4b) Discussion and Possible Direction to Staff Regarding a Presentation on Mendocino County's Preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Budget
(Sponsor: Executive Office)
I am submitting this comment in support of the CEO's proposed use of approximately $200,000 in Serve Rural Schools Title III funds. A good use of these funds would be to purchase one or two repeaters for remote areas on the Coast where radio reception and cell phone service are spotty. I am an active duty responding member and Board Secretary of Westport Volunteer Fire Department. There are significant parts of Westport Fire's response area where we cannot reach the Howard Forest dispatch center by radio or by cell phone. This means that if we arrive at the scene of an emergency and need additional resources, like a medical helicopter, one of us needs to leave the scene in a vehicle and drive to a location where we can radio or call Howard Forest. Our Fire Department and the people it serves would benefit considerably if we had one repeater in our response area. Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
John Allison
Board Secretary, EMT and Firefighter
Westport Volunteer Fire Department
I am submitting this comment in support of the CEO's proposed use of approximately $200,000 in Serve Rural Schools Title III funds. A good use of these funds would be to purchase one or two repeaters for remote areas on the Coast where radio reception and cell phone service are spotty. I am an active duty responding member and Board Secretary of Westport Volunteer Fire Department. There are significant parts of Westport Fire's response area where we cannot reach the Howard Forest dispatch center by radio or by cell phone. This means that if we arrive at the scene of an emergency and need additional resources, like a medical helicopter, one of us needs to leave the scene in a vehicle and drive to a location where we can radio or call Howard Forest. Our Fire Department and the people it serves would benefit considerably if we had one repeater in our response area. Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
John Allison
Board Secretary, EMT and Firefighter
Westport Volunteer Fire Department