Meeting Minutes  
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE  
PROTECTION DISTRICT  
Board of Directors  
CANDACE ANDERSEN, CHAIR  
JOHN GIOIA  
DIANE BURGIS, VICE CHAIR  
KEN CARLSON  
SHANELLE SCALES-PRESTON  
LEWIS BROSCHARD, FIRE CHIEF, (925)  
941-3300  
MONICA NINO, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR  
AND CLERK OF THE BOARD OF  
SUPERVISORS, (925) 655-2075  
1:00 PM  
Tuesday, October 7, 2025  
Administration Building  
1025 Escobar Street, Martinez |  
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1:00 P.M. Convene and call to order  
Rollcall  
Present  
Director Candace Andersen, Director Ken Carlson, Director  
Shanelle Scales-Preston, and Director Diane Burgis  
Director John Gioia  
Absent  
1.  
CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS (Items listed as C.1 through C.12 on the following agenda)  
– Items are subject to removal from Consent Calendar by request of any Director. Items  
removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered with the Discussion Items.  
Motion:  
Second:  
Carlson  
Scales-Preston  
Aye:  
Director Scales-Preston, Director Andersen, Director Carlson,  
and Director Burgis  
Passed  
Result:  
2.  
DISCUSSION ITEMS  
CONSIDER accepting a report from the Fire Chief providing a status  
summary for ongoing Fire District activities and initiatives. (Lewis  
Broschard, Fire Chief)  
D.1  
25-4053  
FC REPORT - October 7, 2025  
Hospital Transfer of Care Times Charts October - September 2025  
Attachments:  
Heard the report.  
D.2  
PUBLIC COMMENT (2 Minutes)  
There were no requests to speak at public comment.  
CONSENT ITEMS  
3.  
CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS  
A motion was made by Director Carlson, seconded by Director Scales-Preston, to  
approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following vote:  
Aye:  
Director Andersen, Director Carlson, Director Scales-Preston,  
and Director Burgis  
Absent:  
Result:  
Director Gioia  
Passed  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a  
contract amendment with Reach Air Medical Services, LLC to extend the  
term through December 31, 2026 for emergency medical and clinical  
education services, with no change to the payment limit. (100% CCCFPD  
EMS Transport Fund)  
C.1.  
C.2.  
25-4054  
25-4055  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, to execute, on behalf  
of the Fire Chief, a purchase order amendment with Bound Tree Medical,  
LLC, to increase the payment limit by $175,000 to a new payment limit of  
$525,000 for additional pre-hospital emergency medical supplies,  
equipment, and pharmaceuticals for the period October 1, 2024 through  
December 31, 2025. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund).  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent on behalf of the Fire  
Chief, to execute a purchase order with US Digital Designs, Inc. in an  
amount not to exceed $65,000 for a Fire Station Alerting System for the  
Contra Costa Regional Fire Communications Center. (100% CCCFPD EMS  
Transport Fund)  
C.3.  
25-4056  
approved  
DECLARE as surplus and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to  
dispose of a Type 1 fire engine and APPROVE the donation of the fire  
engine to the River Delta Fire District in Sacramento County. (No fiscal  
impact)  
C.4.  
C.5.  
25-4057  
25-4058  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a  
contract with Carahsoft Technology Corp. in an amount not to exceed  
$55,500 for the continued use of Google’s Cloud Platform and related  
database, software, and storage services, for the period September 15, 2025  
through August 31, 2028. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a  
contract with Contra Costa County Health Services (CCHS), in an amount  
not to exceed $2,400,000 to provide dispatching services through the Contra  
Costa Regional Fire Communications Center for the CCHS Anyone,  
Anywhere, Anytime Crisis Response Program, for the period June 1, 2025  
through May 31, 2028. (100% Measure X through CCHS)  
C.6.  
25-4059  
approved  
DENY claim filed by Quail Lodge  
C.7.  
C.8.  
25-4060  
25-4061  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a  
Training Facility Use Agreement with the Contra Costa Community College  
District to pay the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District for use of  
the Fire District Training facility for the period October 1, 2025 through  
June 30, 2027. (100% Community College District Fees)  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a  
contract with 37signals LLC, in an amount not to exceed $20,000 to provide  
project management software for the period October 1, 2025 through  
September 30, 2028. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)  
C.9.  
25-4062  
25-4063  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a  
contract with Vertosoft LLC, in an amount not to exceed $805,000 for  
expert injury help and care coordination services, for the period October 1,  
2025 through September 30, 2028. (100% CCCFPD General Operating  
Fund)  
C.10  
.
approved  
AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a contract amendment  
with Craig DeVinney, MD, to incorporate certain reimbursements with no  
change to the payment limit and no change to the contract term. (100%  
CCCFPD EMS Transport Fund)  
C.11  
.
25-4064  
25-4220  
approved  
DETERMINE that acquiring a used tractor-drawn aerial apparatus for driver  
training is reasonable and necessary; DECLARE two Type 1 fire engines  
surplus; and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to  
exchange the two Type 1 surplus fire engines for the apparatus, subject to  
required approvals. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)  
C.12  
.
approved  
ADVISORY COMMISSION  
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Advisory Fire Commission is scheduled to meet next  
on Monday, October 13, at 7:00 p.m. at their Administrative Office, 4005 Port Chicago Highway, Suite  
250, Concord, CA 94520.  
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