Thursday, March 6, 2008


 

(Audio Replays of the meeting are available upon request)

A special-called meeting of the Wake County Fire Commission was held on Thursday, March 6, 2008, 6:30 p.m., in the Wake County EMS Training Facility, Carya Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

CALL MEETING TO ORDER

Ms. Ann Suggs called the meeting to order.

The following members were present: Ms. Ann Suggs, Chief Tom Vaughan, Chief Tony Mauldin, Mr. Billy Myrick, Chief Mark Haraway, Chief Chris Wilson, Mr. Bryan Lane, Mr. Bill Gatewood, Chief Mike Cooper, Mr. Michael Fletcher and Chief Rodney Privette.

Members absent were: Chief Cecil Parker, Chief Scott McCollum, Senator Vernon Malone, Mr. Lucius Jones and Commissioner Paul Coble.

Chief Vaughan gave an invocation.

FORCED CHOICE PRIORITIZATION OF BUSINESS PLAN ELEMENTS

Ray presented an overview of the forced choice prioritization process and the elements that would be prioritized. The nine items to be prioritized were:

  • Staffing Plan
  • 10% Retirement
  • Longevity
  • Group Term Life Insurance
  • Wendell Falls Station and Land
  • Sprinkler System Retrofit in Existing Stations
  • Planned Repairs/Renovations -$750 - $5K and $5K - $25K
  • Major Structural or Infrastructure Repairs
  • Emergency Repairs

Using the forced choice process, each item was prioritized against each other item resulting in the following weighted ranking (with the weighted total in parenthesis):

  1. Staffing Plan (25)
  2. Group Term Life Insurance (16)
  3. 10% Retirement (15)
  4. Emergency Repairs (12)
  5. Longevity (8)
  6. Planned Repairs/Renovations -$750 - $5K and $5K - $25K (6)
  7. Major Structural or Infrastructure Repairs (5)
  8. Wendell Falls Station and Land (2)
  9. Sprinkler System Retrofit in Existing Stations (1)

Chief Cooper made a motion to accept this ranking as the initial prioritization of the business plan elements. Seconded by Mr. Myrick, the motion passed unanimously.

Adjournment

Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.