Half Moon Bay - CalFire contract is extended 1 year by default

CalFire may not continue beyond 6/30/2013.  The backstory is still quiet.

Half Moon Bay Review/Mark Noack, 5/3/12. "Split board looks beyond CalFire." 

Coastside Fire District, Half Moon Bay

By a 3-2 vote, the Coastside Fire Protection District board of directors last week hired new consultants in a continuing effort to determine the feasibility of a stand-alone department, one that would be run without CalFire management. In so doing, the board majority effectively ignored strong warnings contained in a San Mateo County grand jury report issued the very same day.

Meanwhile, the board majority declined to sign a new contract with CalFire, and the state fire agency exercised its option to extend the contract one year — to June 30, 2013. At that time the state agency would hand over operations to some other organization.

...Citing ongoing frustration from working with a large state bureaucracy, Mackintosh said after the meeting that the Coastside would see better fire protection and long-term savings if it went back to local staffing. He declined to point out any specific problems with the services provided by CalFire."  Read Article.

Posted by Kathy Meeh