Amador County – The Plymouth City Council tonight will consider renewing its Joint Powers Agreement with the Amador Fire Protection Authority. City Manager Dixon Flynn will recommend approval of the agreement, in which Plymouth Volunteer Fire Department personnel operate out of the city fire department building and make up Battalion 20 of the AFPA. The council at its last meeting received a report from Mayor Patricia Fordyce on recent happenings with the AFPA. The AFPA board voted to recommend that it follow the suggestion of Amador County to hire California Department of Fire personnel to take over the county fire personnel, who would all be paid by Measure M funds, approved by a county vote. Fordyce said the CalFire “fire service manager” and “training captain” would train all the paid personnel, over 1 to 3 years, then after that period, the county would take over operation of the county-wide fire department. Vice Mayor Greg Baldwin said the biggest obstacle was between the volunteer fire departments and paid fire departments to find someone with experience. AFPA felt that CalFire had many years’ experience and would be able to come in immediately and get things going, then after a couple of years, relinquish control to the formation of a Joint Powers Agreement between the cities and the groups that actually want to continue the program. But the AFPA board earlier this month decided to not follow the county’s recommendation on hiring CalFire. With the agenda is a March 15th letter from Sutter Creek Creek Mayor Gary Wooten, to Supervisor Chairman Brian Oneto, also president of the Amador Fire Protection District. In the letter, Wooten said the Sutter Creek City Council wanted to “express its support for the efforts of Sutter Creek Fire Protection District to contract with the AFPD to provide and supervise paid firefighters.” Wooten said the council believes the “plan is the best method of providing paid firefighters for our community while continuing to augment the existing volunteer department.” The letter said Sutter Creek “further supports the funding and hiring plan developed by AFPD Chief Jim McCart,” and the council “believes this plan provides for better staffing, creates a clearer chain of command and is more economically sustainable.” Wooten urged Oneto’s support of the AFPD plan, as Sutter Creek FPD “has a vested stake in the outcome,” as it “provides for fire service within the city limits.” Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.-
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Amador County – The Plymouth City Council tonight will consider renewing its Joint Powers Agreement with the Amador Fire Protection Authority. City Manager Dixon Flynn will recommend approval of the agreement, in which Plymouth Volunteer Fire Department personnel operate out of the city fire department building and make up Battalion 20 of the AFPA. The council at its last meeting received a report from Mayor Patricia Fordyce on recent happenings with the AFPA. The AFPA board voted to recommend that it follow the suggestion of Amador County to hire California Department of Fire personnel to take over the county fire personnel, who would all be paid by Measure M funds, approved by a county vote. Fordyce said the CalFire “fire service manager” and “training captain” would train all the paid personnel, over 1 to 3 years, then after that period, the county would take over operation of the county-wide fire department. Vice Mayor Greg Baldwin said the biggest obstacle was between the volunteer fire departments and paid fire departments to find someone with experience. AFPA felt that CalFire had many years’ experience and would be able to come in immediately and get things going, then after a couple of years, relinquish control to the formation of a Joint Powers Agreement between the cities and the groups that actually want to continue the program. But the AFPA board earlier this month decided to not follow the county’s recommendation on hiring CalFire. With the agenda is a March 15th letter from Sutter Creek Creek Mayor Gary Wooten, to Supervisor Chairman Brian Oneto, also president of the Amador Fire Protection District. In the letter, Wooten said the Sutter Creek City Council wanted to “express its support for the efforts of Sutter Creek Fire Protection District to contract with the AFPD to provide and supervise paid firefighters.” Wooten said the council believes the “plan is the best method of providing paid firefighters for our community while continuing to augment the existing volunteer department.” The letter said Sutter Creek “further supports the funding and hiring plan developed by AFPD Chief Jim McCart,” and the council “believes this plan provides for better staffing, creates a clearer chain of command and is more economically sustainable.” Wooten urged Oneto’s support of the AFPD plan, as Sutter Creek FPD “has a vested stake in the outcome,” as it “provides for fire service within the city limits.” Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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