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Article: County fire department under fire
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- December 11, 2006
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SAN LEANDRO -- A city councilwoman released a scathing report
last month questioning the city's relationship with the Alameda
County Fire Department, saying the agency has been overspending its
budget at the city's expense and calling it "the best-kept secret in
San Leandro."
In unusually blunt language, Councilwoman Joyce Starosciak took
the last 10 minutes of the Nov. 20 council meeting to issue seven
recommendations. They included a call for a better review process of
the agency's contract with the city every five years, bringing
maintenance of the city's fire equipment back into the city's hands,
capping cost increases to its budget and giving the City Council
more power to veto the ...