November 21, 2024 - 9:00 AM - Fire Commission Board Cost Share Subcommittee Meeting Minutes

10 + JOHNSTONCOUNTYFIRE PROTECTIONSERVICEDISTRICT COSTSHARESUBCOMMITTEE November 21 , 2024 The JohnstonCountyFire ProtectionService District Cost Share Subcommittee meetingwas heldonThursday , November 21 , 2024 at 2 00pm in the JohnstonCountyEmergencyServices EOC room Present ChairmanBarryStanley , JeremeyDaughtry , Alan Johnson , David Ranes , BrannanBarbee , Paul Whitehurst , JosephRadford , JoeyCreech AlsoPresent RyanParker JohnstonCountyFire Marshal , DevinCreech Johnston CountyAdminAssistant , Chris Ellington Fire CommissionChair , Chris Perry ZebulonFire Chief , Jim Jones FuquayVarina Fire Chief , BrianStaples Wendell Fire Chief , Darrell Alford Wake CountyFire Services & EmergencyManagement Director , Chris Hoffman Wake CountyFire Services Administrator 1 Meeting Called to Order ChairmanBarryStanley called the meeting toorder at 2 03pm JeremeyDaughtryopened the meetingwith a prayer 2 Approval Discussion of Agenda Upon a motionby JeremeyDaughtry , secondedbyBrannanBarbee , and carriedunanimouslyby the cost share subcommittee members ChairmanBarryStanley , Alan Johnson , DavidRanes , Paul Whitehurst , JosephRadford , and JoeyCreech , the Board approved the presented agenda 3 Presentation byWake County Fire Services & Fire Chiefs Wake CountyFire Services & EmergencyManagement Director Darrell Alfordpresented a summaryof the process for purchasing stations and apparatus Director Alford stated that The ERF EmergencyResponse Framework drives the purchasingplan eachyear during the budget process Wake County supplies their fire departments with certain equipment , such as SCBA air packs , turnout gear , etc , basedon a replacement schedule Page+ Keydiscussionpoints Stations ? Fire Districts inWake County are drawn around the closest station response ? When considering a new station , Wake Countydetermines whether the stationwill serve areas outside a five - mile radius , if it reduces travel time bymore than twominutes for at least 50 of impacted county residents , and if relocating a station creates anydistrict outside the five - mile radius , likely changing the insurance classification ? Wake Countywill participate in the purchase loan for a periodof 10years or more ? For new stations built withinWake County i If the station is in a municipal area , the Townwill secure a loanwith an Interlocal Agreement ILA , specifying that Wake Countywill pay a portion , with a loan schedule for annual payments ii If the station is in a non - profit area , Wake Countywill assume responsibility for the loan ? The total fundingprovidedbyWake County for a new stationnever exceeds 49 of total construction and land acquisitionof the project ? A funding cap equal to the cost share percentage , is maintained ? A5 deduction inWake County’s cost share is applied if the station fails tomeet the greater than twominute response time ? Wake CountyGIS creates a new response area basedon actual station location and evaluates the 2minute or better response time for 50 of the unincorporatedproperties The cost share is applied to just that area ? Wake County stations that are co - located , EMS funds 25 on all projects , and the cost share for Wake County is applied to the remainingpercentage Apparatus ? Wake Countyprovides one engine andone adminvehicle to every stationusing the cost share formula basedon that year ? Wake Countywill participate in the purchase loan for a periodof 10years or more ? Wake Countyprovides slug funding example FuquayVarina Apparatus Capital Proposal spreadsheet illustrates the average funding for 1Engine , 1Ladder andAdminvehicles over 20 years rather than the countypurchasing the apparatus out right toMunicipal departments as part of the apparatus replacement plan ? The slug fundingprovidedbyWake County tomunicipalities allows those departments to maintain their own replacement program ; Wake County still provides maintenance funding for apparatus to those departments ? Apparatus for non - profit departments are 100 fundedbyWake County and are ownedbyWake County ? Wake Countyprovides enough engines tomeet ISO rating requirements County reserves apparatus are allowed tobe used for individual departments for ISO rating requirements Page+ 4 Staff Updates JohnstonCountyFire Marshal RyanParker thankedWake CountyStaff andChiefs for attending the meeting andproviding their insights Ryan shared that he was completing the draft of the Station LocationStudyRFP , and that the Fire Commissionwill be meetingMonday , November 25 , 2024 5 Committee Member Updates The Cost Share Subcommittee thankedWake CountyStaff andChiefs for their presentation There beingno further business , JeremeyDaughtrymoved to adjourn JosephRadford seconded the motion , whichwas carriedbyunanimous vote The meeting adjourned at 3 12pm Page