2020-06-25 BOCC Agenda Okeechobee County
Board of County Commissioners Meeting Location
304 NW 2nd Street
Okeechobee, FL 34972
Workshop 863-763-6441
www.co.okeechobee.fl.us
~ Agenda ~
Thursday, June 25, 2020 6:00 PM Historic Courthouse, Room 270
Board of County Commissioners Page 1 Updated 6/24/2020 12:10 PM
Call to Order
Terry Burroughs Chairman
Bryant Culpepper Commissioner
Kelly Owens Commissioner
David Hazellief Commissioner
Bradley G. Goodbread Commissioner
Robbie Chartier County Administrator
Wade Vose County Attorney
Jeff Shain Deputy Clerk
I. Commencement
II. Agenda
1. JOINT WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE TO DISCUSS FIRE
SERVICES— Tracy Rowland
That the Board of County Commissioners conduct a joint workshop with the City of
Okeechobee to discuss fire services.
III. Public Comment
IV. Adjournment
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Okeechobee County
Board of County Commissioners
304 NW 2nd Street Department: Administration
Okeechobee, FL 34972 Category: General Business
Prepared By: Tracy Rowland
COMPLETED Initiator: Tracy Rowland
ACTION ITEM (ID # 5951)
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SUBJECT: JOINT WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE TO DISCUSS FIRE
SERVICES
MEETING: Workshop June 25, 2020
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
unknown
REQUESTED ACTION:
That the Board of County Commissioners conduct a joint workshop with the City of Okeechobee
to discuss fire services.
BACKGROUND:
The negotiating team recommended the City and the County conduct a joint workshop to
discuss fire services.
There are two distinct topics to be discussed. (More detail will be provided following the Teams
meeting on June 23rd and this agenda item will be updated at that time.)
1. Fire Services
2. Personnel
Notice to attendees: room seating capacity will be limited due to social distancing requirements,
screening will be conducted before entering the BOCC room, and all persons are required to
wear masks while in the building and meeting room.
City-County
Fire
Discussion
June 25, 2020
Interlocal Agreement
Personnel Miscellaneous
Management of Additional
Services to Agreement Array of Services to Provided
Salary, Retirement, Vacation-Sick-
Accruals, Rank, Probationary
Periods, Number of employees,
Attrition,
Length of agreement
Payment Model
Vehicles, Equipment, Maint.
Service Reports
Fire Inspections
Water Hydrant Inspections
Fees to conduct additional
services
Fire suppression
Rescue Operations
Mass Casualty
Incident Response
Major Disaster
Joint Recommendations for Fire Service Agreement
1.Agreement will be based on current services provided by County
a)Fire suppression
b)Rescue Operations
c)Mass Casualty
d)Incident Response
e)Major Disaster
f)Fire Prevention
2.City desires to use current County fire assessment rate as basis for fee calculation for the first year
3.City to pay to be included in County’s current fire assessment rate study being developed to determine
the true fire assessment rate for City properties.
4.Fees (inspections, etc) will go city to offset costs of services rendered
5.Equipment (Fire trucks, bunker gear, etc.) will be provided to County at no cost
6.County will maintain vehicles at no charge to City
7.City will allow County to store fire reserve apparatus at existing city facility
Joint Recommendations for Fire Service Agreement
1.City desires to have a 5 year agreement
2.Performance metrics to be determined after software package has been implemented by County
3.City would pay for people to attend Paramedic school (current and transferred employees)
4.County has proposed taking 7 people (6 Paramedics and 1 inspector)
5.County could take an additional people and use them as attrition presents itself
6.City would pay for the additional people until attrition takes place
7.City Pension Options:
1.Employee could stay in city pension plan or
2.Employee could choose to enroll in County plan
8.Process to handle salary, vacation-sick accruals/current balances have been agreed to by both
administrators.
Union Discussion Points
1.Seniority
2.Rank
3.Probationary Period
4.If City and County agrees to proposal, Union still needs to agree
to proposal to complete process