Meeting Minutes

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE

PROTECTION DISTRICT

Board of Directors

DIANE BURGIS, CHAIR

JOHN GIOIA

CANDACE ANDERSEN

KEN CARLSON, VICE CHAIR

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, April 14, 2026

Administration Building 1025 Escobar Street,

Martinez |

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1:00 P.M. Convene and call to order

Rollcall

Director Candace Andersen, Director Diane Burgis, Director Ken

Carlson, and Director Shanelle Scales-Preston

Present

Director John Gioia

Absent

CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS (Items listed as C.1 through C.18 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.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

HEARING to consider adopting Resolution No. 2026-05 affirming the

intention to continue the levy of a Special Tax Funding Measure, declare the

amount by which to increase the levy based upon the limitations provided

within the context of Measure O, and provide notice of a public hearing for

the potential increase according to the 2025 Consumer Price Index,

representing an increase of $8 per parcel per year. (Lewis Broschard, Fire

Chief)

D.1.

FPD-RES

2026-05

CPI, San Francisco Area_December 2025_Western Information

Office_U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Scales-Preston

Attachments:

Motion:

Second:

Burgis

Aye:

Director Andersen, Director Burgis, Director Carlson, and

Director Scales-Preston

Absent:

Result:

Director Gioia

Passed

CONSIDER accepting a report from the Fire Chief providing a status

summary for ongoing Fire District activities and initiatives. (Lewis

Broschard, Fire Chief)

D.2.

26-1446

FC REPORT - April 14 2026.docx

Attachments:

Hospital Transfer of Care Times Charts April - March 2026

Motion:

Second:

Andersen

Carlson

Aye:

Director Andersen, Director Burgis, Director Carlson, and

Director Scales-Preston

Absent:

Result:

Director Gioia

Passed

D.3

PUBLIC COMMENT (2 Minutes)

ADJOURN

CONSENT ITEMS

CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS

A motion was made by Director Andersen, seconded by Director Burgis, to approve

the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following vote:

Aye:

Director Andersen, Director Burgis, Director Carlson, and

Director Scales-Preston

Director Gioia

Passed

Absent:

Result:

INTRODUCE Ordinance No. 2026-08 establishing administrative fines and

enforcement procedures for violations of the Fire Code of the Contra Costa

County Fire Protection District; WAIVE reading; and FIX April 28, 2026

for adoption.

C.1.

26-1447

Ordinance 2026-08 (Administrative Fines) - FINAL

Attachments:

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Fire

Chief, to execute a purchase order with Testforce, an authorized reseller for

Viavi Solutions, in an amount not to exceed $205,149 for the purchase of

replacement radio service monitors. (100% CCCFPD EMS Transport Fund)

C.2.

C.3.

26-1448

26-1449

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

contract with Hummingbird Drones Inc., d/b/a Nova Software Company

Inc., in an amount not to exceed $8,000 for access to the Nova cloud-based

mapping, analytics, and live-streaming platform, for the period May 1, 2026

through May 1, 2027. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

contract with Xylo Risk, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $15,000 for

wildfire mitigation prioritization analysis and risk modeling services for

pilot communities within the Fire District for the period May 1, 2026

through May 1, 2027. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)

C.4.

C.5.

C.6.

26-1450

26-1451

26-1452

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

contract amendment with Freshworks Inc., to increase the payment limit by

$50,000, to a new payment limit of $80,000, and to extend the term to

December 30, 2029, for its IT support channels and internal operations tool.

(100% CCCFPD General Fund)

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Fire

Chief, to execute a purchase order with Telepath, an authorized reseller for

Telex, in an amount not to exceed $276,597 pursuant to the terms of the

Sourcewell Master Agreement and the Participating Addendum between

Bosch Security Systems, LLC and Sourcewell, for the purchase and

installation of IP control equipment for two-way radio communications.

