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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
Mount Prospect
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Village of Mount Prospect
Fire Department
TO:
MICHAEL E. JANONIS, VILLAGE MANAGER
FROM:
FIRE CHIEF
DATE:
MAY 13, 2009
SUBJECT: FOREST RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT PROPERTY
The Mount Prospect Fire Department provides emergency response to unincorporated
areas outside the Village's corporate boundaries, which fall within the Forest River Fire
Protection District. The Prospect Heights Fire Protection District has requested that Mount
Prospect transfer some of that rural response area to their response jurisdiction.
Background
In 1971, the Village of Mount Prospect decided to pursue annexation of a majority of the
area referred to as the Forest River Fire Protection District. After a formal evaluation, the
Village decided not to pursue annexation of two areas within the district. These
approximate areas are:
1. The area bounded by Kensington Road, River Road, Gregory Street, and the
Canadian National Railway tracks.
2. The area bounded by Seminole Lane, Mandel Lane, Camp McDonald Road, and
Wolf Road.
As a result of the Village's 1971 annexation decisions, the Circuit Court of Cook County
imposed a Consent Decree stipulating that the Forest River Fire Protection District
continue to levee taxes at the maximum rate authorized by statute. These funds were
required to be given to Mount Prospect as payment for emergency response services.
Request
The Prospect Heights Fire Protection District (PHFPD) is requesting that Mount Prospect
transfer the area identified in number 2 above from the Forest River Fire Protection District
to their jurisdiction (see attached map - Exhibit #1). The PHFPD is hoping that this
transfer would clear up any confusion as to which fire department provides emergency
response to this area as some of the homes in this area are in the City of Prospect
Heights. None of these areas are within Mount Prospect's corporate boundaries. The
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addresses along Wolf Road and Camp McDonald Road also include a mix of Mount
Prospect and Prospect Heights responses and can be confusing to the caller, dispatcher,
and responding department. Often the actual jurisdiction cannot be determined until
emergency response vehicles arrive on the scene.
The PHFPD would also benefit financially as a result of this added response responsibility.
The area being considered for this jurisdictional transfer includes 79 addresses. Based
upon the Cook County Office of the Clerk 2007 Tax Report the tax revenue generated by
this area is approximately $10,000 annually. All legal work and related filing fees will be at
the expense of the PHFPD.
Recommendation
It is my recommendation that the Village Board approve the jurisdictional transfer of the
Forest River Fire Protection District area identified in number 2 above to the Prospect
Heights Fire Protection District. This transfer will help clear up any confusion in terms of
service provision and financially assist the PHFPD.
Approximately two years ago, the PHFPD was willing to provide first due ambulance
service into the area bounded by Rand Road, Euclid Avenue, and Camp McDonald Road
to reduce our long emergency response times. This agreement allowed the PHFPD to bill
our residents when they respond to the estimated 100 emergency incidents annually. The
benefit to them was the additional revenue. Over the past two years this arrangement has
been very beneficial to Mount Prospect; however, the PDFPD has not received the
expected revenue. They have only been able to collect ambulance fees from about 78
percent of the incidents they respond to and their dispatch agency is charging them $55
every time they are dispatched into Mount Prospect. Consequently, the added calls for
service to Mount Prospect are not meeting the Fire District's anticipated revenue. This
jurisdictional transfer will fill the financial void, which will ensure continued responses from
the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District.
Michael J. Figolah
MF/cp
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EXHIBIT #1
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