The Yolo County Board of Supervisors serves as the fire district board. The following is a brief discussion of the Fire Chief’s request for the following actions to be taken to approve the budget, assess charges to the tax roll, and to authorize payment of claims.
Budget
The NMLFPD Fire Commission is the Board of Supervisors for fiscal year 2020-21. Once a fire district commission approves the budget, it is brought to the Board of Supervisors for adoption with the other fire district budgets with the County’s adopted budget. The attached NMLFPD budget is similar to the current budget. Attachment A is the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21.
The proposed budget has a deficit of approximately $10,000 and in fiscal year 2019-20 had a deficit of about $6,000 for a total funding gap of NMLFPD of $16,000. County staff collaborated with the Fire Chief and are recommending inclusion of this funding gap as a request of Rural Initiative funding in the County’s adopted budget. Should this not be approved, the alternatives for closing this deficit would be a loan from the County (however repayment ability is unclear), or short-paying obligations of the Fire District.
Should this Rural Initiative funding be approved, the District will need to explore having a Proposition 218 update to close this ongoing funding gap.
Tax Assessment
The NMLFPD board needs to approve the assessments for FY 2020-21 for those charges to be added to the 2020-21 tax roll. Attachment B is the resolution requesting collection of charges on the tax roll.
Payment Approval
The NMLFPD and the City of Davis have had a service agreement since July of 1997, updated in December 2009 to reflect a service term of July 1, 2009 ending June 30, 2029 unless terminated by either party. The cost for service was a base rate of $30,534.50 for the first three years, increasing yearly in years four through twenty based on the Consumer Price Index inflation rate. The NMLFPD budget has included the cost for services for fiscal year 2019-20; the cost is $37,818.77. The Fire Chief is requesting approval for County staff to make payment to the City of Davis Fire Department for these services in the amount of $37,818.77.
The Liability Insurance is paid by the NMLFPD to the YCPARMIA for general liability coverage. The cost for 2019-20 is $500.00. The Fire Chief is requesting reimbursement to the City of Davis Fire Department for $500.00.
Attachment C includes the claim forms and invoices. For fiscal year 2019-20 and 2020-21, the Staff report requests authority for the County Administrator and/or Chief Financial Officer to be able to make payments on the claims.
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