By Miriam Raftery
July 25, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) – The San Miguel Fire Protection District board meets Wednesday, July 27th at the district board room at 2850 Via Orange Way, Spring Valley. The board will discuss possible action to reestablish discussions with Lakeside Fire District over a possible joint annexation of County Service Area (CSA) 115, a 441-acre parcel that includes the planned Pepper Drive fire station. The board will also consider halting development of Station 19 at Pepper Drive pending results of discussions with Lakeside Fire District over annexation.
In addition, board members will discuss and may take action to approve recommendations from the Transitional Ad Hoc Committee regarding a contract for a Transitional Consultant and may approve appointment of a Transitional Consultant. Purchase of a fire prevention vehicle will also be considered.
At its last meeting, the board voted to approve transitioning back to a free-standing district and ending its partnership with Cal-Fire for firefighting services.The agenda also includes review of an updated Micro-Study on costs/benefits of that transition.
The public meeting at 6 p.m. will follow a closed-door meeting with labor negotiators on terms of the transitional memorandum of understanding(MOU).
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