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_ 6.1.B. - Page 11 cost data for a five-city approacl�.� {As a result, Staff subsequer�t�y requested CAL F]RE 1;0 submit a proposa� for caveragc o�the five citzes.} : A follow-on F&O Caznrr�ittee meeti�g was scheduJ.ed for�ebruary I5, 2011 to allow tirrie �'oz•the development of these proposals. The F&O Corrkmittee z•ecoz�vei�ed on February 15, 2011. The Sta�f Report prepared far that nleeting{See, Appendix C) indicated that if CAL FIRE were io�ro�ide the abov�mentzoz�ed five ' cities wi�h�"ir� s�rvices, the coinbined arulual savings ta those cities vvould be aa� es�.iiilated$16.8 �nillion. That includes salary reductions of existing fire personnel to the top-siep 1eve1 o�the CAL FIRE sa�ary scate, a 72-hour work weelc (versus the 56 hour�vork week tl�at n�ost city fire fighters are an), and clflsii�g on�redtinda7lt statioil. The estiinated a�uzual savings would be $b.9 rnillion if"red circling" of current exz3.pl.oyees was Lrtilized. T��e T'ire Chief for the Sat1 Mateo and Foster City Fire Depai-tmeiits �id.not p�•es�ilt a#"ive-czty estimat� as h�had�ol�.nteered to do, nor did he appear at the meeting. Fro7�n the audio iranscript af this ineeting we learned that th�supervisors: 1. Wanted to promote regionaliza�io7� as a primary meails fo reduce t�e cost of fir� �rotection seivic�s for the cities in the Caunty. 2. Sta�ed that i;he County sho�ld nat be ui the�'ire-service busiiiess and that, siz�ce the ' Januat'y 18, 2011 �neeLing, other cities l�ave aslced ihe Cou�aty for pez-missio�l to ', subcoiitract for CAL FIRE services�lirougll�11e County's CAL FIRE co�ltract. 3. Stated that CAL FIRE itself needs 1;o gat aut of urban servzces, as they i��.terpreted tlie Governor to have"said." 4. ,Stated that tlle Beh�ant-San Carlos Fire Departinen.t should be extended�o�• at least tht'ee inore years to a11ow regionaliza�ion to proceed, althougll, as Supervisor C'rroom stated, �Iia�might take "15 ta 20"years. ; 5, Stated that through znediation tl�eze was stzl� a.z�oppaztua�i�y for the cities to reacll a�1 agreement on extending the join�fire depaa�trrient. The two Si�pervisors extended an offer ta �ay for rnediation services between Bel�nont and San Cax.los and to othex-wise let l��e issue drop by xant foz`wardi�g t�xe matter to the full Board. The Supervisors did not addz•ess the poiezatial savi�gs ta �ae Co�z�ty, ta the cities, or to San Carlos prese�ted iri th� staff repor�s prepared for either the ranu�y 1$ or Fel�ruary 15, 2011 , zneetings. As ai�ticipat�d by most of those interviewed, mediation failed. San Carlos Fire went on to ; cnnt�'act urith the Redvcrood City rire Departrnent�or slzared use of its coi�nmat-�d sta�'�', W11ile si�i�ificant savings were achieved l�y San Carlas, the savi7lgs would have l�eezl grcater xf the City had b�en �.1lovved ta suU-contact wztla CAL FTRE ux�der�he County's contract. � �Ati�dio'I'z'anscripts of Committee Meetings may Ue obtauled fi•om tlie Clerk aP the Board o�Su�ez�visors. S