Agenda Date: 03/13/2018
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Discussion pertaining to terms of a proposed Pre-Inclusion Agreement with South Metro Fire Rescue for fire and emergency medical services commencing on January 1, 2019
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Presented By:
Steve Kemp, City Attorney
BACKGROUND:
The other members of the Littleton Fire Rescue partnership (Highlands Ranch Metro District and the Littleton Fire Protection District) have provided notice that they will leave the Intergovernmental Agreement effective December 31, 2018. At that time fire and emergency medical services (hereinafter, "Fire Services") will significantly change within the City of Littleton. Staff has discussed with council a number of options that were eliminated from further consideration:
1. West Metro Fire Rescue-- No common jurisdictional boundary and significantly
higher tax rate.
2. Stand Alone -- in order to provide the current level of service without economies of
scale of the partnership, costs would increase from $7.1 million annually to $13.6 million or more.
3. Denver Fire Department -- no common jurisdictional boundary, does not provide
emergency medical service or transport, and The City of Littleton would be dependent on the City of Denver/City of Englewood Agreement.
As a result, the council consensus from its December 5, 2017 study session was to direct the city staff to commence negotiations with South Metro Fire Rescue(SMFR) regarding the inclusion of the City of Littleton into SMFR. The council in its prior discussions, recognized that its fire partners are moving to SMFR and the best long term, cost effective option for the City of Littleton is to join its partners in unifying with SMFR.
The city manager established a negotiation team to represent the city in the discussions with SMFR. The team included Deputy City Manager Randy Young, Fire Chief Chris Armstrong (operations), Finance Director Tiffany Hooten (financial issues), Acting Human Resources Director Julie Lanier (personnel), ...
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