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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on December 20 , 1983 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, Torlakson, Schroder
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor McPeak
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Ambulance Service Contract
The Assistant Health Services Director, Environmental
Health, Dan Bergman, having presented the Health Services Depart-
ment ' s recommendation that the Board award an emergency ambulance
service contract for Emergency Response Areas 1 and 2 (Nest County,
Martinez and a portion of Pleasant Hill) to Cadillac Ambulance
Service, Inc. , for the term December 28, 1983 - October 28 , 1984
to include a subsidy of $275,000 ; and
Board members having expressed the opinion that the
subsidy should only cover the actual cost of dryruns and uncollect-
ibles; and
Mr. Bergman having suggested that if the subsidy is
tied to dryruns and uncollectibles it should cover only those
emergency calls that are dispatched by the West County police or
fire dispatch agencies or the Sheriff' s office; and
The County Administrator having noted that at its
maximum the subsidy would cost $165,000 in the current fiscal year,
an amount which is not currently budgeted; and
Supervisor Torlakson having expressed his opinion that
a subsidy is needed but that the subsidy needs to relate to the
actual cost of dryruns and uncollectibles up to a maximum of
$275 ,000; and
The Chairman having asked Mr. Bergman to determine
whether a mutually acceptable method of tying the subsidy to the
actual cost of dryruns and uncollectibles could be agreed upon and
having directed that further discussion on the matter be deferred
to 3: 00 P .M. at which time Mr. Bergman is to report back to the
Board; and
Mr. Bergman having reported back to the Board recom-
mending that the Board award a contract for emergency ambulance
service for Emergency Response Areas 1 and 2 to Cadillac Ambulance
Service, Inc. for a term beginning December 28, 1983 and expiring
October 28, 1984 with the contract to include payment for dryruns
and uncollectibles dispatched by the Sheriff's office or other West
County police or fire dispatch agencies, to be paid for at the
rates contained in Cadillac Ambulance Service 's most recent proposal
for Emergency Response Areas 1 and 2 with a maximum payment limit '
of $275,000 and with provision that the County will pay Cadillac
Ambulance Service, Inc. $27, 500 on February 1 , 1984 for the month
of January 1984, and a like amount on March 1 , 1984 for the month '
of February 1984, such payments to be offset against future billings
for dryruns and uncollectibles in a manner acceptable to the Auditor-
Controller and Health Services Department, and that the Health
Services Department be directed to attempt to coordinate all emer-
gency dispatching for Emergency Response Areas 1 and 2 so that
ambulance service calls are all dispatched by the Sheriff' s office
and that the Health Services Department further be directed to
redraw boundary lines if experience during the term of the contract
shows that the dryruns and uncollectibles are excessive;
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IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the recommendations of
Dir. Bergman are APPROVED.
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By � ! Deputy
Orig. Dept. : County Administrator
cc: Acting Health Services Director
Mr. Bergman
EMS Office
Sheriff-Coroner
Auditor-Controller
County Counsel
Cadillac Ambulance Service , Inc. clo c=.,i-s
Contracts and Grants Unit
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