{"id":53514,"date":"2016-05-03T09:03:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T17:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/?p=53514"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:14:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T17:14:01","slug":"east-contra-costa-fire-welcomes-newest-board-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/east-contra-costa-fire-welcomes-newest-board-member\/","title":{"rendered":"East Contra Costa Fire Welcomes Newest Board Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Meghan Bell of Oakley became the newest East Contra Costa Fire Protection District newest board to be sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>A board seat became available after a resignation made by Jonathan Michaelson in March. Oakley, who has three seats on the Board is responsible for selecting a replacement within city limits.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony took place at the start of the Board meeting after an April 26 Oakley City Council Meeting where Mayor Kevin Romick chose to forgo an application process and instead directly appoint Bell.<\/p>\n<p>Romick explained that because of the decisions needing to be made, he chose Bell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have decided to forego the normal appointment process and tonight I am announcing the appointment of Meghan Bell for the East Contra Costa Fire protection District Board,\u201d said Romick. \u201cMeghan is a graduate of our leadership academy and a regular attendee of the fire board. I have full confidence she will be able to jump into the process.<\/p>\n<p>Bell said her appointment is not about her, but rather about the Board and the situation facing residents served by the fire district saying they need to be providing better service to save homes and lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Romick knows I have been interested in our fire services and solving the problem we have in East Contra Costa and finding funding. He knew I had last interviewed for an open board position when they conducted interviews the first time. He had an immediate opening and knew I had been attending meetings,\u201d explained Bell. \u201cHe asked if I was interested in the position and I jumped at the chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bells says she is all for moving to an elected board based on the agreement when the District accepted the money from the County if that is a decision they feel they need to move towards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53517\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meghan-Bell-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53517\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53517\" src=\"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meghan-Bell-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by David Bell\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meghan-Bell-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Meghan-Bell-2.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by David Bell<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\">She says the focus right now is finding a short-term and long-term solution for District funding. \u201cSome ideas are going to take a while and they need more development before they become viable,\u201d says Bell. \u201cWe must work through them to find the best solutions.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>She added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome ideas are going to take a while and they need more development before they become viable,\u201d says Bell. \u201cWe must work through them to find the best solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\">She says an incident in 2011 triggered her into action and she began following the fire service issues facing the county.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\"> \u201cIt&#8217;s very personal. I have a child who lives with a rare disorder, so we don&#8217;t know day to day if we have to call EMS because he&#8217;s stopped breathing as a result from his seizures,&#8221; explained Bell. \u201cI need to have my fire district available for my family; I also want them available for all families in East Contra Costa. There was a day where my son had a seizure for over 15 minutes. It happened before the stations were closed so Station 93 arrived and successfully treated him within a short period of time. Today it\u2019s a scenario that could have gone very wrong and we could have lost him.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\">Bell says she is dedicated to working hard to move the District forward, focusing on finding revenue and bringing back service levels to an acceptable model.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bell will fulfill the remainder of Michaelson&#8217;s term which expires April 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Meghan Bell of Oakley became the newest East Contra Costa Fire Protection District&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,3],"tags":[91,351,10047,82,16,84],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>East Contra Costa Fire Welcomes Newest Board Member - East County Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/east-contra-costa-fire-welcomes-newest-board-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"East Contra Costa Fire Welcomes Newest Board Member - 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