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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 24, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. (a - b <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Emergency Services Work Group -Appointments <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Under Separate Cover <br />Membership Roster <br />Interest List <br />Application(s)/Resume(s) of Person(s) on <br />the Interest List <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clerk's Office, 245-2130 <br />PURPOSE: To consider making appointments to the Orange County Emergency Services <br />Work Group. <br />BACKGROUND: On November 17, 2011 the Board of County Commissioners met to discuss <br />with staff several issues and recommendations to enhance the delivery of emergency services. <br />Staff presented: <br />1) Review of the VIPER (Voice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders) Original <br />Design and Implementation and Strategies to Improve Coverage and Capacity; <br />2) E911 Communications Center Improvement Plan; <br />3) Discussion with the Board of County Commissioners Regarding Plans to Improve the <br />Emergency Medical Services Delivery System; <br />4) Review of Fire Department Issues Relating to Fire Protection Districts, Fire Insurance <br />Districts and Fire Tax Districts as Related to Property Insurance Ratings; and <br />5) Summary of Financial Implications to Provide Emergency Services Coverage, <br />Capacity and System Improvements. <br />The Board directed staff at this time to bring a plan back that established a workgroup to <br />address issues related to the items presented for the purpose of seeking input. At the <br />December 13, 2011 BOCC meeting, staff presented the Board will a proposed Emergency <br />Services Workgroup format, which the Board amended, by adding two Commissioners (one <br />member/one alternate), two citizens, and the Medical Director as active members of the work <br />group. The Board agreed by consensus that the first order of business for this work group <br />would be to synthesize a charge out of the two proposed charges (one from staff and one from <br />Bill Waddell, President of Orange Grove FD) and to propose a reasonable timeframe to report <br />back to the County Commissioners for information and not necessarily for approval. <br />