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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6889 - Fire Stations & Equipment to Serve CitiesTHS -mh 10/28/68 RESOLUTION NOo 6889 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 4p NEWPORT BEACH EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO THE EXPENDITURE OF COUNTY GENERAL FUND MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE STATIONS AND EQUIPMENT TO SERVE CITIES WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Orange County is con- sidering a proposal to create a fire service area to serve the western l portion of Orange County; and WHEREAS, it has been requested that the County pay for the cost of constructing and equipping the new fire stations needed to pro- vide an extended level of fire protection within the proposed fire service area through the expenditure of General Fund money; and WHEREAS, most cities in Orange County, including the City of Newport Beach, finance their own fire stations through City tax reve- nues without financial assistance from the County of Orange; and WHEREAS, this City Council has no objection to the use of special fire districts to provide fire protection for small cities, but believes that the costs of such service should be assumed by the residents of the cities being benefited, without a subsidy from the County General Fund; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby expresses the position that all cities which elect to receive fire protection from the County of Orange by means of a special district should pay for the full cost of the services received without subsidization from the County General Fund; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of • Supervisors is hereby requested not to contribute any money from the County General Fund to provide fire protection service to cities. ADOPTED this Q day of QC'To6ea , 1968 x )MQO� a ATTEST- _ Mayor City Clerk t CE ED AS THE OR[ AL O A CI CLERK OF THE CITY OF N P BEACH PATE,