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PLUMAS LAFCO
MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW FOR LAKE ALMANOR REGION OF PLUMAS COUNTY
Operating Expenditures
Figure 3‐11: Operating Expenditures per Capita (FY 10‐11)
Operating expenditures
per capita, shown in Figure 3‐ WACSD
11, reflect the level of service
for fire providers. The least PAFPD
amount of money per capita
was spent by Hamilton Branch
PFD
FPD. This fact may be
explained by the absence of HBFPD
paid employees in the District.
Although, PAFPD also does not
have any paid staff, its
Chester PUD
resources are shared with
$0.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00 $2,000.00
WACSD and used to respond
to the same service area and the same service calls. Therefore, for the purpose of this
comparison the expenditures and populations of WACSD and PAFPD are combined.
Peninsula FD expends the most per capita. The reason for the higher rate of expenditures
may be that a majority of PFD’s firefighters are paid. In addition, Peninsula FD operates an
ambulance, which adds to the overall costs. Chester PUD also operates an ambulance, but
has lower rate of expenditures as it shares administrative expenses with water and
wastewater operations and heavily relies on volunteer firefighters.
Figure 3‐12: Operating Expenditures per Service Call (FY 09‐10)
A similar situation exists
with operating expenditures WACSD
per service call, as is clear
from Figure 3‐12. The low cost PAFPD
per service call for HBFPD is
most likely explained by the
PFD
purely volunteer personnel of
the District, while the high
cost per service call for PFD
HBFPD
may be explained by its paid
staff. Again, for the purpose of
Chester PUD
this comparison, because
WACSD and PAFPD respond to
the same service calls, their expenditures were combined.
$0.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00 $2,000.00
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