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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> I t em No x--'B <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 1, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: EMS Service Delivery and Financing Proposal <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br /> ------------------------------- <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT <br /> REQUIRED YES NO x <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> 3/28/96 Report Nick Waters, x3030 <br /> 3/14/96 Letter from SORS Chief TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> 3/21/96 Letter from Medical Director Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report on proposed changes to the delivery and <br /> financing of Emergency Medical Service in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: As a followup to the three year EMS Strategic Planning <br /> Process begun in 1991, the Resources Subcommittee of the EMS Advisory <br /> Council has been meeting for about two years to discuss options for EMS <br /> service delivery, and alternatives for financing a possible new <br /> delivery model . <br /> The attached report outlines the specifics of the EMS Resource <br /> Subcommittee ' s recommendations, as modified by the full EMS Advisory <br /> Council at their meeting on March 27, 1996 . Key components include: <br /> provision of all initial responses to 911 EMS calls, by County <br /> paramedics in initial response vehicles (IRVs) ; provision of all <br /> emergency ambulance service by South Orange and Orange County Rescue <br /> Squads; and financing through a special district tax, broad fee for <br /> service, or some combination of both. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the <br /> report, and provide conceptual approval of the delivery model, along <br /> with specific direction about the Board' s preferences for the financing <br /> mechanism it wishes staff to pursue in developing the 1996-97 budget . <br />