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Santa Ana Proposal for Emergency Services <br />Governance Structure <br />Tn March of 1995, members of a newly formed joint powers authority-the Orant~c County <br />lire Authority-met for the first time. The outc<:~me was the fc.>rmation of an organizational <br />structure. that shares decision-tnal~ing among nc~ participants while retaining the economics <br /><~f scale and dcpch of service of the regional system. The member cities each selected a <br />council men~Uer and alternate council member to sit on [he OCF_A governing board along <br />with two members of the Board of Supervisors (Attachment .~). <br />It is the collaboration of multiple: city council members and city managers, each providing <br />their individual perspectives and experiences that assist in setting policy and providing <br />oversight to the OCPA. It is these valuable prrspectivcs and experiences that have. <br />translated into positioning the OCF:A into a fiscally sound organization- <br />Board oFDrrectors <br />liniyue to <)CI~~'s governance system will Ue. Santa Ana's represcntatic>n on the Beard of <br />Directors and its e~cluitable share: in the decision-mal~ing authority with other participants in <br />the. regional system. MemUers of the. Santa .~yna Cite Council and the City Manager will have <br />direct access to [he Fire Chief for matters relating to service in their city, and the Santa Ana <br />City Council will select one of its Members to sit on the OCF1 Board of Directors. .111 <br />authority rests with the. Board of 1~11eCT(Jrti unless it is delegated Uy statute or Uoard action. <br />11'`hcn delegated, these authorities are further defined Uy contracts, resolutions, policies, or <br />other board actions. "1'odav, the Orange County Dire Authority scr~res ?2 of Orange County's <br />34 cities. me-mbcr cities now cetmprise approximately 90 percent of our scivice populatic~n- <br />In addition to Santa Ana's participation on the. full Board of Directors, the opportunity to <br />eontriUutc. on the I-?xecutive <:on~trdttee, Budget and Finance Committee, City Managers' <br />"Technical Advisory Ct~Irttnlttee and City Managers' Budget and 1~inance. Committee exist to <br />assist iti managing the: proceedings of the Dire Authority. The City of Santa Ana will provide <br />representation on these committees on a positional or appointment basis. <br />Executive Committee <br />'The I_~xecutivc Conitnittec conducts all btlslness of the OCI'11, with the exception of policy <br />issues, including labor relations, Uudget issues and other matters specifically retained Uy the <br />Board of Directors. The Executive Committee consists of no more than nine members of <br />the Beard of Directors. "I'he committee membership is comprised of the following <br />designated positions: the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, the immediate past <br />Chair cif the Board and the. Chair of the Budget and Finance (;ommittec. In addition, the <br />Chair appoints five at-large metnUers. ~t least one member of the Board of Supervisors <br />serves on this committee.. "l'hc ratio of conzmittc'e members representing cash contract cities <br />to the total committee membership will bc~ as close as reasonaUly possiUle to [he ratio of the <br />numUer oti cash contract cities to total member agencies- The Chair of the. Cite Managers' <br />Technical Advisory Colnnlittee serves as an cx c.>fticio non-voting men~Uer of the F;xccutive <br />Comn~ittcc. <br />Orange County Fire Authority 1 O of 50 December 2- 201 <br />