Moraga Town Council considers objecting to fire district consolidation
By Tony Hicks
Moraga-Orinda Fire Station 41 (Photo: mofd.org).
MORAGA, Calif. - The Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) may consider consolidating with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, an idea that some in Moraga don t find very appealing.
The Moraga Town Council on Wednesday will consider officially objecting to the idea, which town manager Cynthia Battenberg says in a staff report will be discussed at MOFD s May 19 board meeting.
A draft version of the letter, which would come from Moraga Mayor Mike McCluer, says We strongly oppose MOFD spending resources studying a process for consolidation with ConFire. Resources should continue to be spent on the delivery of high-quality fire protection, fire safety, and emergency response systems.
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MOFD has an elected board of directors and is funded by approximately $26 million annually in property tax revenue (Shutterstock)
LAMORINDA, CA The Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) may consider consolidating with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, an idea that some in Moraga don t find very appealing. The Moraga Town Council on Wednesday will consider officially objecting to the idea, which town manager Cynthia Battenberg says in a staff report will be discussed at MOFD s May 19 board meeting.
A draft version of the letter, which would come from Moraga Mayor Mike McCluer, says We strongly oppose MOFD spending resources studying a process for consolidation with ConFire. Resources should continue to be spent on the delivery of high-quality fire protection, fire safety, and emergency response systems.
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Moraga mayor Mike McCluer Photo provided Mike McCluer was officially nominated and elected mayor of Moraga during the Dec. 9 town council meeting with Steve Woehleke nominated and elected as vice mayor. McCluer grew up in Pennsylvania and Chicago but moved to Moraga with his family in the 1970s where he went on to attend Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School and Miramonte High School. My career took me east, then the Midwest, he said. During this time I would visit my family annually in Moraga and continue to monitor its progress. I returned to Moraga in 2002 with my daughters going to JM and Campolindo, so I ve known this town for decades and have lived in town for over 25 years.