(2)AR 011610 AGRMT Harvey M. Rose Associates NTE $69,900 (Fire Dept)

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• The Department's annual operating budget and three years of financial reports, including revenue and expenditure data by source and use; Organization charts by function and activity; Budgeted and actual staff listings (including vacancies), assignments by location and duty, and schedules by shift and day; Three to five years of employee work hour data, including use of vacation, sick, holiday, compensatory and other leave time used by uniformed personnel; Memoranda of Understanding with affected employee bargaining groups; • Call for service data for fire suppression and emergency medical services, including response times by function and station; • Previous studies conducted by the City of Colton on the operations of the Department; and, Other internal and external studies of fire and paramedic services, as available. 3. Interview Key Stakeholders Interview members of the City Manager, Department management personnel and selected staff members to obtain an overview understanding of operations. During these interviews, we would solicit assessments of the strengths and weaknesses of the Department, information on its organization and delivery of fire and emergency medical services in Colton and the roles and responsibilities of each manager and division. Interviewees would be requested to provide their perspectives on service issues and alternatives to the current delivery methods in the City. Evaluate Current Operations 4. Define Current Range of Services and Organization Based on activities conducted in Task 1 through Task 3, we would develop a profile of the Colton Fire Department, including its organization, functional mandates, costs, revenues and staffing. This profile would be used as the basis for further analytical steps and as descriptive information in the final report. 5. Analyze the Current Management Structure Analyze the current management structure to identify opportunities to streamline reporting lines and management/supervisor to staff ratios. 6. Analyze Potential Costs and Benefits from the Use of Alternative Firefighter and Emergency Medical Scheduling Approaches Evaluate current staffing and deployment practices in the Department, to determine conformity with National Fire Protection Association ((NFPA), as well as other standards and best practices. Analysis would be conducted to determine whether scheduling alternatives for firefighter and emergency medical personnel would result in significant operational cost savings without resulting in a significant degradation of service. ONTARIONSTUBBS\308489.1 15