CSS 2020-11-23 Item 1B - Update - Fire Department Third Party Analysis

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City of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Community Services & Safety Committee FROM: David Cline, City Administrator Jay Wittwer, Fire Chief BY: Jake Berry, Public Safety Budget Analyst CC: Mayor Ekberg DATE: September 22114-,24)2-0 November 23rd, 2020 SUBJECT: Update on Fire Department's 3rd Party Review ISSUE This Informational Memorandum serves to update the CSS on the Consultant's activities and progress. BACKGROUND Per City of Tukwila Ordinance Number 2621, Attachment 2, Item 1d: "The City will hire a third - party consultant to review the Fire Department budgetary and management practices." After requesting and reviewing Requests for Proposal and conducting virtual interviews, a committee consisting of City Staff members and the CSS Chairperson partnered with the Center for Public Safety Management (CPSM) to conduct this review. The selection committee chose CPSM based on the proposal/examples of work submitted as well as their longstanding expertise in providing the type of detailed analysis best suited for this project's purpose and scope. The committee believes that CPMS was best positioned to deliver a thorough and independent analysis of Fire's operations and management practices. The goal of the project is to validate and supplement the extensive analysis done by City Staff and to provide best direction for aligning Fire's current direction with one that best serves the Community. The agreement's Scope of Services was developed to provide direction and framework for CPSM's review and analysis. That Scope is included near the end of this memo. While the project's thoroughness may prohibit the consultant's ability to produce actionable data prior to year's end, this investment of City resources and funds deserves a product of the highest quality. For perspective, CPSM is based in Washington D.C. and was developed within the International City/County Management Association's (ICMA) research and development division. ICMA launched CPSM with the goal of advancing the knowledge of local governments through case - studies, best practices, and professional development. In 2014, ICMA restructured and spun - out CPSM to be a stand-alone entity but to remain the ICMA's exclusive provider of public safety technical assistance. CPSM provides training and research for the Association's members and represents ICMA in its dealings with the federal government and other public safety professional associations such as CALEA, PERF, IACP, IFCA, IPMA-HR, DOJ, BJA, NFPA, etc' CPSM has assigned Tukwila's project to three key members of their team: 1 https://www.cpsm.us/about/the-association-and-the-company/ K