BCC Minutes 04/22/1992 B Naples, F]ortda, April 22, 1992
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Board of County Commissioners in
and for the County of Collier, and also acting as the Board of Zoning
Appeals and as the governing board(s) of such special districts as
have been created according to law and having conducted business
herein, met on this date at 5:40 P.M. in BUDGET WORKSHOP SESSION in
Building "F" of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the
following members present:
CHAIRMAN:
VICE-CHAIRMAN:
(ABSENT):
Michael J. Volpe
Richard S. Shanahan
Patricia A. Goodnight
Max A. Hasse, Jr.
Burr L. Saunders
ALSO PRESENT: Mike McNees, Budget Director; Kathy Meyers and
Debby Fart]s, Deputy Clerks; Jennifer Edwards, Assistant to the County
Manager; Dennis Cronin, Assistant County Attorney; Neil Dorrill,
County Manager; Ken Cuyler, County Attorney; Frank Brutt, Community
Development Services Administrator; Tom Oil]fl, Public Services
Administrator; Jay Reardon, Emergency Services Administrator; Stan
Litsinger, Growth Management Director; John Boldt, Water Management
Director; Peter Bolton, Chief Helicopter Pilot for Emergency Services;
Vince Doerr, Chief Ochopee Fire Control; Margret Bowles, Growth
Management Analyst; Ken Pineau, Emergency Management Director; and
Deputy Byron Tomlinson, Sheriff's Office.
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Legal notice having been published in the Naples Daily News on
April 22, 1992, as evidenced by Affidavit of Publication filed with
the Clerk, budget workshop was conducted.
Ken Pineau, Emergency Management Director, presented a review of
this Department and personnel to the Board.
Regarding Emergency Management, Commissioner Shanahan manked the
base level as Mandatory, EOC Crisis Management as Essential, Emergency
Program Enhancement as Essential and to accept the County Manager's
recommendation on building/fire safety, to which the Board concurred.
Regarding the Immokalee Urgent Care Clinic, Commissioner Volpe
reported that it would be ranked I for Important, and the Board con-
curred.
Regarding Helicopter Operations, Peter Bolton, Chief Helicopter
Pilot reported that in 1991 there were 388 calls that were received
that needed the helicopter and were not responded to, because they
occurred at night and because of limited staffing.
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Commissioner Shanahan reported the ranking for this Department, as
Base Level of Service being Mandatory, Routine Inter-facility Patient
Transfers being Essential, Administrative Flights for County Agencies
being Important and the 24 Hour Immediate Helicopter Response to be
researched for more information and to determine if it can be done
seasonally.
Regarding Emergency Medical Services, Jay Reardon, Emergency
Services Administrator, noted that the Base Level of Service is 87% of
the current budget. Mr. Reardon reported on this Department and
related personnel and budget information.
Mr. Reardon related that the County EMS is meeting the urban
requirements of the service response time standard within the Impact
Fee Ordinance and the County's standards, but not the rural require-
ments.
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eee Deput~ Clerk Farrie replaced Deputy Clerk Neyere at thia tame
Regarding EMT/Paramedic Reclassification, Emergency Services
Administrator Reardon reported there are six positions remaining that
are EMT rated. He related that this is the third year into the
program and normally would conclude or end same by converting these
six EMT positions to Paramedic.
County Manager Dorrill confirmed this is a program he is not
recommending.
Commissioner Shanahan suggested the following classifications:
· 1, Base Level of Service - mandatory; #2, Dual Paramedic Staffing -
essential; #3, Senior Paramedic Program - Important; #4, EMS Billing
Section - Mandatory with review needed; #5, Capital Outlay Reserve -
Important; ~6, Flight Medic Program - "I"; #?, Growth Management CIE
Staffing - "I"; Span of Control - "I"; and accept County Manager
Dorrill'a recommendation of "NR".
Regarding #?, Growth Management CIE Staffing, Commissioner Volpe
felt this item should be earmarked for possible reduction.
Mr. Reardon replied this can be viewed either 2, 4, 6 o~ 3, 3,
depending on projections for that fiscal year.
Mr. ~eardon, referring to the organizational chart, advised that
due to packaging the Medical Examiner's Office is not shown as part of
the division responsibility, nor is the Immokalee Clinic, Western
Gateway or District 1. He explained that within the Base Level
Service, comprised also of himself, the Administrative Secretary,
and Clerical Secretary, two existing positions are not recognized,
i.e. Training and Education Quality Manager and Admlnistratlve
Manager, as they are included on the Managcr's recommended cut list.
Mr. Reardon referred to page 107 for an overview as to the type of
functions the division performs. He voiced his oplnion that the
Admin~strator will be quickly swamped if the proposed positions are
removed.
Couxlty Manager Dorr]ll stated that the replacement fo~ Mr.
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Rsardon's position will have to assume additional responsibility for
certain day-to-day and contracted administration functions, and other
employees will be expected to assume additional responsibilities as
well.
Comm~ssioner Goodnight expressed the belief that the County's
basic level of service experienced over the last few years will not be
there ~n the continuing year due to reduction in funding.
County Manager Dorrill reflected that the benefits afforded by
zero based program priority budgeting include the Board of County
Commissioners being able to "pick and choose" this June during review
of the financial budgets.
A brief discussion ensued regarding the advisability of hiring
someone strictly to pursue EMS grants.
Mr. Reardon briefly explained Staff rank #2, #3, #4 and #5.
Mr: Reardon pointed out it ~s not generally accurate to say the
independent districts do CPR training as a lot of them come to the
County for that.
It was the consensus that the rankings were rated "M", "E", "E",
There being no further business for the Good of the County, the
meeting was ad3ourned by Order of the Chair - Time: 7:30 P.M.
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