r-10650City Council Meeting: 01 -10 -2012 Santa Monica,
California
RESOLUTION NO. 10650 (CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA SETTING FIRE SAFETY OFFICER
ASSIGNMENTS
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the City of Santa Monica to charge for the full cost
of services provided by City staff when such services benefit individual users rather than
members of the community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to establish Fire Safety Officer Assignment fees in
order to recover costs associated with assigning a Fire Safety Officer, when it is
determined by the Fire Marshal, that such an assignment is essential for public safety in
a place of assembly or any other place where people congregate, because of the
number of persons, or the nature of the performance, exhibition, display, contest or
activity, the owner, agent, or lessee shall provide a Fire Safety Officer as required and
approved to remain on duty during the times such places are open to the public, or
when such activity is being conducted; and
WHEREAS Fire Safety Officer shall keep diligent watch for fires, obstructions to
means of egress, and other hazards during the time such place is open to the public or
such activity is being conducted and take prompt measures for remediation of hazards,
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extinguishment of fires that occur and assist in the evacuation of the public from the
structures.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The following fee is established for services of the Fire Department,
effective January 11, 2012.
Fire Safety Officer $125.00 an hour with a four -hour
minimum, plus a $50.00 vehicle fee
SECTION 2. Commencing on July 1, 2012 and on July 1 of each fiscal year
thereafter all fees established by this resolution, unless noted otherwise, shall be
Administratively revised and increased annually by a factor equal to the difference in the
Los Angeles- Anaheim - Riverside Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers for the period February through February of the prior fiscal year, except that
any such administrative revision shall not be less than any annual cost of living
adjustment provided to the employees of the City of Santa Monica through
Memorandums of Understanding entered into between the City and the employees'
bargaining representatives for the comparable fiscal year, and in no event shall the
annual administrative revision be less than zero percent (0 %).
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MA HA J0. ' ES MOUT IE
City AttomQ /y
Adopted and approved this 10th day of January, 2012.
Richard Bloom, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson - Warren, Acting City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 10650 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 10th day of January, 2012, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Noes: Councilmembers:
Holbrook, McKeown, O'Connor, O'Day,
Mayor Pro Tern Davis, Mayor Bloom
Shriver
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
Denise Anderson - Warren, Acting City Clerk