CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
Administration Building | 1025 Escobar St., Martinez, CA  
AGENDA  
Tuesday, August 25, 2026  
1:00 PM  
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT  
Board of Directors  
DIANE BURGIS, CHAIR  
JOHN GIOIA  
CANDACE ANDERSEN  
KEN CARLSON, VICE CHAIR  
SHANELLE SCALES-PRESTON  
AARON J. MCALISTER, FIRE CHIEF, (925) 941-3300  
MONICA NINO, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND CLERK OF THE  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, (925) 655-2075  
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business of the Board, the total amount of time that a member of the public may use in addressing the  
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A lunch break or closed session may be called at the discretion of the Board Chair. Staff reports related  
1:00 P.M. Convene and call to order  
1.  
CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS (Items listed as C.1 through C.9 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.  
2.  
DISCUSSION ITEMS  
CONSIDER accepting a presentation from the Fire Chief regarding the Morgan  
Fire Incident covering the operational period of July 18, 2026, to July 19, 2026.  
(Aaron McAlister, Fire Chief)  
D.1.  
Attachments:  
CONSIDER accepting a report from the Fire Chief providing a status summary  
for ongoing Fire District activities and initiatives. (Aaron McAlister, Fire Chief)  
D.2.  
Attachments:  
D.3  
PUBLIC COMMENT (2 Minutes)  
3.  
CONSENT ITEMS  
ADOPT Resolution No. 2026-08 which supersedes Resolution No. 2024-9  
regarding terms and conditions for emergency response within the California Fire  
Service and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid System. (Access to mutual aid  
reimbursement)  
C.1.  
C.2.  
Attachments:  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to enter into a  
Memorandum of Understanding with Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation  
(CCRHF) for Administration of Community Stipends Supporting Contra Costa  
County Fire Protection District’s Hazardous Materials Division, for the period  
July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, and for annual periods thereafter. (No fiscal  
impact)  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a contract  
with Nevada ByProducts, Inc. (dba Rynocare Medical Waste Disposal) in an  
amount not to exceed $5,000, for hazardous waste, medical waste, and controlled  
substance disposal services, for the period September 1, 2026, through August 30,  
2028. (100% CCCFPD General Fund)  
C.3.  
C.4.  
APPROVE response to Civil Grand July Report No. 2607, entitled "Contra Costa  
County Fire Protection District, Ambulance Patient Offload Delays: Time is of the  
Essence" and DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to forward the response to the  
Superior Court no later than August 28, 2026. (No fiscal impact)  
Attachments:  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute, on  
behalf of the Fire Chief, an amendment to the Participating Addendum with  
CDW-G under the OMNIA Partners Public Sector Purchasing Cooperative  
Program, to increase the payment limit by $733,162 to a new payment limit of  
$1,000,000, for the continued acquisition of information technology solutions  
products and services with no change to the term through July 1, 2028. (100%  
EMS Transport Fund)  
C.5.  
AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief or designee, to execute a grant deed transferring title  
of Fire Station 75 located at 259 Garretson Ave. Rodeo, from the former Rodeo  
Hercules Fire Protection District to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection  
District, and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief or designee to take any and all actions  
necessary to complete the recording of the grant deed. (No fiscal impact)  
C.6.  
C.7.  
C.8.  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, to execute on behalf of the  
Fire Chief, a purchase order with Halcore Group, Inc. (dba American Emergency  
Vehicles) in an amount not to exceed $4,300,000 for the manufacture and sale of  
20 ambulance vehicles and accompanying equipment. (100% EMS Transport  
Fund)  
DECLARE as surplus, AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to dispose of a  
utility vehicle, and APPROVE the donation of the vehicle to the Suisun Fire  
Protection District in Solano County. (No fiscal impact)  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a contract  
with Canva, in an amount not to exceed $13,000.00, to provide graphic design  
software for the Fire District for the period October 1, 2026 through September  
30, 2031. (100% General Operating Fund)  
C.9.  
ADVISORY COMMISSION  
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Advisory Fire Commission is scheduled to meet next  
on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at their Administrative Office, 4005 Port Chicago  
Highway, Suite 250, Concord, CA 94520.  
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The Board meets in all its capacities pursuant to Ordinance Code Section 24-2.402.  
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Martinez, CA 94553, during normal business hours.  
All matters listed under CONSENT ITEMS are considered by the Board to be routine and will be  
enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless requested by a  
member of the Board before the Board votes on the motion to adopt. Each member of the public will be  
allowed two minutes to comment on the entire consent agenda.  
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for public testimony. Each speaker during public testimony will be limited to two minutes. After public  
testimony, the hearing is closed and the matter is subject to discussion and action by the Board.  
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DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS  
Pursuant to Government Code section 84308 (the Levine Act), members of the Board of Supervisors are  
disqualified and not able to participate in any agenda item involving contracts (except for contracts  
exempt from the Levine Act under Government Code section 84308(a)), franchises, discretionary land  
use permits and other entitlements, if the Board member received, within the previous 12 months, more  
than $500 in campaign contributions from the applicant or contractor, an agent of the applicant or  
contractor, or any financially interested participant who actively supports or opposes the County’s  
decision on the agenda item. Members of the Board of Supervisors who have received, and applicants,  
contractors or their agents who have made, campaign contributions totaling more than $500 to a Board  
member within the previous 12 months are required to disclose that fact for the official record of the  
subject proceeding. Disclosures must include the amount of the campaign contribution and identify the  
recipient Board member, and may be made either in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors  
before the subject hearing or by verbal disclosure at the time of the hearing.  
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