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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No] -G ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 1, 1993 SUBJECT: UNC Hospitals Contract Extensions DEPARTMENT Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT 10/21/93 Letter from UNC Hospitals Nick Waters, ext 3030 TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 PURPOSE: To consider a request from UNC Hospitals for a four month extension to two existing contracts with Orange County Emergency Management. BACKGROUND: For a number of years, Orange County has provided personnel and equipment support to the UNC Hospitals, under contract, for the Hospitals' air ambulance and ground transportation programs. Flight paramedics and ambulance drivers are currently County employees, with the County fully reimbursed for their salaries, benefits, and associated costs, plus some overhead expenses. It had been the Hospitals ' intent that these employees become Hospitals ' employees by October 31, 1993. However, administrative delays at the Hospitals ' end has prompted their written request to extend the existing arrangements through February 28, 1994 . The EMS Staff is able to continue these services during the requested four month extension. Terms of the contracts would remain identical to those in effect since July 1992, with the exception that reimbursement from the Hospitals to the County under the ground transportation contract would increase from $12,000 to $12,500 monthly. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve the request from the UNC Hospitals for four month extensions of the air ambulance and ground transportation contracts, and authorize the Chair to sign.