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BOARD OF DIRECTORS – ACTION SUMMARY
Wednesday, February 19,
2003 – 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: Duveneck,
Engellenner, Goold, Granados, Jones, Stewart, Valley, Vanderveen.
Director Trujillo, absent. Deputy Chief Ritter, Fire Chief Martinez
[6:30 p.m.], Board Clerk
Tilson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF
PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN DISTRICT JURISDICTION INCLUDING ITEMS ON OR NOT ON
AGENDA
Barbara Safford stated
the Sacramento Metropolitan Firefighters Association has a District
cookbook Where There’s Smoke, There’s Dinner available for purchase
tonight for $15 with the proceeds going to the Widows and Orphans Fund.
CONSENT AGENDA:
1.
Special Board Meeting Action Summary—January 31, 2003
2.
Board Meeting Action Summary—February 5, 2003
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Board Action:
Engellenner/Jones—Approve Consent Agenda. Unanimous vote in favor
by members present. Director Trujillo, absent.
ACTION ITEM(S)
1. Bid Award-Metal Building—(Connor)
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Construction of a metal building on District property at 8880 Gerber Road
was authorized by the Board January 8, 2003, to complete the lease
requirements for the California Office of Emergency Services.
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Bids were
received from the following two vendors:
Spanda Industrial
Development Co. $44,583
ZCON
Builders $45,257
Spanda was the lowest
responsive bid meeting all of the required specifications.
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Staff
recommends the Fire Chief be authorized to contract for the construction
of the metal building with Spanda Industrial Development Company.
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Board Action:
Vanderveen/Engellenner—Approve the staff recommendation. Unanimous in
favor by members present. Director Trujillo, absent.
2. Tumbler Dryers and Combination Laundry Washer
Extractors—(Connor)
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Bids
requested for the purchase of seven Tumbler Dryers and three Combination
Laundry Washer-Extractors for cleaning turnouts and removing harmful
contaminants.
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Received
one bid from the following vendor:
Western State
Design $55,652.60
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Staff
recommends the Fire Chief be authorized to contract with Western State
Design for the purchase and installation of the Dryers and
Washer-Extractors.
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Board Action:
Vanderveen/Duveneck—Approve the staff recommendation. Unanimous in favor
by members present. Director Trujillo, absent.
3.
Resolution
#24-03—CERT Grant and Emergency
Planning Grant—(Turner)
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The
District was awarded two grants from FEMA:
$108,700 for Emergency Operations Planning
$16,895 to develop a
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
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The
District is required to provide a guarantee in the form of a resolution to
the County of Sacramento and the State of California for signatory
authorization to designated District staff for the Grants.
Three designated staff
include: Fire Chief Rick Martinez, or Assistant Chief Janice Simcoe, or
Battalion Chief Dale A. Turner.
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Staff
recommends adoption of the Grant Acceptance Resolution.
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Board Action:
Stewart/Engellenner—Adopt the Resolution. Unanimous in favor by members
present. Director Trujillo, absent.
4.
Hazardous
Materials Incident Response Team
Program Implementation—(Plessas/Turner)
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Item tabled.
Reconvened at 6:22 p.m. after a 10-minute break
PRESENTATION ITEM(S)
1.
Update on Safety Program—(Jacobson)
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PowerPoint
presentation included a comprehensive orientation on the activities and
responsibilities of the Safety Division.
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In-depth
analysis of responsibilities included:
o
Policy,
Procedure, and Program development
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Ensure
compliance to Federal, State, and Local mandates
o
Accident
review and injury prevention
o
Maintenance
of the SCBA and PPE Programs
o
Recruit
Academy
o
Research
and Development
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Illustrated various types of firefighter protective clothing and equipment
in use: structural, wildland, hazardous materials, EMS, ARFF, First
Responder Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
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Response to
Emergencies
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Concern
expressed with perchlorate in wells—Battalion Chief Jacobson to provide
more information when available.
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Question on
State mandated costs—The State is slow on reimbursement. The District
pays for its purchases in anticipation of future
reimbursement.
