HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07102012 - C.78RECOMMENDATION(S):
Acting as the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and the Governing Board of the Contra Costa County Fire
Protection District, APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director and the Contra Costa County Fire
Protection District Chief, or designees, to execute Interagency Agreement #23-367-8, in an amount not to exceed
$2,700,000 for the Fire Protection District, a public agency, to continue to provide First Responder Paramedic
Program Services, for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no County General Fund impact. All payments are funded under County Service Area (CSA) EM-1 (Measure
H). No change in rates.
BACKGROUND:
County Service Area EM-1 was established in 1989 to provide enhanced emergency medical services, including rapid
paramedic-staffed ambulance response, to the residents of Contra Costa County. In May, 2004, the Board of
Supervisors authorized the County’s Health Services Emergency Medical Services Division to use CSA EM-1
funding to partially offset cost to the fire
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/10/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Patricia Frost,
313-9554
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: July 10, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Carrie Del Bonta, Deputy
cc: A Down, D Gary
C. 78
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:July 10, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Interagency Agreement #23-367-8 with Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
agencies of providing first responder paramedic services in Zone B.
On July 7, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-367-7 with Contra Costa County Fire Protection
District, to provide prehospital emergency medical first responder services of its First Responder Paramedic Program,
for the period from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.
Approval of this Interagency Agreement #23-367-8 will allow the Emergency Medical Services Division to continue
to provide the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District with partial funding of its First Responder Paramedic
Program, through June 30, 2015, including mutual indemnification to hold both parties harmless for any claims
arising out of the performance of this contract.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, County will not be able to reimburse District for the cost of prehospital emergency
medical first responder services, within the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, until patient care is assumed
by County’s emergency ambulance contractor.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable.