I. RECOMMENDATION:
City Manager and Fire Chief recommend that the City Council approves the contract between City of Coalinga and Fresno City College for the purposes of instructional services reimbursement and authorize the City Manager to sign the contract on behalf of the City.
II. BACKGROUND:
Initially starting in the 1980s, this program is intended to assist both Fresno City College and the Fire Department with providing quality training to full-time staff while receiving reimbursement from FCC for those hours. Through processes with the State Center Community College District, FCC has an established ‘cap’ on student enrollment. In years prior to the recession student enrollment was lower than the cap, therefore this contract was to help facilitate their enrollment requirements from the State. When this cap was met, FCC would receive funding from the State. To help enhance enrollment numbers, this contract was developed to enroll full-time firefighters into FCC and provide documented training hours to FCC. In turn, FCC would reimburse the Fire Department a portion of those received funds for their training hours. The Fire Department participated in this program until 2017. The Fire Chief is recommending that we re-enroll in the program.
III. DISCUSSION:
The proposed contract with Fresno City College (FCC) is to enter into an agreement where the Fire Department agrees to submit documented training hours done by full-time staff to FCC to help satisfy the colleges’ full-time enrolled student requirements to the State. In turn, FCC will reimburse the Fire Department for those documented training hours. In consideration of the services provided, FCC shall pay the CFD 58% in academic year 2021-2022, 59% in academic year 2022-2023, and 60% in academic year 2023-2024 of the state base appointment earned due to eligible instructional Full-Time Equivalent Student (FTES) hours (see Appendix B). Above hours shall not exceed 50,000 Student Instructional Hours per academic year.
58% in academic year 2021-2022 of the instructional Full-Time Equivalent Student (FTES) eligible for state base apportionment based on Daily Student Contact Hours (DSCHs). The following is the formula that will be applied for payment:
Formula: DSCH = # of Students x # of Hours Per Unit = # of FTES
525
# of FTES x 58% of State Base Apportionment ($4,013.61 for 19-20) = Amount to be Paid
Example: DSCH = 15 students x 80.1 hours for 1.0 Unit = 2.2885714 FTES x 58% of
525 $4,013.61 = $5,327.55 paid to CFD
The contract between FCC and the Fire Department will provide additional funding for Fire Department training programs that are otherwise not available from the General Fund.
IV. ALTERNATIVES:
Do not accept the contract in which case the Department will continue to seek other avenues for funding training programs.
V. FISCAL IMPACT:
Per the contract, Fresno City College agrees to reimburse eligible training hours up to 50,000 hours per academic year. The revenue received will fluctuate based on number of enrolled students and documented training hours. See Appendix B for examples. |