(100% CCCFPD EMS Transport Fund)

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

contract with Golden State Fire Apparatus, Inc. for the manufacture and sale

of four (4), 4x4 International Targhee Model 34 Engines and accompanying

equipment, in an amount not to exceed $2,744,870; and APPROVE Budget

Amendment No. BDA-26-00578 appropriating fund balance of $2,745,000

for the purchase of the four (4) firefighting engines and accompanying

equipment. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)

C.7.

26-1453

BDA-26-00578.pdf

Attachments:

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

purchase contract with Golden State Fire Apparatus, Inc., in an amount not

to exceed $6,658,505 for the manufacture and purchase of five Type 1 fire

engines; to execute a new lease schedule under the Master Lease Agreement

with PNC Bank, National Association for an amount not to exceed

$7,832,245 for the lease-purchase of the Pierce fire engines; and to execute a

four-party agreement among Golden State Fire Apparatus; PNC Bank,

National Association; Pierce Manufacturing, Inc; and the Contra Costa

County Fire Protection District. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)

C.8.

26-1454

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

C.9.

26-1455

contract with Waterproofing Associates, Inc., in an amount not to exceed

$3,000,000 to provide on-call roofing and exterior/interior waterproofing

services at various Fire District sites and facilities, for the period April 15,

2026 through April 14, 2031. (100%

CCCFPD General Operating Fund)

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchase Agent, or designee, on behalf of

the Fire Chief, to execute a purchase order with Electric Vehicle Rescue

App Inc. in an amount not to exceed $1,500 for the EV Rescue mobile

application subscription for fire district personnel, for the period May 1,

2026 through April 30, 2029. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)

C.10

26-1456

26-1457

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

Participating Addendum and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or

designee, on behalf of the Fire Chief, to issue a purchase order with

Brickyard Building Materials in an amount not to exceed $250,000 for the

purchase of chain saw equipment for the Fire District’s Saw Program for the

period April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029. (100% CCCFPD General

Operating Fund)

C.11

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

contract with Golden State Fire Apparatus, Inc., in an amount not to exceed

$561,110 for the manufacture and purchase of one (1) Emergency Crew

Transport vehicle. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)

C.12

26-1458

26-1459

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

contract amendment with Converge Consulting Group, LLC, to increase the

payment limit by $160,000 to a new payment limit of $320,000 and to

extend the term end date from April 30, 2026 to October 31, 2027, for

consulting services for the District’s strategic and programmatic plan

focused on workplace culture, fairness, and organizational effectiveness.

(100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)

C.13

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

contract with The Investigative Group, in an amount not to exceed $300,000

for internal administrative investigations for the period May 1, 2026 through

April 30, 2029. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)

C.14

26-1460

26-1461

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a

contract amendment with American Medical Response West, to correct

contract provisions that were inadvertently removed from the prior

amendment entered into by parties on December 31, 2025. (No fiscal

C.15

impact)

approved

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to submit an

application to the California Fire Safe Council for an extension of the 2025

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) County

Coordinator Statewide Grant Program, to extend the performance period

from July 1, 2026, through October 15, 2027, enabling the Fire District to

expend the remaining funds from the original grant award of $175,000,

along with additional funds from the grant extension in the amount of

$151,500, over the period of performance. (100% State)

C.16

26-1462

approved

As the successor agency to the former Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection

District, ACCEPT the Fiscal Year 2024-25 financial audit completed by

Harshwal & Associates. (No fiscal impact)

C.17

26-1463

26-1464

Audit Communication Letter (TCWG)

Attachments:

RHFPD Measure-O Audit Report FY2024-2025

RHFPD-Audited Financial Statements 6.30.2025

approved

DENY late claim filed by Stephen Yaws.

C.18

approved

ADVISORY COMMISSION

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Advisory Fire Commission is scheduled to meet next

on Monday, May 11, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at their Administrative Office, 4005 Port Chicago Highway,

Suite 250, Concord, CA 94520.

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