Request #4140

• What would be the cost to make the GGFD the 5th highest paid Fire Department in Orange County to include the proper staffing of paramedics vs. the cost of becoming OCFA firemen with paramedic staffing for GG?
• What would be the cost, per year, to keep the GGFD (as the 5th highest paid Fire Department in OC) vs. the cost, per year, to contract with the OCFA?
• Will there be any additional service fees, charges, assessments or costs to the residents and/or to the businesses in GG? And if so what will be the total cost of same?
• Regarding our existing firefighting facilities and equipment in GG, will the City of GG be responsible/liable for the maintenance, upgrades and/or repairs of our existing facilities and equipment or will that cost fall onto the OCFA?
• Addressing the need for additional equipment in certain scenarios and situations, will the long established and commonly used “Mutual Aid” still be available to the City of GG? What is the present cost to the City of GG, if any, for the use of “Mutual Aid”?
• Will some, any or all of our existing GGFD firemen be in what is known as “double dipping” position reference to compensation, benefits and/or pensions?

The above questions are being submitted under the California Public Records Act and the Federal Freedom of Information Act and thank you in advance for your response within ten days of the date of the email sent on 11/13/2018.