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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director�— M� Contra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrator COSta
DATE: May 23, 1985 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Standard Contract #26-053-7 with
Floyd Smith dba Martinez TaxiCab Company
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Chairwoman to execute on behalf of the County, Standard
Contract #26-053-7 with Floyd Smith dba Martinez TaxiCab Company in the amount of
$25,945 for the period July 1, 1985 - June 30, 1986 for provision of taxi transpor-
tation for County Hospital patients.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
County funding for this service will be included in the FY 1985-86 Enterprise I
Budget. Actual cost to County depends upon utilization. As appropriate, patients
and third-party payors will be billed for services.
III. REASONS FOR RECOHMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Since 1980 the County has contracted with Floyd Smith (Martinez TaxiCab Company)
for transportation services. On June 26, 1984 the Board approved Contract
#26-053-6 with Floyd Smith dba Martinez TaxiCab Company for taxi transportation for
County Hospital patients. Contract #26-053-6 did not contain a contract payment
limit. Payment was based on a fee of $1.30 per mile regardless of the number of
patients transported to a single destination at the same time in the same taxi.
Contract #26-053-7 with a payment limit of $25,945 continues this service through
June 30, 1986 at the same $1.30 per mile rate. The Department uses the taxi ser-
vice to transport: (1) mental health patients to court hearings, (2) patients to
County Hospital for care or admission, (3) discharged patients to their homes, (4)
intoxicated patients from the emergency room to detox centers, and (5) patients
between facilities who cannot physically be transported by minibus service.
This document has been approved by the Department's Contracts and Grants
Administrator in accordance with the guidelines approved by the Board's Order of
December 1, 1981 (Guidelines for contract preparation and processing, Health
Services Department).
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without this service the Department would be forced to use a higher level of
transportation, such as ambucabs and ambulances which would be more expensive and
would not be reimburseable from third-party payers.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE• ,
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMEN ION OF BO;F7D COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISO ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ORIG: Health Services (Contracts) / 6��
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED 7
Auditor-Controller Phil Vtchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Contractor Supervisors and County Administrator
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