MACEDONIA SAGAMORE HILLS FIRE CONTRACT WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL AND

FIRE SERVICE IMPACT? IS IT GOOD FOR NORDONIA HILLS COMMUNITIES?

CONTRACT FACTS
o SAGAMORE HILLS SIGNED 5 YEAR FIRE SERVICE CONTRACT WITH CITY OF
MACEDONIA

MACEDONIA- SAGAMORE HILLS CONTRACT COST $750,000 FOR 1ST YEAR TO COVER
COST OF 6 ADDITIONAL MACEDONIA FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS AND $157,000 FOR PART
TIME FIREFIGHTERS.

AFTER FIRST YEAR, COST ESCALATION CLAUSES INCLUDED IN MACEDONIA CONTRACT.

SAGAMORE HILLS WILL PAY FOR LAYOFF COSTS OF THREE (3) FIREFIGHTERS IF
CONTRACT IS TERMINATED.

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SAGAMORE HILLS COMMITS TO PAY FOR UPGRADE TO SAGAMORE PARK FIRE

FACILITIES AND FIRE SERVICE VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT LOCATED AT SAGAMORE PARK.
CONTRACT DOES NOT COMMIT TO REPONSE TIME OBJECTIVES.
SAGAMORE HILLS HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER SAGAMORE HILLS FIRE SERVICE.

CITY OF MACEDONIA IS SOLELY IN CHARGE OF SERVICES DEPLOYMENT AND DELIVERY

SAGAMORE OR MACEDONIA CAN TERMINATE THE CONTRACT BY GIVING SIX MONTHS NOTICE

SAGAMORE HILLS TERMINATED FIRE DISTRICT 27 RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTHFIELD

CENTER
SAGAMORE COSTS FOR FIRE DISTRICT 27 OPERATIONS BELOW $400,000 ANNUALLY
FROM 2012-2016

IS THE FIRE CONTRACT GOOD FOR NORDONIA HILLS COMMUNITIES?

o NORTHFIELD CENTER - DISRUPTIVE
SUDDEN TERMINATION OF FIRE DISTRICT 27 VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THEIR FIRE
SERVICE BOTH FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS. POTENTIAL COST
INCREASES AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF FIRE SERVICE MAKE THIS CHANGE
HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC FOR NORTHFIELD CENTER
o SAGAMORE HILLS MORE EXPENSIVE OPERATIONS & LOSS OF MANAGEMENT
CONTROL
FIRE SERVICE OPERATIONS WILL CLEARLY BE MORE EXPENSIVE WITH THE
MACEDONIA CONTRACT. MOST LIKELY SAGAMORE RESIDENTS WILL PAY A
MINIMUM OF $350,000 MORE ANNUALLY FOR OPERATIONS UNDER
MACEDONIA CONTRACT
FIRE DISTRICT 27 GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE GAVE SAGAMORE HILLS EQUAL SAY
IN FINANCIAL AND SERVICE DECISIONS. MACEDONIA CONTRACT DOES NOT
PROVIDE SAGAMORE HILLS WITH ROLE IN DECISION MAKING.
THE MACEDONIA CONTRACT WILL REQUIRE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BY
SAGAMORE HILLS TO ESTABLISH AND EQUIP A FIRE SUBSTATION IN SAGAMORE
PARK. TOTAL COSTS ARE NOT KNOWN YET.

MACEDONIA CONTRACT FIRE SERVICE ENVISIONS TWO PART TIME

FIREFIGHTERS TO BE LOCATED AROUND THE CLOCK AT THE SAGAMORE PARK
SUBSTATION. THIS IS FEWER THAN ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED AT THE FIRE
DISTRICT 27 BUILDING IN NORTHFIELD CENTER. IMPACTS ON RESPONSE TIME
ARE UNKNOWN.
NORTHFIELD VILLAGE NOT IMPACTED EXCEPT CONCERN ABOUT INCREASED
MUTUAL AID DEMAND FOR SAGAMORE AREA
NO DIRECT IMPACTS ON NORTHFIELD VILLAGE FIRE SERVICE SINCE THEY PLAN
TO KEEP THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT INTACT AND NOT JOIN IN THE MACEDONIA
CONTRACT.
NORTHFIELD VILLAGE OFFICIALS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THEY WILL
BE CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE MORE MUTUAL AID TO THE SAGAMORE HILLS
AREA BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL PROXIMITY TO PARTS OF SAGAMORE AND THE
REDUCTION OF COVERAGE IN SAGAMORE TO TWO FIREFIGHTERS UNDER THE
MACEDONIA CONTRACT. THEY INDICATE THEY WILL BE READY TO HELP BUT
THERE IS A LIMIT TO THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE CHARGE FREE SERVICE
WITHOUT EFFECTING SERVICE TO THEIR RESIDENTS

MACEDONIA - $750,000 MORE FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

EMPLOYEES, BUT NOT CLEAR IF THIS IS ADEQUATE TO MEET SERVICE DEMAND
GIVEN THE INCREASE IN FIRE SERVICE WORKLOAD

MACEDONIA FIRE DEPARTMENT ABSORBS AN 80% TO 100% INCREASE IN FIRE

SERVICE WORKLOAD

MACEDONIA IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER GEOGRAPHICALLY THAN SAGAMORE HILLS AND HAS

SIMILAR (SLIGHTLY MORE) FIRE SERVICE CALL VOLUMES.

MACEDONIA HAS BUDGETED $2,002,050 FOR MACEDONIA ONLY FIRE DEPARTMENT

OPERATIONS FOR 2016. THIS BASELINE COST FOR MACEDONIA ONLY FIRE SERVICE
SUPPORTS 12 FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS AND 15 PART-TIME FIREFIGHTERS.
SAGAMORE HILLS CONTRACT INCREASES BASELINE MACEDONIA FIRE SERVICE
FUNDING BY 37.5% FOR MUCH LARGER OPERATIONAL WORKLOAD. CONTRACT
DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO MACEDONIA FIRE EQUIPMENT FOR A
GEOGRAPHICALLY LARGER AREA.

POTENTIAL RESPONSE TIME ISSUES FOR MACEDONIA FIRE SERVICE CALLS DUE
TO INCREASED WORKLOAD AND WIDER GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD FOR CALLS