1991.01.29_PSSAB_Minutes_RegularTOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH
0 PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING - MINUTES
Tuesday, January 29, 1991 9:45 A.M.
This Regular Meeting of the PSSAB was called to order by Chairman
Harold C. Chambers at 9:45 A.M. in Commission Chambers.
Deputy Town Clerk Doris Trinley called the roll. Present were the
Chairman, Vice Chairman Arthur G. Eypel and Regular Member Dennie
Freeman.
No other persons were in attendance.
Upon MOTION by Mr. Freeman/Mr. Eypel, the Minutes of the January 14,
1991 Regular Meeting were approved with unanimous vote.
NEW BUSINESS
The Chairman briefly recapped a short, recent meeting with Delray Fire
Chief Kerry Kohen, during which Chief Kohen suggested that residents of
condominiums affected by the County sprinkler retrofit ordinance go
before the Appeals Board for a variance. If such exception was granted
the Chairman said, then Delray advised they would honor same regarding
the possibility of the Town's contracting with that City in the future
for fire/rescue services. The Chairman said he was advised that such
services would be provided on a cost -only basis.
A discussion took place among the members regarding available opt -out
dates with the County; they agreed that meeting the first date, 2/1/91,
was not possible, noting the next opt -out date was 9/30/91.
Attention was then given to two recent newspaper articles regarding the
County's fire/rescue services (Sun Sentinel -1/25/91 and The News -
1/27/91). It was noted for the record that information contained in
the Sun Sentinel article listed the County's first response time for
the Town as under eight (8) minutes; second response time (from Station
52 on Hagen Ranch Road west of Delray), while listed only as "over
eight (8) minutes," was stated by the Chairman to be more like 22-23
minutes. The probable future increases in costs to the Town's contract
with the County as regards rapid growth within the County and thus the
need for more personnel, stations and equipment, which was the gist of
the The News article, was also discussed. Upon MOTION by Mr. Freeman/
Mr. Eypel, with unanimous vote, copies of these articles are attached
to and made part of these minutes.
It was the CONSENSUS of the Board that it would be timely for the Town
to start looking into the possibility of forming its own fire/rescue
department. Discussion took place as to how information -gathering on
this concept could be best approached. Among sources available, the
members discussed the possibility of State assistance, as well as
assistance from Boca Raton, Delray Beach and perhaps other similar
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10A Th%Pews, Sunday January 27, 1991
Straight talk
on emergency service
The issue:
Providing emergency medical services
to a growing and shafting population.
We suggest
The county tell the public how much
it will cost to bring the emergency
medical services system up to standard.
Thursday night's recommendation by a Palm Beach County
advisory board to place a new rescue station west of Delray
Beach certainly is good news for residents of that growing
area. But it does not address the larger, more critical issue of
emergency medical care for the entire county.
Unfortunately, meeting countywide needs is far more compli-
cated than a simple vote. It is, however, one that must be evaluated
in total ... and soon.
The Palm Beach County Fire -Rescue Department does its best
with its resources, but the resources are so limited that the depart-
ment must do a juggling act to answer all calls requiring advanced
emergency care.
The county has 23
ambulances serving more than 400,000 peo-
ple over 583 square miles
of unincorporated land, as
well as 11 municipalities
that contract with the
county. When more than
one emergency call is re-
ceived by any one station,
the rescue unit from an-
other nearby station must
be called in, leaving that
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