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Definition of Fiscal Sustainability- One member prefers the definition of fiscal sustainability to be "A <br />fire agency is considered fiscally sustainable if it can maintain service levels within available <br />revenues." The rest of the committee is comfortable with the full definition: "A fire agency is <br />considered fiscally sustainable if it can maintain service levels within available revenues - in the City's <br />case (as a government providing many services), this means maintaining fire/EMS service levels <br />without negatively impacting services in other City departments competing for the same funding." <br />Committee members discussed recommendation criteria and potential measures for the proposed <br />criteria as follows. <br />• Some of the criteria are a go/no-go. <br />• Do other agencies capture data that Tukwila doesn't capture? <br />Ability to meet needs of diverse Community <br />• Demographics of labor force <br />• Expand criteria to be "ability to meet needs of diverse community of residents and <br />businesses." <br />• Availability of translators/multilingual staffing/language access <br />Ability to meet needs of large business community <br />• Fire benefit charge formula creates an awareness of hazards <br />• Response times <br />• Robust Fire Marshal Office staffing; numbers of inspections <br />Impact on labor force, retention, recruitment <br />• Benefits compared to other agencies <br />Overall service quality, response times PLUS <br />• Capacity of Fire Marshal Office <br />• Response times <br />• Turnaround time on building reviews (considering the role of Community Development <br />Department) <br />• Provision of public education, Cares, Fire Marshal services <br />• Consider services offered as part of comparison matrix <br />Accountability for outcomes/ability to measure outcomes <br />• Staying within or near budget <br />• Response times <br />• Look to CPSM report for measures <br />• Look at measures used by other agencies, particularly Renton and Puget Sound <br />Is public education offered? <br />• Why is only one of three enhanced services listed? <br />Ability to keep pace with needs of growing community <br />• Committee members agreed to strike this from list of criteria <br />Sustainability of funding <br />• Flexibility of funding <br />2 <br />