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Committee recommends standing fire subcommittee with specified composition
Summary
The ad hoc committee recommended creation of a seven-member standing fire subcommittee under the Health and Emergency Services committee, specifying membership (fire marshal, three commissioners, one volunteer chief, two citizens) and a preference that two of three commissioners represent unincorporated districts; the volunteer chief representative should be selected by volunteer chiefs.
The ad hoc committee recommended establishing a standing fire subcommittee under the Health and Emergency Services (HMS) committee to advise on long-term governance of volunteer fire departments.
The Chair (S1) presented a proposed composition: seven members including the fire marshal, three county commissioners, one volunteer fire chief, and two citizens serving two-year terms. Committee members discussed how to ensure commissioners on the subcommittee would represent unincorporated areas; an amendment was adopted preferring that two of the three commissioner seats represent unincorporated districts. Committee member (S6) moved an additional recommendation that the volunteer fire chief representative be selected by the volunteer chiefs themselves; the committee approved that amendment.
Members agreed the subcommittee's purpose and duties should be drafted and returned for final review at the next meeting, and several committee members volunteered to serve as the ad hoc group's proposed continuing advisory body.
