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minutes 12-04-99Page 27 of 39 <br />Firefighters Association. <br />HERKES: Curtis Tyler talked about it, too. <br />IRVINE: Oh, did he? Okay. I spaced that. <br />RAY: So, how do we want - Marni, I don’t just want to throw it on you, but - <br />IRVINE: We do have an Emergency Medical Services Committee at this point. <br />HERKES: Yes, I put EMS in there too. <br />IRVINE: I had written that down on here somewhere. <br />HIGASHI: EMS is a contractual deal, though, right? <br />IRVINE: Yes. <br />HIGASHI: It could be private, though. We have to be kind of careful. <br />RAY: George. <br />MARTIN: I think you brought up an interesting point that do we want to pursue the Fire Commission. If we do, then do we <br />couple it with the Safety Committee, or do we keep it separate in case one fails and the other - you know. But, do we get two <br />bites of the apple? Would that be right? Would that be prudent? <br />HIGASHI: I have no problem with that. <br />RAY: Roland. <br />HIGASHI: I have no problem with looking at it twice. If it fails for one reason on the broader scope that’s presented now, I <br />have no problem looking at it as a Fire Commission, and look at the merits. <br />HERKES: I think what you’re hearing is a lot of reservations on the Public Safety Commission, but we still want to pursue it. <br />But you’re hearing support for the Fire Commission. Is that a good evaluation? <br />RAY: Why don’t we take a vote in regard to the Fire Commission, and then if we are supportive of a Fire Commission, it <br />may or may not be part of a Public Safety Commission. <br />HIGASHI: Maybe if we can have some advocates of this draft. <br />RAY: We have it. We have it from the City and County. We have the testimony. <br />HIGASHI: So, basically you hire and fire the Chief. <br />RAY: Yes. <br />HIGASHI: Policy review? Budget? How far do we go? <br />IRVINE: They say overall policy, don’t they, but not interfere - <br />RAY: We’re losing track here. <br />HIGASHI: So, it would help me a lot if we have just a couple of paragraphs drawn up and then I know exactly what I’m <br />voting on. So, maybe Gary can assist us in that, since he was the one carrying that letter from the Firefighters. <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 12-04-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />