PSP080817PUBLIC SAFETY & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
August 8, 2017
Elected Officials Present Staff Present
Councilmember Mike Nelson (Chair) Al Compaan, Police Chief
Councilmember Adrienne Fraley-Monillas Andrew Pierce, Legislative/Council Assistant
Council President Tom Mesaros
The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. in the Police Training Room.
Proposed Resolution Supporting Consolidation of SNOCOM and SNOPAC
Council President Mesaros proposed consideration of a resolution supporting the consolidation of
SNOCOM and SNOPAC. He clarified the resolution does not approve the merger only support for the
merger; future steps will include approval of the interlocal agreement which may be available for Council
consideration by October.
Chief Compaan reviewed the background of SNOPAC, SNOCOM and SERS; map of service areas;
service deficiency in a jointly served area covered by FD1/SNOCOM and SCSO/SNOPAC; call transfer
issue and delay it causes; formation of a joint task force to consider consolidation; primary decision
points (service levels, costs, resiliency/redundancy, and governance); evaluation of multiple solutions;
status of primary decision points; estimated one-time transition costs; governance; supermajority vote
items; and rate smoothing. He reviewed next steps in the process:
• Summer 2017: work on new interlocal agreement, transition budget, timeline
• September 2017: Joint Board review and advisory position on new ILA
• October -December 2017: Depending on joint Board action, individual agencies re -briefed and
decision whether to sign onto new ILA
• January 2018: New agency could start work under consolidated governance
• January 2019: Operations begin in physically consolidated center
Chief Compaan commented on the effect of Next Gen 911, transfer of calls following the Mukilteo
shooting, options considered and selection of Option 413 (consolidated agency and maintaining
SNOCOM facility as a "warm backup"), composition of the new board, (15 members - 10 Police and 5
Fire, combination of elected and operational staff), hypothetical assessments and savings, and savings
that would be applied to rate smoothing in the first year.
Discussion followed regarding project timeline for consolidation, name of the new agency, larger
consolidated center reducing potential for callers to receive a busy signal, how the governance model
was determined, importance of a backup facility, reconfiguration of fire services provider seats on the
board with approval of FD1/Lynnwood RFA, and the operational timeline.
Action: Presentation to full Council August 15 and consideration of resolution supporting consolidation
of SNOCOM and SNOPAC
2. NEW ITEM: Opioid Crisis
Councilmember Fraley-Monillas distributed information regarding a survey that revealed 37 heroin
overdoses during a 7 -day period in Snohomish County including 3 deaths, 1 overdose in Edmonds, and
24 lives saved by the use of Naloxone. She and other elected officials plan to attend the National
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Overdose Awareness Candle Vigil at Thornton A. Sullivan Park in Silver Lake on August 31. Discussion
followed regarding future surveys, difficulty collecting information, the new social worker position
providing periodic reports to the PSP Committee and an annual report to the City Council, and
increasing homelessness observed in downtown Edmonds.
Action: Information only.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:46 p.m.