HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04212009 - C.54RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Art Lathrop), to issue a 30-day advance written
notice to the State of California Emergency Medical Services Authority, to terminate Memorandum of Understanding
Agreement #28-312, for County to house and maintain temporary transfer of a fully equipped Disaster Ambulance
Support Unit (DASU), effective at the close of business on May 21, 2009.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. This was a non-financial agreement. No County funds are required.
BACKGROUND:
On May 13, 2008, the Board of Supervisors approved Memorandum of Understanding Agreement #28-312 with the
State of California Emergency Medical Services Authority, to accept temporary possession of a Disaster Ambulance
Support Unit (DASU) to Contra Costa County for its Health Services Emergency Medical Services Division to house
and maintain, including supplies and equipment, for the period from April 1, 2008 through August 31, 2012. This
DASU is an emergency vehicle, stocked with equipment
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/21/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYES 5 NOES ____
ABSENT ____ ABSTAIN ____
RECUSE ____
Contact: Art Lathrop 646-4690
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of
the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 21, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: Jacqueline Pigg, Barbara Borbon
C.54
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:April 21, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Termination of Memorandum of Understanding Agreement #28-312-1 with the State of California
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
and supplies to be used for both local and statewide emergency related purposes, as well as, other local purposes such
as local multicasualty incidents, State initiated Ambulance Strike Team activations, training of emergency medical
technicians and paramedics, demonstrations, parades, and displays.
Approval by the Board of Supervisors will allow the Health Services Department to issue a thirty-day advance
written notice to the State of California Emergency Medical Services Authority, effective May 21, 2009, to terminate
the Memorandum of Understanding Agreement #28-312. The State will enter into a separate contract directly with
American Medical Response West Inc., allowing them to maintain and house the DASU.