Item 2: Functional Consolidation of Fire Departments

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ATTACHMENT C will be required. Emergency Management: Deputy Chief responsible for emergency management on behalf of combined fire department; emergency management for Eugene remains as is (housed in Risk Services Section); emergency management for Springfield to be established IGAs/MOUs/Contracts/Admin. Orders: All maintained by a Senior Administrative Specialist in the Administration Division; both City Recorders will need to serve as official custodians; contract managers (appropriate staff based on subject area) are responsible for any amendments/renewals. Community Relations/PIO: Deputy Chief responsible for department representation in community; incident commanders remain responsible for on-scene PIO duty; PIO continues to handle all other PIO functions. Planning: Chief of Department has signature authority on all planning documents and assigns tasks as appropriate. SOPs: Personnel in all functional areas will need to examine all relevant SOPs for inclusion in a Metro SOP set, and will be responsible for normalizing those SOPs to apply to a merged department. SOPs applicable to the Office of the Chief include those related to the structure of the organization and those related to personnel administration. FTE – Identify potential increases and consolidations in FTE: - What positions will be consolidated through attrition: Fire Chief (1 vs 2) Costs – Confirm present costs for service delivery: Eugene: $308,331 Springfield: $160,000 ? Onetime costs that are required to implement the program: Integration of SOPs Integration of contracts/IGAs/MOUs/admin. orders Physical relocations ? Ongoing costs that are required to maintain program: $308,331 + inflation + administration of governance ? Identify cost avoidance opportunities: Single Chief of Department Single point of contract maintenance ? Consider long term economies of scale: Single Chief of Department 25 ATTACHMENT 3