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10 <br /> 1 The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes $27,300 in Contract <br /> 2 Services for the installation of HVAC systems currently in stock to provide back up to <br /> 3 9 1-1 Center and Emergency Operations Center (EOC,) in the event of equipment or <br /> 4 power failure. Additional system will be installed in the warehouse to regulate <br /> 5 temperature. <br /> 6 The "sitdown" forklift that was purchased with the 510 Meadowlands building no longer <br /> 7 functions and is not serviceable, given its age. Without a replacement, Emergency <br /> 8 Services is not able to unload delivery trucks, which is a critical function during Strategic <br /> 9 National Stockpile distributions and disaster operations. The current forklift is not rated <br /> 10 at an appropriate weight capacity to serve the needs of the Emergency Services/the <br /> 11 county; the new forklift offers additional weight capacity to ensure that ES can fulfill <br /> 12 loading/unloading needs during normal and disaster operations. A lease option of <br /> 13 $4,167 is included in the FY <br /> 14 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget. <br /> 15 The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes additional funds of$22, 125 <br /> 16 for uniforms for additional staff and re-branding the entire department. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Life Safety Division: <br /> 19 Budget Highlights <br /> 20 The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes Capital Outlay funds of <br /> 21 $26,835 for a Fire Extinguisher Training System, which will make fire extinguisher <br /> 22 training safer for trainees and more cost effective, as well as the replacement of a <br /> 23 current fit testing machine and fit testing cards, and includes a computer and printer to <br /> 24 allow more portable fit testing for all emergency responders. <br /> 25 Includes full year funding of the Fire Marshal position that was budgeted in FY 2012-13 <br /> 26 for six (6) months (starting January 1, 2013) <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Communications Division: <br /> 29 Budget Highlights: <br /> 30 • Consistent with the Comprehensive Assessment of EMS and 9-1-1/Communications <br /> 31 Center Operations Study, the FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes <br /> 32 four new (4.0 FTEs) Telecom municator positions and one new (1.0 FTE) Quality <br /> 33 Assurance/Training Officer position, effective January 1, 2014 <br /> 34 • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget also includes full year funding of two <br /> 35 (2.0 FTE) Telecom municator which started January 1, 2013, and full year funding of a <br /> 36 Quality Assurance/Training Officer position (1.0 FTE) approved in November 2012. <br /> 37 • Includes increases in Overtime funding of$92,986 to meet Fair Labor Standards Act <br /> 38 (FLSA) and for new positions. <br /> 39 • The decrease in Operations for FY 2013-14 is due to moving the Motorola maintenance <br /> 40 to the 9-1-1 Fund ($37,000), and not budgeting for the Narrowbanding project ($14,800) <br /> 41 which was completed in FY 2012-13. <br /> 42 • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes Capital Outlay funding of <br /> 43 $14,797 for a paging encoder to use as a backup in the event of a 9-1-1 Center failure, <br /> 44 the purchase 4 desktop computers for the 9-1-1 Center, as well as an interactive <br /> 45 situational awareness monitor. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Emergency Medical Services Division <br /> 48 Budget Highlights <br />