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September 10, 2025

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03_2023-07-27 Email with South Pasadena Finance
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1 Jennifer McGee
From: Jennifer McGee
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 5:06 PM
To: Albert Trinh
Cc: Mario Rueda; Paul Riddle; Hsiulee Tran; Daniel Zepeda; Mark Siegfried Subject: RE: Invoices for Chief Szenczi
Attachments: 2017-07-20 Shared Command Staff Agreement.pdf Hi Albert,
The salary of the shared Division Chief position is meant to be split 50-50 between the two Cities (with some exclusions, see Section F.5 of the attached agreement). I think it may be best if we meet sometime in the next week to discuss. Please let me know what dates you have available and I will confirm with Chief Rueda and our Finance Department.

Thank you,
From: Albert Trinh <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 3:42 PM
To: Jennifer McGee <[email protected]>; Hsiulee Tran <[email protected]>; Daniel Zepeda <[email protected]>
Cc: Mario Rueda <[email protected]>; Paul Riddle <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Invoices for Chief Szenczi
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Hi Jennifer,
After discussing with Chief Riddle, we have determined that Chief Szenczi did not have any shared fire command for FY 2022‐23. However, we did identify that there was some South Pasadena Fire Staff time that was shared with San Marino for FY 2019‐20 and FY 2020‐21. Attached is the invoice for the Shared Fire Staff, the breakdown on the calculation with supporting information, and the Cooperative Agreement for reference.

Regarding the errors that were identified, we did a deep analysis on the January 2022 – June 2022 Shared Fire Command that Chief Szenczi did. We identified the overcharges that were made and will issue a refund back to San Marino. The total amount for the overcharge is $ 11,934.07. Attached is the spreadsheet showing the calculation to reflect how the amount was determined.

Thanks,
Albert Trinh
Finance Manager
City of South Pasadena
1414 Mission Street
South Pasadena, CA 91030
2 (626) 403‐7256
From: Jennifer McGee <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 2:17 PM
To: Hsiulee Tran <[email protected]>
Cc: Mario Rueda <[email protected]>; Albert Trinh <[email protected]>; Paul Riddle <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Invoices for Chief Szenczi
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Thank you Hsiulee!
I know last year our finance department found a few errors that were too late to correct prior to the close of our fiscal year. Prior to forwarding the invoice can you ensure that overtime pay and any pay for Chief Szenczi working out of position (E91, FSO, etc.) are not included?
Jennifer McGee
Fire Management Analyst
2200 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
[email protected]
P: (626) 300-0735
CityofSanMarino.org
From: Hsiulee Tran <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 1:37 PM
To: Paul Riddle <[email protected]>; Jennifer McGee <[email protected]> Cc: Mario Rueda <[email protected]>; Albert Trinh <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Invoices for Chief Szenczi
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Hi Jennifer,
I apologize as I was going to reach out to you earlier with regards to this matter.

We have an invoice ready but I’m waiting for our Finance Director’s final say before I release it.

I’ll give you an update early next week.

Thanks,
3 Hsiulee
From: Paul Riddle <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2023 1:02 PM
To: Jennifer McGee <[email protected]>
Cc: Mario Rueda <[email protected]>; Hsiulee Tran <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Invoices for Chief Szenczi
Good afternoon Jennifer,
I am including Hsiulee to this reply.

Hsiulee, can you please work with Jennifer as to the status of invoicing for Division Chief Szenczi.

Thank you.

Paul Riddle
Fire Chief
City of South Pasadena
[email protected]
On Jul 27, 2023, at 12:21 PM, Jennifer McGee <[email protected]> wrote:

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Hi Chief Riddle,
Do you know who I can reach out to in the finance department regarding the invoices for Chief Szenczi? Our due date for all invoices for FY 2022-23 is August 7, 2023.

Jennifer McGee
Fire Management Analyst
2200 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
[email protected]
P: (626) 300-0735
CityofSanMarino.org

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