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    Email Between TFD Chief Gaines and EMS Chief Abrams

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    Chief Gaines requests that Chief Abrams call an emergency meeting of the CDA Management Committee prior to their scheduled July 19th meeting to address concerns brought to Gaines regarding the CDA. Gaines feels the issues of a hostile work environment, lack of staffing, low morale, fears of retaliation, and concerns about training and communication need to be urgently addressed. Gaines has informed Interim CDA Director Mahler of the concerns and wants employees to attend the emergency meeting to voice their concerns directly.

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    Chief Gaines requests that Chief Abrams call an emergency meeting of the CDA Management Committee prior to their scheduled July 19th meeting to address concerns brought to Gaines regarding the CDA. Gaines feels the issues of a hostile work environment, lack of staffing, low morale, fears of retaliation, and concerns about training and communication need to be urgently addressed. Gaines has informed Interim CDA Director Mahler of the concerns and wants employees to attend the emergency meeting to voice their concerns directly.

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    Chief Gaines requests that Chief Abrams call an emergency meeting of the CDA Management Committee prior to their scheduled July 19th meeting to address concerns brought to Gaines regarding the CDA. Gaines feels the issues of a hostile work environment, lack of staffing, low morale, fears of retaliation, and concerns about training and communication need to be urgently addressed. Gaines has informed Interim CDA Director Mahler of the concerns and wants employees to attend the emergency meeting to voice their concerns directly.

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    Chief Gaines requests that Chief Abrams call an emergency meeting of the CDA Management Committee prior to their scheduled July 19th meeting to address concerns brought to Gaines regarding the CDA. Gaines feels the issues of a hostile work environment, lack of staffing, low morale, fears of retaliation, and concerns about training and communication need to be urgently addressed. Gaines has informed Interim CDA Director Mahler of the concerns and wants employees to attend the emergency meeting to voice their concerns directly.

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    From: Gaines, Jerome [mailto:Jerome.Gaines@talgov.

    com]  
    Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 10:55 AM 
    To: Abrams, Chad <[email protected]> 
    Cc: Davidson, Brett <[email protected]>; Drzewiecki, Tony <[email protected]>; Folsom, David 
    <[email protected]>; Rosenzweig, Alan <[email protected]>; Barber, Cynthia 
    <[email protected]>; Odom, David <[email protected]>; Davison, Judi <[email protected]>; 
    DeLeo, Michael <[email protected]>; Mahler, Timothy <[email protected]> 
    Subject: Re: CDA Issues Raised 

    Thanks Chief for your quick response. 

    Sent from my iPhone 

    On Jul 12, 2018, at 10:51 AM, Chad Abrams <[email protected]> wrote: 

    Chief Gaines, 

    As per your request I have asked the CDA team to work on facilitating a Management 
    Committee meeting prior to our scheduled July 19 meeting.  As you know, this will be dependent on the 
    availability of members and will require appropriate public notice.   

    Chad Abrams 
    Chief of Emergency Medical Services  
    Leon County, FL 
    911 Easterwood Drive 
    Tallahassee, FL 32311 
    Phone ‐ 850.606.2100 
    Fax ‐ 850.606.2101 
    24‐hour non‐emergency line ‐ 850.606.5808 
    e‐mail ‐ [email protected] 
    www.LeonCountyFL.gov/lcems 
    "People Focused. Performance Driven" 
    Accredited ‐ Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services 

    Thank you for your email.  Please note that under Florida's Public Records laws, most written communications to 
    or from county staff or officials regarding county business are public records available to the public and media 
    upon request.  Your email communications may therefore be subject to public disclosure. 

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    >>> "Gaines, Jerome" <[email protected]> 7/12/2018 9:44 AM >>>


    Chief Abrams,  
    1
    This is a follow up to the conversation we had yesterday regarding the issues brought to me
    concerning the CDA (see concerns below). As I stated, we have a board meeting scheduled for
    July 19, 2018, however I feel this is an urgent matter and we need to meet sooner rather than later.

    As representatives for the partner agencies, we have a responsibility to be proactive and not
    reactive in addressing problems when brought to our attention. It is our responsibility to insure the
    process in place is moving in a positive direction and we provide the best level of service possible
    to not only to the citizens but to the employees that work in the CDA and our emergency
    responders.  

    I have spoken to Interim Director Tim Mahler and his staff and made them aware of my concerns.
    As I stated to him, this will give him an opportunity to address these concerns and give his
    employees and opportunity to be heard.  

    In closing, again I am not only requesting you call for an Emergency Board Meeting as soon as
    possible, but I am also asking you to invite all employees of the CDA to attend so they may express
    their concerns. In doing so hopefully we can get a better understanding of what is truly occurring.
    Please advise when the meeting has been scheduled. 

    Issues brought to my attention: 


     Hostile work environment
     Lack of personnel on the floor
     Low morale
     Fear of retaliation if issues are brought to management
     Concerns that issues brought to management will not be addressed
     Lack of communication between the staff and floor personnel
     On-going concerns about training and how the dispatchers feel stagnant

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