The ongoing effort to join forces and create a three-city fire department continues as San Mateo, Belmont and Foster City consider merging through a joint powers agreement.
But the prospect of dissolving each of the cities individual fire departments and creating an umbrella organization to oversee nearly 150 staff, must first undergo a financial and legal analysis.
Last week, fire officials presented Foster City’s and San Mateo’s councils with an update on the process and Belmont will review the status this week.
“We got positive support from both city councils to continue in the process,” said Fire Chief John Healy.