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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
DATE: November 14, 2017
SUBJECT: (a) Report on the efforts of staff to develop a one year Lease Agreement Between the County of Lake and the Lake County Fire Chiefs' Association for use of the Lake Red Net radio frequency; and (b) Consideration of First Amendment to Agreement Between the County of Lake and the Fire Protection Districts for Dispatch Services
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
(a) At the request of the Sheriff, the Administrative Office and County Counsel are drafting an agreement which, if approved, would make it possible for the Lake County Fire Chiefs' association to lease the Red Net radio frequency for a period of one year. Staff is requesting an opportunity to update your Board on this effort.
(b) As your Board recalls, on June 20, 2017, you approved Amendment No.1 to the Contract Agreement between the County of Lake and the Fire Protection Districts for Dispatch Services. This amendment was prepared in response to the County receiving a letter from the Lake County Fire Chiefs' Association, signed by Lakeport Fire Chief Douglas P. Hutchison, advising of the Chiefs' desire to secure another provider
for dispatch services and plan to transition over the next year. Said amendment was intended to support the Fire Districts' plans to terminate the existing agreement for dispatch services with the Sheriff which, prior to the amendment, provided only for termination with cause.
After your Board approved the Amendment, it was forwarded to each of the Districts for approval but none took action to execute it. Subsequently, on September 19, 2017, your Board rescinded the First Amendment to Agreement Between the County of Lake and the Fire Protection District for Dispatch Services.
In a letter dated October 31, 2017, the Fire Chief's requested that the parties reconsider the Amendment. Based on the Chiefs' request, staff is again agendizing the propose...
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