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RESOLUTION NO. 50-79
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF KERN EVALUATING THE UNI'FICATION OF FIRE
SERVICES WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD AREA
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Bakersfield Area consists of land areas
both within and without the incorporated limits of the City of Bakersfield;
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Bakersfield Area is subject to rapid and
sustained growth;
WHEREAS, both the City of Bakersfield and County of Kern maintain
complete Fire Services Departments within this Metropolitan area;
WHEREAS, the budgets of the City and County Fire Services have increased
substantially because of growth and inflation;
WHEREAS, there are obvious duplications of Fire Services' capabilities
between the Fire Departments of the City and County;
WHEREAS, the revenues of both the City and County will become thoroughly
affected by Article XIII, "a" of the California State Constitution during the
1980-.81 fiscal year;
WHEREAS, the unification of City and County Fire Services within the
Metropolitan Bakersfield area may produce the best method of maintaining service
leyels under reduced revenuest
· IT IS, THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Bakersfield City Council and the Kern
County Board of Supervisors as follows.;
1). That the City Manager and the County Administrative Officer shall
work jointly to'evaluate, study and report on the feasibility of unifying Fire
Services within the Metropolitan Bakersfield Area.
2) That neither legislative body will act on foregone conclusions,
but will await the outcome of the Fire Unification Evaluation Study.
3) That the following general policies will apply to the Fire Services
Unification Evaluation;
a) Any resulti.ng unification of Metropolitan Bakers~ield Fire
ServiCes will not cause a critical reduction in established service levels nor
seriously affect existing fire insurance rates.
b) Any resulting unification ef Metropolitan Bakersfield Fire
Services willbe based on aggregate, long-term costs where attrition will be
relied upon to account for any~reductions in the numbers and classifications
of assigned personnel.
4) The general policy of both the City Council and the Board of
Supervisors in approaching the evaluation of Fire Services unification is that
full sensitivity shall be shown to the concerns of the public, the employees,
the organizations and the entities involved.
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POOR O'R~G~NAL
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
the '13th day of June , 1979, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN BARTON, CHRISTENSEN, MEANS, MILLER, PAYNE, RATTY, STRONG
NOES: COUNCILMEN ~"'~
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN:
ABSTAINING= COUNCILMEN:
CITYC~LE~ Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
, 1979
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CITY ATTORNEY of t e Ci Bakersfield
POOR ORIGINAL
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted
by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern at a regular meeting thereof
held on the day of , 1979, by the following vote:
COUNTY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern
APPROVED this day of , 1979
CHAIRMAN, Board of Supervisors
APPROVED as to form: