Cal Fire Contract for FY 2023 to FY 2025
Agenda Item 12.B
By Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Director
Meeting Date: June 7, 2022
Background
•City’s fire services have been provide by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire)
since 2001
•City’s agreement with CalFire provides staffing and fire operations:
•Station 64 (located on Bello Street)
•Station 63 (located on Shell Beach Road)
•Fire Marshal and Fire inspection services
•Management of the Lifeguard Program
•Regional Battalion Chief assigned to the City
•Current agreement FY 2017 to FY 2021, FY 2022 one-year contract extension
Proposed Three-Year Agreement
•FY 2023 to FY 2025
•Not-to-exceed amount: $9,010,236 over 3 years
•Agreement language updated to reflect:
•Elimination of the Reserve Fire Fighter Program
•Update to a three-person staffing level on Station 64 engine during peak fire, tourism, and special event season (May through October)
•No changes to service levels
•Termination clause –either party may terminate
agreement with 12 months’ notice
Fiscal Impact
•Shift accounting costs for Amador program from Personnel Costs to Operating Expenses •Catch up of benefit cost increases 20.49% to 26.56%, depending on position Agreement
Fiscal Year
Personnel
Costs
Operating
Expenses Admin Fee 12%
Total Not-To-
Exceed Amount Actuals Budget Savings
2018 1,990,743$ 45,404$ 244,541$ 2,280,688$ 1,942,843$ 337,845$ 2019 2,339,592 51,527 289,564 2,680,683 2,192,731 487,952 2020 2,438,968 52,311 304,185 2,795,464 2,338,934 456,530 2021 2,551,910 53,118 320,679 2,925,707 2,139,783 785,924 2022 2,278,462 147,140 18,910 2,444,512 In progress Subtotal 11,599,675$ 349,500$ 1,177,879$ 13,127,054$ 8,614,291$ 2,068,251$ Proposed 2023 2,455,868 158,800 313,989 2,928,657 Proposed 2024 2,517,264 163,564 321,968 3,002,796 Proposed 2025 2,580,196 168,471 330,115 3,078,782 Subtotal 7,553,328$ 490,835$ 966,072$ 9,010,235$
Recommendation
•Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to
enter into a three-year contract with the California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) for Pismo Beach Fire Department staffing and operations
services in the amount of $9,010,236 for Fiscal Years
2023 through 2025.