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7 <br /> Public Safety— CIP <br /> • EMS Substation and Morgue — p. 53 CIP <br /> — Efland Substation Replaces Station #4 on Mt. Willing Road <br /> • 24 Hour Substation <br /> • 5,000 sq. ft.; Two Ambulance Bays; Sleeping Quarters for Four Staff <br /> • PV Panels — 61 kW System with 11-13 Year Payback <br /> • Total Cost - $2.3 million <br /> — Morgue Project <br /> • Revised Cost from $1.2 million to $575,000 <br /> • Provides Fully Functional 1,000 sq. ft. Facility <br /> • Attached to the Substation for Shared Site Work and Infrastructure <br /> — Public Safety— CIP <br /> Dinah Jeffries said she is proud of her team and Orange County, and appreciates <br /> everything that the County has done for her department. She said her staff is tired, but <br /> dedicated, and Orange County has one of the best Emergency Services departments in the <br /> state, and maybe in the U.S. She said her staff is thankful to the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners. <br /> Chair Rich said she has been working closely with EMS on Covid-19, and she thanked <br /> the department for its great efforts. She said this is EMS week. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin referred to page 220, and said the organizational chart shows <br /> one community paramedic. He asked if the other one listed elsewhere in the organization. <br /> Travis Myren said this is probably due to the timing of the publication. He resumed the <br /> PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Public Safety <br /> • Sheriff— page 331 <br /> • Total expenditure budget - $14,803,705 <br /> — Net County Cost Increase of$727,614 over FY2019-20 Budget <br /> • Classification and Compression Work in FY2019-20-chart <br /> Public Safety <br /> • Sheriff— page 371- Sheriff's Office Calls for Service (chart) <br /> Public Safety <br /> • Sheriff— page 371- Average Scene Time (chart) <br /> Public Safety <br /> • Sheriff— page 371- Response Time (chart) <br /> Commissioner Price referred to the slide with the projections of number of calls, and <br /> asked if there is a current update. <br /> Travis Myren said he can get that information. He said on an annualized basis there <br /> would be 13,000 calls. He said this goes from July 2019 to early May 2020. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if the calls are around 30,000 now. <br /> Travis Myren said the high twenties. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if there is a reason for the increase in response time. <br /> Travis Myren said it is about stable. <br /> Sheriff Blackwood said there are many factors that go into this, but the main reason is <br /> that his department is spending a lot more time with investigative measures at the scene, due to <br />