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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 9, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1 <br />SUBJECT: Emergency Management Matters <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />5/20/05 EM Director Memo <br />Draft Scope of Services <br />Table of Grant Funding <br />Draft Options for Emergency Card <br />Distribution <br />Quick Reference Card <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jack Ball, 644-3030 <br />PURPOSE: To review and discuss various emergency management related matters. <br />BACKGROUND: Staff are working on a number of emergency management policy analysis <br />and operational matters and request feedback from the Board of Commissioners before <br />proceeding further. At this November 9 work session, staff recommend that the Board discuss <br />and provide input related to the topics outlined below: <br />Fire and Rescue Service Study <br />During a May 2005 work session, staff reviewed a report and recommendations on the current <br />and flature delivery of volunteer fire and rescue services throughout Orange County, including <br />the development of a proposed strategic plan for these services. The Board of Commissioners <br />directed the preparation of a fire and rescue service study and included $25,000 in the 2005-06 <br />County operating budget to fund this undertaking. The timeline for the study contemplates <br />completion by Spring 2006 so that its conclusions may be considered during the development <br />of the 2006-07 budget and 2006-16 Capital Investment Plan. <br />Emergency Management staff prepared a draft scope of services for the study and met last <br />month with a work group of fire and rescue representatives to refine it in anticipation of <br />distributing it to potentially interested and qualified consultants. That revised scope of services <br />is attached for review and comment by the BOCC. Staff propose to incorporate the Board's <br />comments in a final document that would be circulated through a request for proposals (RFP) <br />process. A consultant agreement would be brought back for BOCC approval in late 2005 or <br />early 2006. <br />Communications Interoperability/Homeland Security Grant Funding Update <br />In early July 2005, Orange County Emergency Management and the City of Durham submitted <br />a joint grant application to the United States Department of Justice for interoperable <br />communications funding, specifically to replace our early 1990s vintage 9-1-1 center radio <br />