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September 14, 2009 <br />Joint Elected Officials Meeting <br />City of Springfield <br />City of Eugene <br />Lane County <br /> <br />Page 13 of 14 <br /> <br /> <br />forward that included working together as two decision making governing bodies. She wanted to try to <br />find ways to make it work on a smaller scale. <br /> <br />Mayor Leiken said it sounded like the task force thought moving forward with one Metro Plan was the <br />way to go with some autonomy. He asked if this would need voter approval from all three jurisdictions if <br />it went into a discussion regarding a district. Yes. <br /> <br />Mayor Leiken said he had appreciated the third battalion concept and felt it worked well. He said it was <br />important to look at this from a governing standpoint. He had known Chief Murphy for many years and <br />would put a lot of faith in Chief Murphy’s judgment. The concept of cooperation had been outstanding. It <br />would be important for him to hear from the leadership of the unions. If there was any issue with the <br />unions, he would be inclined to be unsupportive. He agreed with Councilor Simmons that the elected <br />officials would continue to look over staff’s shoulders as that was their job. He also agreed with <br />Councilor Ortiz that we could not lower our service delivery. He needed to know if this would save <br />dollars and cents in the long run. They needed to know they were making decisions that were prudent, <br />while maintaining service deliveries. He said the cooperation between the two fire departments was <br />outstanding. He felt these were the only public agencies that this would work with and it was worth <br />looking into. <br /> <br />Councilor Taylor asked who would be the Fire Chief and which City Manager would be making that <br />decision. <br /> <br />Councilor Taylor asked how difficult would it be to go back if a change was made and they determined it <br />wasn’t working. <br /> <br />Chief Groves recalled the consolidation of the Fire and Police Department in Eugene. When they <br />deconsolidated, the most difficult part was building the staffing levels up for each department. It took <br />about ten years to get the resources back to build up those positions. He felt they chose the wrong services <br />to consolidate at that time, but felt these (fire departments) were the right services because they were like <br />services. They were looking at doing more with less. <br /> <br />Chief Murphy said Chief Groves had his support as the Chief if there were a merger. It was important for <br />continuity. He believed that Springfielder’s would also support Chief Groves. It would also take a step of <br />faith from Eugene to support our Fire Marshal, as they would most likely be the Fire Marshal for the <br />merged department, as would be our Training Chief. There were three key retirements or turnovers: the <br />Fire Marshal, the Training Chief and the Chief of the department. In those three people would be cost <br />savings and continuity. <br /> <br />ADJOURNMENT <br /> <br />Mayor Leiken adjourned the meeting at 1:25 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Minutes Recorder <br /> <br />
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