BFD/SKFR Regional Fire Protection Authority Planning Committee. Minutes

Transcription

1 BFD/SKFR Regional Fire Protection Authority Planning Committee Friday, February 4 th, 2011, 9:00-9:50 am Minutes Present: Members-Bremerton City Council Members Cecil McConnell, Nick Wofford, and Jim McDonald. SKFR Fire Commissioners Jerry Preuss, Darla Hartley and Paul Golnik. Fire Chiefs Wayne Senter and Al Duke and Attorney Ken Bagwell. Call to order 9:00 am Co Chair Nick Wofford Agenda Items: Co Chair Nick Wofford Approve the Agenda Moved, seconded and carried (Preuss/Golnik): to approve Meeting Agenda Approve the Minutes of 1/7/11 Moved, seconded and carried (Golnik/McDonald): to approve Minutes of 1/7/11 Update on the Process Bagwell Mr. Bagwell reports that there has been progress made regarding the Financial Goals and with the Labor Groups. Chief s Senter and Duke will both be reporting in detail on these items. Action Items: Names and Positions for Organization Chart Duke Chief Duke reports that the chart has been provided to the Labor Groups for their feedback. They have not provided a response to this as yet and it remains in draft form. Accept the Communications Plan Senter

2 Chief Senter presents a working plan for communications. This is similar to the previous plan used when exploring the consolidation of South, Bremerton and Central. It addresses the lack of communication issues that happened then and assigns each Chief responsibility for communications with the public in their Districts. Duke point out it sets locations for all public information to be disseminated. I.e.: On the City of Bremerton Website under the Fire Department. there is a tab for RFPA information. Also on South Kitsap Fire & Rescue and West Sound Fire & Rescue.org. Moved, seconded, and carried (McConnell/McDonald): to approve Communication Plan Acceptance of the Financial Strategic Goals Senter/Duke Chief Duke presents list of 7 goals that identify the process for proceeding financially. Question from Mr. McDonald regarding the Levy s in South Kitsap and how the budget is constructed based on those. Chief Senter explained the 2 Levy s and their structure, one being permanent and one being a temporary and the differences between them. Chief Duke states that budgets based on assessed values are based on projections made by the County Auditor. Chief Senter confirms if assessed values fall budgets have to be adjusted based on that. Moved, seconded and carried (Pruess/Hartley): to accept the Financial Strategic Goals. Acceptance of the Standard of Coverage Goals Senter/Duke Chief Senter presents goals and recommends approval to the committee. These goals are the groundwork for how the District will function in the

3 future. They are based on standards each district adheres to now and allows for improved response times in the future. Moved, seconded, and carried (McDonald/Golnik): to accept the Standard of Coverage Goals. Labor Management Update Senter/Duke Finance Update Duke Chief Duke reports that a meeting was held with the Chiefs and the Labor Groups on 1/25/11. There were in attendance. This was primarily to bring the membership up to date and a question and answer meeting. He felt it was well received and helped to clarify many questions and quell rumors. There is another meeting scheduled with the Locals on 2/17/11 to answer further questions and discuss work rules. Rob Ashmore, President of Local 437 in Bremerton was in attendance and was asked if he had input regarding the meeting. He stated that he felt the meeting went well, Both Locals felt it was a little over due to get both groups together for questions. They were able to get answers to their questions and feels that further meetings will be helpful to move forward. Question posed by member of public in attendance as to when and where the next meeting will be with the Locals so that he can attend. Chief Duke clarifies that the meeting will be only for the Locals membership as it is similar to a union or a staff meeting meant for planning. Objection is made by Mr. Lamb. He requests Mr. Bagwell to provide documentation showing that it is not a public meeting. That request is declined by Ken Bagwell. Chief Senter clarifies that this is a meeting to establish work rules and is a staff meeting. Once those rules have been agreed upon they will be brought to the committee and then shared with the public as a matter of procedure. Finance Update- Duke

4 Chief Duke will provide a document at the next meeting that will address the differences between the County and City financial structure and a draft financial plan. Standard of Coverage Report Senter Chief Senter introduces Chief Wright from SKFR to discuss the Standard of Coverage Report. Chief Wright explains that the Report is a snap shot of how each agency performed in 2010 based on their emergency reporting procedures. The 90% performance reference in the report is a national standard measurement allowing for the most average times in performance. This report shows three different breakdowns in times based on Suburban, Urban and Rural. BFD responds to primarily Urban and Suburban areas with SKFR responding to all three areas. There are different adopted standards for each area and periodically these are adjusted based on growth, census reports etc. Standards for effective response force for the type of incident: Fire requires 13. ALS response is 4. BLS requires 2. These are also based on State Laws and is part of the accreditation process done annually to maintain levels of service. Question from Mr. McDonald re: turnout time listed on the report. Chief Wright confirms that this is the time from when CenCom tones to when the trucks roll. This is a system that is computerized. Mr. McDonald asks if there is data to compare to other fire units in the area or State. Chief Wright confirms that there both State and National baselines. Chief Senter clarifies that the State Laws do not state Minimum response times but that there are guidelines through the NFPA has developed a benchmark and then baselines are set by accreditation. The goal is for continual improvement as resources become available.

5 Mr. Wofford points out a possible clerical error in the report that shows a second unit response is showing faster than a primary unit. Chief Wright will verify the accuracy on that line of the report. Mr. Wofford accepts a question from Chris Henry of the Kitsap Sun asking why the response times show that Bremerton is slower than SKFR. Chief Senter points out that is not the case. Bremerton has faster response times as the report shows. Timeline Review Duke Timeline is presented to Committee. There is a request to change the dates of the next to meetings to March 11 and April 8 th. Moved, seconded, and carried (Preuss/Golnik): to change the meeting dates to 3/11/11 and 4/8/11. Discussion that Mr. McDonald will not be available to attend on the April 8 th date. Next Meeting 3/11/11 Call for further discussion or questions from audience. None Meeting Adjourned 9:50 am Adjourn ADMIN/ RFPA//RFPA Minutes