Board Packet for FC Meeting 10-23-25

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Communication Score: STRATEGIC PLANNING The Fire Chief: 1. Prioritizes effective and continued development and enhancement of the department's strategic plan based on law, safety, and accepted norms and practices; 2. Manages and maintains a viable Continuity of Operations Program; 3. Manages financial resources to meet planning objectives. 4. Collaborates with other County fire chiefs on the State Fire Council to address statewide fire protection issues. Please provide comments on ChiefTodd's strategic plan as it pertains to management, operations, and finances. Comments: Strategic Planning Score: RESOURCE ALLOCATION The Fire Chief: 1. Effectively utilizes finite resources to meet strategic plan objectives while engaging cooperators, volunteers, and the public; 2. Engages in continual diverse recruitment and training to maintain approved staffing levels; 3. Ensures that MOA and MO,U agreements are in place and up to date to maximize the use of cooperator resources. 4. Ensures vehicle readiness, including the availability of spares, effective repair processes, and strategic procurement planning to maintain a reliable fleet for emergency response. 5. Ensures adequate staffing for emergency response, including maintaining minimum staffing levels, planning, for emergency up-staffing and impiementing strategies for recalling personnel during disasters and other critical staffing needs. 6. The chief implements recruitment standards designed to attract people with high degrees of education, intelligence, and personal stability-, fair and appropriate personnel actions and promotions; and appropriate training Provide input on the Chief's effectiveness on the use of resources, Please include physical assets as well as human resources such as staffing, and efficient use of manpower balancing overtime costs vs. safety. Comments.