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Administrative Services: Budget Highlights • The Capital Outlay for FY 2013-14 includes $16,000 for the third year of a three year program to purchase and install AED's in County facilities, and $1,975 for a door card access system. • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes full year funding for a Radio Systems Technician position (1.0 FTE) approved in November 2012. • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes $27,300 in Contract Services for the installation of HVAC systems currently in stock to provide back up to 9 1-1 Center and Emergency Operations Center (EOC,) in the event of equipment or power failure. Additional system will be installed in the warehouse to regulate temperature. • The "sitdown" forklift that was purchased with the 510 Meadowlands building no longer functions and is not serviceable, given its age. Without a replacement, Emergency Services is not able to unload delivery trucks, which is a critical function during Strategic National Stockpile distributions and disaster operations. The current forklift is not rated at an appropriate weight capacity to serve the needs of the Emergency Services/the county; the new forklift offers additional weight capacity to ensure that ES can fulfill loading/unloading needs during normal and disaster operations. A lease option of$4,167 is included in the FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget. • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes additional funds of$22, 125 for uniforms for additional staff and re-branding the entire department. Life Safety Division: Budget Highlights • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes Capital Outlay funds of $26,835 for a Fire Extinguisher Training System, which will make fire extinguisher training safer for trainees and more cost effective, as well as the replacement of a current fit testing machine and fit testing cards, and includes a computer and printer to allow more portable fit testing for all emergency responders. • Includes full year funding of the Fire Marshal position that was budgeted in FY 2012-13 for six (6) months (starting January 1, 2013) Communications Division: Budget Highlights: • Consistent with the Comprehensive Assessment of EMS and 9-1-1/Communications Center Operations Study, the FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes four new (4.0 FTEs) Telecommunicator positions and one new (1.0 FTE) Quality Assurance/Training Officer position, effective January 1, 2014 • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget also includes full year funding of two (2.0 FTE) Telecommunicator which started January 1, 2013, and full year funding of a Quality Assurance/Training Officer position (1.0 FTE) approved in November 2012. • Includes increases in Overtime funding of$92,986 to meet Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and for new positions. • The decrease in Operations for FY 2013-14 is due to moving the Motorola maintenance to the 9-1-1 Fund ($37,000), and not budgeting for the Narrowbanding project ($14,800) which was completed in FY 2012-13.