pages: CityCouncil/2009-08-03.pdf, 17
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CityCouncil | 2009-08-03 | 17 | Councilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Matarrese requested that staff provide matrices and a report showing whether adjustments need to be made. Councilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Gilmore stated the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 false alarm response projections are the same as Fiscal Year 2009-2010; the public should be educated more aggressively to ensure that the number of false alarms drop. Mayor/Chair Johnson stated false alarm response numbers are very high. The Fire Chief stated all cities are experiencing a high volume of false alarms; fees have been implemented; the number of false alarm responses is not that high in consideration of the number of smoke alarms, sprinkler heads, detectors, and pull stations within the City. Mayor/Chair Johnson inquired whether calls for plumbing problems have decreased, to which the Fire Chief responded in the affirmative. Speaker Domenick Weaver, Alameda Fire Fighters. ouncilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Gilmore inquired whether the ambulance transport expenditure is approximately $3. 1 million. The Interim City Manager responded approximately $2 million [of the $3. 1 million] is for staffing the Ambulance Transport Service Program. Councilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Gilmore inquired whether EMS billable collections are $1.8 million. The Interim City Manager responded the program brings in approximately $2,040,000. Councilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Gilmore inquired whether the $1.8 million is a subset of the $2,040,000, to which the Interim City Manager responded in the affirmative. Councilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Matarrese stated one extreme would be keeping things status quoi another extreme would be outsourcing to the County; that he would like to review Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Agency, and Community Improvement Commission August 3, 2009 | CityCouncil/2009-08-03.pdf |