HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2001-128 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-128
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2000/2001
BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING $480,154 TO THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT FROM THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE
OF THE GENERAL FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A JOINT POWERS
AGREEMENT WITH THE HEARTLAND
COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY FOR FIRE DISPATCHING
SERVICES
WHEREAS, the Fire Department is currently dispatched by the Chula Vista
Communications Center located in the Police Department building, and personnel in the Center
are required to handle the complex task of dispatching both police and fire/emergency medical
calls; and
WHEREAS, Chula Vista has reached the critical volume of calls for police and
fire/emergency medical responses handled by this combination method of police/fire
dispatching; and
WHEREAS, in addition, Chula Vista has joint agreements with the City of Imperial
Beach and the Bonita Sunnyside Fire Protection District to provide fire dispatch services; and
WHEREAS, due to the growing size, volume of calls, increasingly complex automation
and separate knowledge and skills required for dispatching fire/medical and police, there is a
need to separate police and fire dispatching; and
WHEREAS, in order to reduce liability and to ensure optimal police and fire dispatch
efficiency, it is necessary to establish a dispatch system strictly dedicated to fire department
functions; and
WHEREAS, staff proposes that the City of Chula Vista enter into a contract in order to
join the Heartland Communications Authority as a Joint Powers Authority member; and
WHEREAS, the proposed agreement would replace the existing dispatch contracts and
open a new contract with the Heartland Communication Authority; and
WHEREAS, compensation for the cost of providing fire dispatch services would be made
by the City of Chula Vista to the Heartland Communications Authority which includes the "buy
in" cost of joining the JPA as well as the necessary hardware and communication components
required for operation; and
WHEREAS, the proposed agreement will authorize the Chula Vista Fire Department as a
voting member of the Joint Powers of the Heartland Communications Authority and will also
have a positive impact on Fire Department operations and minimize the potential for City
liability associated with the provision of fire dispatch services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby amend the Fiscal Year 2000/2001 budget by appropriating $480,154 to the
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Fire Department from the available fund balance of the General Fund to facilitate
implementation of the Joint Powers Agreement with Heartland Communications Authority.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council approves entering into a Joint
Powers Agreement with the Heartland Communications Authority for Fire Dispatching Services,
and the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into said Agreement, in substantially the form
attached, with modifications subject to City Attorney approval.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Hardiman J_oh)~.. Kaheny t~
Fire Chief ,>City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
Califomia, this 1st day of May, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Padilia, Rindone, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Shirley Horto~,~ayor
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City CI~ ~.._.a
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHLrLA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2001-128 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 1st day of May, 2001.
Executed this 1st day of May, 2001.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk