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Ramsey, Nowthen, St. Francis, Oak Grove, and Bethel, Minnesota Feasibility Study for Shared or Cooperative Fire and Emergency Services Figure br Summary of Organizational Design Elements Bethel FD Oak Grove FD Ramsey FD St. Francis FD Clear Unity of Command Yes Yes Yes Yes Organized With Clear Operating Divisions No No No Specific Programs With Managers Designated No No No No Chief"s Disciplinary Authority Written reprimand and recommendation for further discipline Written reprimand and recommendation for further discipline Written reprimand, suspension from Duty and recommendation for further discipline Suspension from duty and recommendation for termination Quality of Job Descriptions Complete, thorough, and up to date Complete, thorough, and up to date Complete, thorough, and up to date duties listed Complete, thorough, and up to date Each organization is structured in a typical top -down hierarchy and retains a span of control that is within recommended limitations. Based on the sizes of the organizations, it would be difficult to assign specific program managers or separate operating divisions without additional career personnel. Funding, Fees and Taxation Without adequate funding, no emergency services organization can fulfill its mission. The personnel, whether career or volunteer, are compensated in some fashion either through salary and benefits or through per -call compensation and volunteer pension programs. Apparatus are expensive pieces of specialized equipment that can cost as much as $15 million and must be replaced periodically (as will be discussed in the next section of this report). Facilities, which can cost upwards of several million dollars to construct, are necessary to house the apparatus and provide housing and training for personnel. Although not replaced as often as apparatus, emergency services facilities cannot be expected to last forever. This section of the report analyzes the fiscal resources of each of the study agencies and provides some generalizations about accountability of taxpayer dollars. The study departments provided varying degrees of financial data for evaluation by the ESCI project team. Given the variety of information provided, no direct correlation can be determined regarding overall budget history. However, at the end of this section, ESC] presents a composite cost of fire protection for the last fiscal year and compares that information to regional and national available data. page 16 Emergency Services Committing