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On behalf of the Board, President Goold thanked the staff
for a fine presentation and the opportunity to receive an education on
each Division.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT—(Goold)
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Applauded
the community service efforts of the men and women who attended a Safety
Fair at the Target Store, with Metro Fire giving away free car seats for
children.
FIRE CHIEF’S
REPORT—(Martinez)
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Assistant Chief Janice Simcoe will be off for 4-6 weeks
attending to personal business. Chief Latta will assist the Finance
Division in her absence.
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February 21, 6 p.m., at the Garden Pavilion, McClellan—Years
of Service and Employees of the Year Awards to be presented.
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February 19—Attended a meeting at the Capitol with the
Governor--six fire chiefs, six sheriffs, and six police chiefs
invited—discussed Homeland Security and the budget—public commitment made
for continued support of public safety.
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February 23-26—Traveling to Washington, D.C. as part of a
delegation with the Governor, a number of business people, the CHP
Commissioner, and local Sheriff on dealing with some funding for Homeland
Security.
GENERAL COUNSEL’S
REPORT None.
COMMITTEE AND
DELEGATE REPORTS:
Executive
Committee—(Goold)
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Met today-reviewed status of Board governance process with
an anticipated report back on consultants.
Communications
Center Delegate—(Vanderveen)
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Next Meeting—February 25, 2003—10:30 a.m.
California Fire &
Rescue Training Authority—(Stewart)
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Next Meeting—March 3, 2002—10:30 a.m.
Finance
Committee—(Jones)
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Met today—mid-year budget review is balanced.
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Next meeting: March 19, 2003 – 5 p.m.
Policy
Committee—(Duveneck)
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Reviewing outstanding Committee issues
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Next meeting: March 5, 2003 – 5 p.m.
INFORMATIONAL ITEM(S):
Correspondence:
1. Sacramento
City Fire Department Thank You/SMFD-Cummings
Newspaper(s):
1.
Grapevine Independent, Toddler Drowns in Backyard
Pool,
January
29, 2003
2.
Grapevine Independent, Pilot Survives Crash Near
Mather,
January
29, 2003
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Board Action:
Received and filed.
RECESS FOLLOWED BY CLOSED SESSION AT 7:15 PM.
RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION 7:45 PM/CLOSED SESSION REPORT
Report by Fire Chief
Martinez:
1. LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS
Pursuant to California
Government Code Section 54957.6
District Negotiator:
Deputy Chief Teresa Means
Employee Organization: Sacramento Area
Fire Fighters Local 522
Board discussed
negotiations with the District Negotiating Team—no action taken.
BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
Engellenner:
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Reviewed
legal billing fees in minutes—recommended a reduction in the fees since we
have staff counsel. Refer to Finance Committee.
Fire Chief Martinez—will
check further.
Jones:
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International Firefighters Winter Olympics next week at North Shore,
Tahoe. Anyone interested can contact the three team members for
Sacramento Metro: Battalion Chief Jeff Metzinger, Tom Mitchell, or Gay
Jones.
Granados:
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Attended
the Nor Cal Fire Prevention Officers Workshop last week. Deputy Fire
Marshal Mike Stewart was elected President.
State Fire Marshal’s
Chief of Training discussed budget shortfalls-some courses at CSTI and
Asilomar will be limited.
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Researched
Legislative Analyst website—issues of interest:
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Proposal to
make 4850 time two years instead of one—asked Chief Appel to research.
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Proposal
for CDF to charge $6 per acre in the State areas of responsibility for
wildland to offset CDF’s general fund cost.
Vanderveen:
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Attended
FDIC last week—our equipment looked great. Impressed with the manner in
which our people handled the visitors and public. Thanked everyone
involved with putting the conference together.
Goold:
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Attended
FDIC West—nice to see our community get the recognition it deserves.
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Requested a
facility update.
Martinez:
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Unable to
attend but appreciated Board member attendance at the FDIC West.
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Facilities
update—with the advent of the Project Manager, dramatic headway is being
made. Anticipate an update by the second Board meeting in March.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting
was adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
Grant B.
Goold, President James M. Stewart,
Secretary
Charlotte
Tilson, Clerk of the Board
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