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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Fourth Amendment to the Emergency Medical Services First Responder Advanced Life Support and Ambulance Transport Service Agreement with the County of Alameda to Extend the Agreement to June 30, 2018. (Fire 3200)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Fourth Amendment to the Emergency Medical Services First Responder Advanced Life Support and Ambulance Transport Service Agreement with the County of Alameda to Extend the Agreement to June 30, 2018
BACKGROUND
Alameda County contracts with the City of Alameda to provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Ambulance Transport Services. The original Ambulance and Paramedic Provider Agreement between the City and County was executed on December 14, 1999. It has been replaced by subsequent agreements.
The current agreement between the City and Alameda County was adopted by the City Council on October 18, 2011 and went into effect November 1, 2011. It will expire on October 31, 2017. The County has proposed extending the current agreement while a new agreement is being negotiated. An extension is necessary in order for the Fire Department to continue providing basic life support, advanced life support and ambulance transport services to the community while negotiations for a replacement agreement continue.
DISCUSSION
The amendment will extend the current agreement to June 30, 2018. This will allow the Fire Department to continue providing emergency medical services under the terms of the current agreement.
This Fourth Amendment to the First Responder Advanced Life Support and Ambulance Transport Service Agreement will extend the term of the current Agreement from October 31, 2017 to June 30, 2018. The First Responder Advanced Life Support (FRALS) subsidy paid to the City for each paramedic first responder unit shall be increased by...
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