AgdaPkt 2013-03-25 Joint SA and PFA

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8.A. - Page 2 ANALYSIS The full service model proposed to the City of San Carlos is similar to the existing agreement. The full service model includes the following services: • Fire Administration Services • Command and Operational Services • Fire Prevention, Code Enforcement and Investigation Services • Emergency Preparedness Services • Training Services San Carlos will pay an estimated first year amount of $5,495,462, for Redwood City to provide full Fire and Emergency services. In addition to the services already provided under the current hybrid model, a key component of the full service model would be the transfer of existing safety personnel (fire captains, firefighters and firefighter/paramedics) from the City of San Carlos to the City of Redwood City. Redwood City will be solely responsible for hiring, salary, benefits, workers compensation and insurance for all fire personnel. Under the proposed staffing model, San Carlos will have 21 employees assigned to Operations (fire captains, firefighters and firefighter/paramedics). With a daily minimum staffing requirement on each shift of six personnel, the seven personnel assigned to each shift will provide the depth needed to offset most overtime for planned and unplanned vacancies in San Carlos. The additional personnel (firefighter/paramedics) on each shift can be termed "Relief Staff". Under our proposal, any relief staff personnel can be used in either city to offset planned and unplanned vacancies. This will help to reduce the overtime usage in Redwood City. Redwood City will invoice San Carlos for any overtime that exceeds their overtime budget of $300,000. In addition to the benefit of relief staffing, if we continue our relationship with San Carlos we also have the opportunity for further regionalization. The potential for a fire station consolidation between Redwood City and San Carlos, brings associated cost savings. San Carlos Fire Station 16 located at 1280 Alameda de las Pulgas and Redwood City Fire Station 12, located at 3700 Jefferson Avenue are both in need of replacement and are adjacent stations/districts. The ability to join them together into one fire station with two companies is highly feasible under this agreement. Statistics/data is currently being evaluated to ensure that there would be no degradation of service to either community. Absent the full service agreement this station sharing becomes very difficult based on two labor groups working under different contracts, etc. The one time savings include property acquisition and construction of the station (potential savings to each city of $2,500,000 through cost sharing). There is potential for ongoing annual savings of $50,000 to $100,000 to each city in cost sharing to operate