—will
bring the Policy to the Policy Committee and full Board for modification
or adoption.
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March 1, noon—Retirement luncheon for Deputy Chief
Raddigan
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March 5, 6 p.m.—Metro Fire Awards Ceremony at Building
686, McClellan Park
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March 23, 6 p.m.—Annual Employee Retirement Dinner at
Radisson Hotel
GENERAL
COUNSEL’S REPORT—(Price): None.
COMMITTEE AND
DELEGATE REPORTS:
Executive
Committee
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Next Meeting: March
13, 2002—5:30 p.m.
Communications
Center Delegate—(Vanderveen)
Presentation
received.
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Budget issues—recommended the following:
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Support Option 1, the lower budget proposed by the Comm
Center, with approximately $300,000 of the extra rollover funds to be
placed into the Infrastructure Reserve
Ø
Additional proviso—standing policy be established to place
rollover funds into the infrastructure reserve with a maximum limit of 5%
of the original budget
Ø
Each agency to pay for its own cost of radios instead of
funding it through the Comm Center budget
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Board Action:
General
consensus in support of the three budget recommendations.
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Recommended Assistant Chief Jim Hartley for appointment as
the Communications Center Manager stipulating a minimum of two years with
an option for a longer period by mutual agreement; the first 30-day
transition period be funded by the District contingent upon his assuming
the position on its expiration.
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Board Action:
General
consensus in support of the recommendation.
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Next meeting—February 26 at 10:30 a.m.
Regional Fire
& Rescue Training JPA—(Stewart)
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Next meeting: March
11, 2002 at 10 a.m.—Building 686, McClellan Park
Tour to follow—Board members invited.
Finance
Committee—(Horel)
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Meeting held today:
Ø
Positive mid-year budget; presentation at next regular Board
meeting
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Next meeting: March
20, 2002—5:00 p.m.
Policy
Committee
§
Meeting held February 19
Ø
Election at next meeting
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Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic impacts
Ø
OES/FEMA commitment
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Next meeting: March
6, 2002 at 5 p.m.
RECESS 6:57 P.M., CONVENE TO CLOSED SESSION 7:07 P.M.
RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION 8:05 P.M./CLOSED SESSION REPORT
General Counsel
Price reported on the Closed Session:
1.
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.8
A.
Property: APN 219-0032-008, Sacramento, California
1.5 Acres on west side of Walerga Road near Elkhorn Boulevard
District Negotiator:
Fire Chief Rick Martinez
B.
Property: 1111 Mariemont Avenue, Sacramento, California
District Negotiator: Fire
Chief Rick Martinez
Board provided direction to the District’s real property negotiator.
No action taken.
2.
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL--EXISTING LITIGATION
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9 (a)
Ronald Arnett, et al, vs. California Public Employees’ Retirement
System (PERS), et al
Board received a status report and provided direction to legal counsel.
No action taken.
3.
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—PERSONNEL MATTERS
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957
Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release
Board received update on a pending
personnel matter. No action
taken.
BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
Stewart:
 Constituents
requested status on thermal imaging device.
He suggested some of the money that may be returned from the Comm
Center rollover be used to put the thermal imaging units in service.
Requested an update be brought back to the Board.
Jones:
Extended a thank you to Director Stewart, Battalion Chief Dan
Haverty and Captain Pat Ellis who attended the Butterfield Riviera East
Community Association meeting last Tuesday night and gave a thorough
presentation on the Fire Station Relocation.
Granados:
Recognized Vernon Brown for his many accomplishments in the
Fire Prevention area. At the FPO meeting in Monterey, he was given a high
honor of a lifetime award; just appointed to the Hospital Building Safety
Board. Looking forward to attending his retirement dinner Friday
night.
Goold:
Form distributed for the Fire Chief’s evaluation to be filled
out and faxed back to Director Vanderveen to compile the figures for the
Saturday Board Workshop.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
Grant
B. Goold, President
Charles A. Horel, Secretary
Charlotte
Tilson, Clerk of the Board
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