TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Michael Lang, Fire Chief
Sarah Michael, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Portal-to-Portal Compensation for the City of Manhattan Beach to Continue Portal-to-Portal Reimbursements from the California Office of Emergency Management (Fire Chief Lang).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 24-0070
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 24-0070 for Portal-to-Portal Compensation for the City in order to continue to receive full reimbursements for all suppression personnel on a portal-to-portal basis for all mutual aid deployments throughout California.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Unless the City adopts a resolution requiring the California Office of Emergency Management (Cal OES) to reimburse the City for travel time to and from mutual aid incidents, the state will only pay for actual work time on-scene at the emergency. Most employee classifications are reimbursable currently; however, the Deputy Chief position needs to be added to receive portal-to-portal reimbursement. There are no other fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
Prior to March 31, 2015, Cal OES reimbursed the City for portal-to-portal travel to and from wildland fires and other emergencies when requested through the state master mutual aid agreement. The City is in Area G of the Los Angeles County Operational Area. When requested by the region or state, the Manhattan Beach Fire Department typically responds with one four-person fire engine and a Deputy Chief/Division Chief with other South Bay fire departments for mutual aid to large brush fires. These assignments are usually 3-14 days long and the reimbursement clock does not start until after the 12th hour.
Local agencies that do not have an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Memorandum of Ag...
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