ORD-2012-057 Approval of Budget Amendment #4-c Implementation Strategy from the Emergency Services Workgroup

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The Workgroup recommends hiring a dedicated full-time Training/Quality Assurance Officer immediately in the current fiscal year, at an estimated annual cost of$72,800. R-15. Anticipating increasing responsibilities due to the number of new personnel forthcoming, hire an additional full-time Training/Quality Assurance Officer no later than the end of year-3. The Workgroup recommends hiring an additional dedicated full-time Training/Quality Assurance Officer during year-2 or Fiscal 201412015, at an estimated annual cost of$72,800. R-16. Prepare a schedule for the hiring and training of the identified Telecommunicator positions and identify the date to begin solicitation and acceptance of applications. R-17. Hire 17 new, full-time Telecommunicators. The Workgroup recommends combining R-16 and R-17 into one recommendation. The Fiscal 2012/13 Budget includes 4 new full-time Telecommunicators, which are included with the total of 17 recommended by the Study. The Workgroup recommends combining R-16 & R-17 to hire and train 13 new full-time Telecommunicators over 3 Fiscal Years. Recommending that 4 fulltime Telecommunicators be added in Fiscal 2013/14, 4 additional Telecommunicators in Fiscal 2014/15, and 5 Telecommunicators in added in Fiscal 2015/16. The total position added over 3 years will be 13 Telecommunicators, with the estimated total cost of$585,000. R-18. Purchase necessary AVL vehicle hardware for each new EMS vehicle purchased to enable compatibility with newly purchased CAD software and existing AVL system hardware. Necessary AVL vehicle hardware already in place, no action needed. R 19. Following the installation of recently purchased Communications Center software and the training of in-house personnel; organize and provide informational meetings to emergency service system members, particularly Fire Departments and Law Enforcement, with regards to the system's capabilities and the information that will be available to them for their use. OSSI Software has been purchased and the 12 month installation process has started. The Workgroup recommends that the 911 Users Group be resurrected to meet at least 6 times per year and provide input for the 911 Communications installation and setup of the OSSI system. R 20. From the Workgroup: The Workgroup recommends that Page Track software, currently in use by the Fire Departments, be incorporated into the OSSI system if possible and utilized by 911 Communications, If Page Track remains a standalone system, it is recommended that 911 Communications use the system to support OSSI when possible. The Workgroup recommends funding $414,500 as outlined in the recommendations background in the current fiscal year and incorporate the remaining recommendations into the Fiscal Year 2013-14 Annual Budget& CIP process. Chair Pelissier took a poll to see if Board of County Commissioners wanted to continue past 10:30pm. The Board all agreed.