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Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Third Amendment to the Agreement with the County of Alameda Extending the Term of the Community Paramedicine Pilot Program by 12 Months; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Budget for the Fire Grants Fund by $125,000 for Costs Associated with the Extension of the Community Paramedicine Pilot Program and the General Fund by $125,000 for the City Contribution to Fund the Program. (Fire 220)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Community Paramedicine Pilot Program has been extended by one additional year to five years in total. Alameda County has committed an additional $104,396 through a Third Amendment to the funding agreement with the City. In order to continue the Pilot Program through its completion, the Fire Department is asking the City Council to commit and appropriate an additional $195,604 in funding from the General Fund.
BACKGROUND
The State of California Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMSA) began accepting letters of intent for their two-year Community Paramedicine Pilot Program on July 18, 2013. The Pilot Program seeks to achieve efficiencies and enhance services in community-based health care by providing training to Paramedics in 11 jurisdictions throughout California. On October 24, 2013, the City of Alameda Fire Department was provisionally accepted by the EMSA to represent Alameda County in the Community Paramedicine Pilot Program. On July 29, 2014, City Council authorized the Fire Department to participate in the Community Paramedicine Pilot Program. To staff the program, an Emergency Medical Services Division Chief and two Community Paramedic Firefighter positions were redeployed for the duration of the funding. This resulted in a backfill through the ranks with regular fire staff, including hiring of three limited term firefighters....
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