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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, January 26, 2015 Page 5 If we joined CECOMs, all would go to CECOMs. The big concern would be once it gets there, who is answering it and how does it get redirected? Issues of time and effectiveness of response are key considerations. Cost comparison was discussed, broken down over a three year period. A comparison of what CVC and CECOMS are offering was outlined. The fact of the matter is that every community in the Hillcrest area is looking very seriously at some form of consolidation. Ultimately, Mayfield Village would be the hub if this were to work out. Both Mayfield Heights and Lyndhurst has staffing and operational issues with jails that we do not have to deal with. With CECOMs there would be no capital cost assuming all of the communities came into that fold. If Mayfield Village were to do it individually, CECOMs has more recently said there would be no capital charge. With Chagrin Valley, we are looking at an annual operating cost of just under $165,000 a year. Spread out over the next several years along with the capital cost, the total capital and operating projected through 2017 would be just under $560,000. With just Mayfield Village and Lyndhurst, it would be just over $836,000, assuming that could work. With SPAN dispatch in Mayfield Village, it would be just over $900,000. Again, that is looking at us as a hub. Both of these SPAN proposals are not likely. We do not think they are very efficient ways to work. We have not precluded them. That's something Council needs to look at. We feel it is legitimate to include them in the discussion. Part of the reason we are in this broader discussion is because we looked at these models and saw they were much more challenged. ' If we did nothing else but continued on the course we are alone, we are looking at a significant cost, along with the radios, of just over $400,000. Between our operating and capital, we are just under $2 million, so when you look at the cost comparison column on the right hand side, it's pretty evident those dollars add up. Other communities are looking at different numbers but they are looking at comparable relationships between maintaining a status quo. The stated policy is we are not going to be saying it's status quo. It's not a question of whether, it's a question of when and how consolidation is effectuated. To reiterate, there have been no decisions made. Ultimately it is a decision Council needs to make. My recommendation is next Monday night there is both a Safety and Service and Finance meeting. What we would like to do is invite, for example, Representative Jack Schron; he is out of State this week, a spokesperson for CVD and CECOMs be present as well so that in a smaller setting; it's still a public meeting, so it could get larger, but the idea would be that the Council Committees that are charged between the Safety and Service substance and dealing with the Finance Committee as well would be a good nuts and bolts starting point. Between now and that time, we will make this powerpoint available. There's other information we could