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Fire Services Ad Hoc Report Page 4 of5 May 24, 2007 . AICo Fire inspection operations are being coordinated with the City's building inspections. Coordination will include co-location of operations. . City and AICo Fire will work cooperatively on a legislative initiative regarding Fire Training Reimbursement through insurance companies. . A Joint Budget Workshop with San Leandro and Dublin City Managers, Lawrence Berkeley Labs and the County Administrator was held in March 2007. . Purchase, training and distribution of automatic external defibrillators for City facilities. . Fire Chief identified First Responder Advanced Life Support (FRALS) funding owed to the City and facilitated meetings between County EMS and the City. Back payments of $1.7m to be received. Annual payments of $250k in future years anticipated. Direction - The Fire Committee shared concerns regarding financial controls and requested information at their next meeting. The Committee also recommended that a procedure be put in place to ensure that an in-depth comparison study is performed on a regular basis, such as every two or three years, to ensure costs are reasonable. March 27. 2007 The agenda and select information distributed at or prior to the meeting are attached as Exhibit 4. Internal Controls - A review of A1Co Fire's internal control processes was conducted to determine the steps in place to prevent the risk of fraud and the process for reporting and investigating potential risk claims. Cash flow and reconciliation, purchasing, independent oversight, department training, and investigations and whistleblower protection were researched and reviewed with the Fire Committee. FY 2007-08 Preliminary Fire Budget - AICo Fire projects a 3.6% increase in their overall budget, excluding capital equipment replacement. San Leandro's share of the 3.6% increase would equate to approximately $550,000. The costs for the needed ladder truck and the defibrillators for City facilities are not included in this estimate. Discussion of Consolidation - The Committee discussed the consolidation of Union City and Fremont's Fire Departments in the mid 1990's. When the two cities combined, the Fremont Fire Chief became chief and the employees became employees of Fremont. Due to concerns regarding cost allocation, the City of Union City took back fire services a few years later. It was determined that the City of San Leandro's situation is different. A1Co Fire's recent proposal to the City of Berkeley for Fire Services at a cost savings of $500k was also discussed.