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DRAFT Comprehensive Fire Service Study MEDINA, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Matrix Consulting Group Page 83 <br />Comparative of Fire Services Delivery <br /> Status Quo Municipal Joint District <br />Governance <br />• No control of the fire <br />services other than <br />through the terms of a <br />contract. <br />• Complete control of <br />the Fire Department <br />• A position on the <br />Board of Directors to <br />provide oversight of <br />the fire protection <br />system. <br /> <br />Apparatus <br />• No ownership of <br />apparatus except <br />through the terms of a <br />contract with some <br />departments. <br />• Current Hamel <br />contract allows for <br />ownership rights <br /> <br />• Complete ownership <br />and maintenance <br />responsibility <br />• Would initially own the <br />apparatus. <br />• May turn over the <br />apparatus to the Joint <br />District in the future. <br />Fire Stations <br />• No ownership rights to <br />any facilities. <br />• Hamel and Loretto <br />stations will require <br />replacement. <br />• A new fire station will <br />be required. <br />• Maintenance of the <br />new facility would <br />become the <br />responsibility of the <br />City. <br /> <br />• A new fire station will <br />be required. <br />• Maintenance <br />responsibility to be <br />determined. <br />Financial <br />Resources <br />• Will continue to <br />provide financial <br />resources to each of <br />the four fire <br />departments through <br />contracts. <br /> <br />• Will be responsible for <br />all costs associated <br />with the fire <br />department. <br />• Will share the <br />operational costs with <br />the other partners in <br />the Joint District. <br />Human <br />Resources <br />• Each fire department <br />will be responsible for <br />their own volunteer <br />staffing. <br />• Dwindling volunteer <br />staffing may mean the <br />fire departments will <br />need to hire part-time <br />or full-time personnel. <br />• Paid personnel will <br />increase the cost to <br />the City. <br /> <br />• Would continue to <br />utilize volunteer <br />staffing. <br />• With dwindling <br />volunteers available, <br />may need to hire part- <br />time or full-time <br />personnel. <br />• Adding volunteer <br />staffing or paid staffing <br />to the City will likely <br />add other needs such <br />as human resources <br />or ACA requirements. <br /> <br />• Utilize the existing <br />volunteer staffing. <br />• May need to add full- <br />time or part-time staff <br />to provide services <br />sharing the cost with <br />all partners in the Joint <br />District. <br /> <br />Maintaining the established contractual system currently in use will require investment in <br />fire stations. Both Loretto and Hamel fire stations are inadequate and have outlived their <br />useful life. In addition, the fire departments have noted the volunteer staff is beginning to <br />dwindle and at some point, a paid staff will need to be instituted. The City will likely need