From: [email protected]
To: Patrick Slayter; Neysa Hinton; Sarah Glade Gurney; Una Glass; Diana Rich Cc: Mary Gourley; Lawrence McLaughlin; Bill Braga; [email protected] Subject: Re: M. Carnacchi to Mayor Slayter / Sebastopol Fire Department Public Comment:
Date: Monday, May 16, 2022 2:08:00 PM
Mayor Slayter,
Your recommendation gives up our city's one-hundred percent control of the Sebastopol Fire Department to become one board member of eight that will govern the affairs of fire protection in our community.
Fire protection for the citizenry of Sebastopol is now governed by 5 seats on city council. Why trade 5 seats as a whole body to become one of eight?
With consolidation, Sebastopol's control of fire protection for her citizens will be reduced from 100% to
12.5%.
Michael C.
[Mary, is it possible to add Patrick's reply and subsequent communications under the same hyperlink in public comments as this original email?]
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Slayter <[email protected]>
To: Michael Anthony Carnacchi >
Sent: Mon, May 16, 2022 1:05 pm
Subject: Re: M. Carnacchi to Mayor Slayter / Sebastopol Fire Department Public Comment:
I had an informal conversation with a senior member of the GFD in addition to the ad hoc communicating with Graton in a more formal way.
My conversation was to get a sense of the internal culture, operations and ethos of the department.
The proposal is not an acquisition, but rather, a consolidation. No external fire district or department will be purchasing another.
cheers,
Pat
Patrick Slayter
Mayor
City of Sebastopol
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On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 12:00 PM > wrote:
Dear Mayor Slayter,
During your and council member Rich's meeting on Thursday May 5, 2022 with the Sebastopol Firefighter Volunteers, you were asked by one of those volunteers if the city's ad-hoc committee had considered the Graton Fire Department before recommending the acquisition of the Sebastopol Fire Department by the Gold Ridge Fire Protection District.
Your answer is quoted here:
"We had a conversation that may have been one of my conversations around the backdoor with productions but,
we didn't feel that that was as good a fit culturally, and I'm not sure how much interest they had in us." Please explain the cultural differences between the Sebastopol Fire Department and the Graton Fire Department and define what you mean by "around the backdoor with productions." Thank you for your service,
Michael Carnacchi