HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-15 - Authorizing Suppression/Safety and Non-Suppression Personnel to be Compensated Portal-to-Portal for Services Rendered at Incidents, as Requested Through the Mutual Aid SystemRESOLUTION NO. 2015 -15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING SUPPRESSION/
SAFETY AND NON - SUPPRESSION PERSONNEL TO BE
COMPENSATED PORTAL -TO- PORTAL FOR SERVICES
RENDERED AT INCIDENTS, AS REQUESTED THROUGH
THE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ( "City ") is a Mutual Aid provider through
the California Fire Service and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid System ( "Mutual Aid
System ") and personnel and emergency apparatus may be dispatched under the terms
of the California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA) to incidents throughout California
and the Country in the event of a local, state, or federal emergency; and
WHEREAS, the past practice of the City has been to compensate employees
from portal -to- portal, defined as the time of response initiation to return to home base,
for emergency response to incidents as requested through the Mutual Aid System; and
WHEREAS, the past practice of the City has been to seek reimbursement of
portal -to- portal expenses for personnel and emergency apparatus dispatched to
incident related activities through the Mutual Aid System; and
WHEREAS, the CFAA, which sets the official guidelines for agency
reimbursement, has recently amended the reimbursement terms for responses
exceeding 12 hours in duration from reimbursing for the entire time of commitment, or
portal -to- portal, to actual hours worked for any agency that does not file an MOU or
governing body resolution outlining how City personnel will be compensated with State
of California, Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Fire and Rescue
Division; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this CFAA amendment, the City is adopting this
resolution to memorialize the past and ongoing practice of compensating
suppression /safety and non- suppression personnel on a portal -to- portal basis when
they are requested and approved for emergency response to incidents through the
Mutual Aid System;
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby
resolves as follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby authorize all City suppression /safety
and non - suppression personnel to be compensated from portal -to- portal, defined as the
time of response initiation to return to home base, for emergency response to incidents
as requested through the Mutual Aid System.
Section 2: The City Council does hereby request that the dispatch of all
emergency apparatus to be reimbursed on a portal -to -portal basis, defined as the time
of response initiation to return to home base, for emergency response to incidents as
requested through the Mutual Aid System .
Section 3: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 10th day of March, 2015.
ATTEST:
Mayor
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
1, Leilani 1. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2015 -15 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a
regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 10`h day of March, 2015, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Peotter, Council Member Petros, Council Member Curry,
Council Member Duffield, Council Member Muldoon, Mayor Pro Tern Dixon,
Mayor Selich
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 11th day of March, 2015.
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CALIFORNIA FIRE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT
COMMITTEE
for
The Agreement for Local Government Fire and Emergency Assistance to
the State of California and Federal Fire Agencies
March 20, 2015
Chief Scott Poster
Newport Beach Fire Department
P.O. Box 1768, 100 Civic Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92658 -8915
Dear Chief Poster:
The governing body resolution your agency submitted for the following items has
been approved:
The California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA) Committee determined that the
documentation submitted by your agency meets the requirements as identified in
Exhibit A clauses A -1, A -8.2 and A -9 of the CFAA.
If you have any questions regarding this decision, please call Lori Lopez, Emergency
Services Coordinator, at (916) 845 -8722.
We thank you for your continued support of the California Fire Services and
Emergency Rescue Mutual Aid System.
Sincerely,
LORENZO GIGLIOTTI
Chairperson, CFAA Committee
Deputy Chief, Administration
Cal OES Fire and Rescue Division
Overtime paid at above straight -time for chief officer positions
❑ Chief
❑ Deputy Chief
❑ Division Chief
❑ Assistant Chief
Civilian/non- routine responder portal to portal reimbursement
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Portal to Portal /Full Reimbursement
The California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA) Committee determined that the
documentation submitted by your agency meets the requirements as identified in
Exhibit A clauses A -1, A -8.2 and A -9 of the CFAA.
If you have any questions regarding this decision, please call Lori Lopez, Emergency
Services Coordinator, at (916) 845 -8722.
We thank you for your continued support of the California Fire Services and
Emergency Rescue Mutual Aid System.
Sincerely,
LORENZO GIGLIOTTI
Chairperson, CFAA Committee
Deputy Chief, Administration
Cal OES Fire and Rescue Division