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MOTION: Reyna SECOND: Benavides <br />VOTE: AYES: Benavides, Reyna <br />NOES: None (0) <br />ABSENT: Martinez <br />Motion carries. <br />2. City of Santa Ana Fire Services Update <br />Division Chief Scott Brown, OCFA, provided a PowerPoint presentation "A Year in Review" to <br />discuss the new partnership between the City of Santa Ana and the Orange County Fire <br />Association. Since April, 2012, OCFA has taken over the operation of ten fire stations in Santa <br />Ana. All trucks have apparatus for firefighters and paramedics so they can provide EMS as well <br />as respond to fires. Contracting with private ambulance services has provided a major cost <br />savings for those who need to be transported to hospitals. OCFA will continue to engage with <br />the community and is hosting a community safety day on September 8t' at Station 75 on Walnut <br />Street. OCFA has a new website which can be found under the City's webpage. <br />(Item 7 was taken out of order.) <br />7. Jail Options <br />A discussion was held regarding options being considered for changing the operations of the <br />Santa Ana city jail. Jail Administrator Ann Matulin gave an update: Option #1) obtaining total <br />cost recovery from the present contract agencies - Federal guidelines preclude the reimbursement <br />of certain costs, indirect costs, so unlikely to receive total cost recovery. Going through process <br />of increase review will take approximately six weeks or 90 days. Option #2) leasing the building <br />- met with Sheriff s personnel who indicated an interest; however, the organization is currently <br />going through their own cost analysis. Any decision is about a year out. Option # 3) outsourcing <br />jail services - three companies contacted. One said no. Another interested in a hybrid operation <br />where Santa Ana would provide management and they would provide line employees; we would <br />still have to provide medical and food services. The last company expressed an interest in total <br />operation. Option #4) closing the jail. An RFP would be the best vehicle to find out what <br />definitive options are out there. Jail staff created its own committee to look at and review how <br />we might be able to do things more cost effectively. <br />ACTION: Committee Chairman Benavides requests Chief Rojas prepare a memo for the full <br />City Council briefly summarizing the jail options presentation. <br />13B-10