Cassandra James
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 17
- Total speaking time
- 1:51:25
- Avg per meeting
- 6:33
- Segments
- 953
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Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)
Domestic violence awareness and services
West Nile virus warning
Justice Campus flood gates
$4.9 million from the General Fund and Capital Renewal Reserve.
Vacaville Fire Protection District FEMA grants
$709,464 in FEMA grants with a $35,474 local match.
Fire district cost-of-living raises
The COLAs and new executive salary ranges add recurring cost to the three fire district payrolls, funded from district budgets.
Quarterly fire protection district meetings
Winter storm and flood preparedness
County crews are refilling sandbag sites and a grant-funded sandbagging machine is in procurement; the Lopes Road rebuild remains delayed pending FEMA funding.
Public safety dispatcher market equity increase
Raises dispatcher pay by 11.6%, with the county's total cost depending on headcount.
Fire alarm and suppression upgrades at county buildings
$876,210 for Phase 1, within the approved project budget.
Drug Medi-Cal program transition to county control
Not stated; program participation agreements carry no immediate county cost identified in the agenda.
Car seat safety grant
No local cost — $140,000 in state grant funding.
Psychiatric inpatient services contract
$767,390 in county funds through June 30, 2028.
Culturally informed suicide prevention for Native communities
Fall prevention services for seniors
Meals on Wheels' fall prevention program lost funding in March and relies on a new contract and grant to stay open.
New EMS advisory committee after SEMSC exit
The Medic Ambulance contract extension raised the franchise fee to about $719,000 a year to support EMS operations.
Public Safety Radio Tower Site Agreements
No cost — the county pays nothing for the sites.
Substance use treatment expansion grant
$665,150 in new grant revenue, with a $407,818 appropriation transfer.
Ambulance contract RFP back on track
The extension bumps the annual franchise fee to roughly $719,000.
County withdraws from regional EMS joint powers authority
The Medic Ambulance contract extension raised the franchise fee to about $719,000 a year to support EMS operations.
Emergency preparedness for power outages and extreme heat
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while James was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approve agreements with the City of Dixon and the City of Rio Vista for no-cost use of City-owned properties for County public safety radio communications tower sites for a ten-year term; and Authorize the County Administrator to execute…
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week resolution
Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
No votes found matching Public Safety.