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To:	Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:	Jeff Carman, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Date:	February 10, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase of Squad Vehicle for Fire Station 70 in the City of San Pablo

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/10/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, Director
Mary N. Piepho, Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
Federal D. Glover, Director

ABSENT:

John Gioia, Director

Contact:

Jackie Lorrekovich, Chief Admin Svcs (925) 941-3312

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: February 10, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Fire Chief of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, to execute a purchase order with Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $150,000 for the purchase and delivery of one squad apparatus for emergency response; and,

APPROVE Appropriation and Revenue Adjustment No. 5040 authorizing new revenue from the City of San Pablo in the amount of $147,702 and appropriating it in the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (7300) for the purchase of a new squad apparatus.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Cost neutral. Purchase of squad vehicle is being funded by proceeds from City of San Pablo's recently passed sales tax measure (Measure K).

BACKGROUND:

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) provides fire, rescue, and emergency medical incident response services within the City of San Pablo (City), which is located within the District's boundaries. The District's Fire Station 70, located in the City, is currently staffed by one three-person engine company. The City's voters recently passed sales tax Measure K, and the City is required to spend the proceeds of Measure K to enhance the emergency medical incident response services provided in the City. The District and City have agreed to add a two-person squad that will be operated out of Fire Station 70. The squad will consist of a fire engineer and a firefighter, at least one of which will be a paramedic.

As part of the agreement to staff Fire Station 70 with a two-person squad, in addition to the existing three-person engine company, the City has agreed to pay for the squad vehicle. The squad vehicle is being purchased through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGACbuy) program. HGACbuy is a competitively priced government purchasing consortium. The squad vehicle is identical to the ones authorized by the Fire Board of Directors on October 7, 2014, for squads at Fire Station 1 in Walnut Creek and Fire Station 6 in Concord.

The City has already made a $25,000 down payment to the vendor to hold the vehicle. The balance due is $147,702. Per the terms of the agreement between the District and the City, the squad vehicle will be registered in the name of the District and covered by District insurance in the same manner as other District vehicles. The District will pay the balance due and the City will either advance or reimburse the remaining cost of the vehicle to the District. The District will retain ownership of the squad vehicle.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The purchase order for the acquisition of the EMS vehicle will not be approved. In addition, the appropriation and revenue adjustment to recognize revenue and expenditures associated with the acquisition will not be recognized in the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District budget.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

No impact.