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JAN 3 0 1995 aooK 50 790 1-0 growth that he believed it is very important for the Advisory Committee and the Board to mend our fences so we can be on the same wave length and work together to plan for the future. Grover Fletcher, Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee, believed this will require some specifics. He noted, quite frankly, that he has been absent for the last three meetings of the Advisory Committee and believed that one of the key problems relating to communication is that leadership has fallen down. Commissioner Bird felt one of the most important things to discuss is what we mutually see as the long range future of the North County Fire District, especially as to whether it is envisioned as feasible to continue to operate on a totally volunteer basis and on a half mill cap. Mr. Fletcher reported that at the last meeting he attended, the philosophy expressed was to maintain a volunteer effort as long as possible. They did look at maps and station locations that would not be overlapping and are right now working with the Wabasso area regarding a possible station there. The basic consensus is that the half mill cap will not be enough when the District gets into four or five fire departments. It was hoped property values would go up enough and possibly some repair costs could be eliminated so it would not be necessary to ask for a millage increase permanently, and they wanted to have the one year increase and see how it goes. If after the newer equipment comes on line and it is found the District still is cutting too close, then they would ask for more millage. Commissioner Scurlock noted that one of the impressions he gets from some is that instead of thinking as a unified North County District, the various fire departments. think of themselves as separate entities, and Commissioner Bird believed it will require strong individual leadership to bring all of these together into a unified body. Mr. Fletcher agreed that is the key problem. 2