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7 <br /> <br /> <br />Public Safety <br />• Emergency Services – page 314 <br />o Emergency Medical Services Performance Measures- graph- slide 16 <br /> <br />Commissioner Jacobs referred to the average response time versus mean response <br />time, and said averaging going up to Caldwell versus going to West Hillsborough are totally <br />different times. He asked if there is a way to share the mean, or by area of the County. <br />Dinah Jeffries said yes. <br />Commissioner McKee asked if any of these reductions in responses times are related to <br />co-location. <br />Dinah Jeffries said yes. <br />Commissioner McKee said this fact should be emphasized. <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> <br />• CIP - Emergency Medical Services Substation - $1.5 million (p. 53) <br />o Standalone Station in Efland – 24 hour station <br />o Replaces Mt. Willing Road <br /> Leased until 2019 for $1 from Efland Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. <br />o Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Demonstration <br /> Roof mounted, 61kW system <br /> Estimated cost of $76,000 to $100,000 after Duke Energy <br />grant/rebate <br /> Useful life of 25 years <br /> 11-13 year payback of County investment <br /> Model for future PV installations on new construction <br /> <br />Efland Substation Site Map (aerial photo) <br /> <br />Efland Substation Site Map with Potential Building Pads (aerial photo) <br /> <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked if there is a schedule for this process. <br />Travis Myren said a purchase agreement is ready to go, pending approval by the BOCC. <br />He said closing on the property could happen in July. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked if building could begin in the fall. <br />Jeff Thompson, Asset Management Services Director, said design would happen in the <br />fall, with building in the spring. <br />Dinah Jeffries said she appreciated the Board’s support of Emergency Services. <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> <br />• Sheriff – page 432 (slide 20) <br />o Total expenditure budget - $13,424,193 <br />o Reclassification Review for Sheriff’s Personnel - $230,000 <br /> Deputy I and II <br /> Detention Officer <br /> Sergeants and Command Staff <br />o Recommended Budget Decreased Net County Costs by $514,300 <br /> Expenditures Decreased by ($214,300) <br /> Motor Pool Charges Removed from Department Budget <br />and Absorbed Directly by the General Fund <br /> Revenue Increased by $300,000