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w� <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 20, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: Carolina Air Care Ground Unit Contract <br />DEPARTMENT Emergency Management <br />ATTACHMENT(S) <br />Contract with UNC Hospitals <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No JZ' -A <br />PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br />INFORMATION CONTACT <br />Nick Waters, 732 -8161 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Mebane 227 --2031 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To update and renew the contract with UNC Hospitals to provide <br />ground ambulance services for support to the air transportation <br />program. <br />BACKGROUND: The County and UNC Hospitals first entered into a contract <br />for the County to provide neo -natal ground transportation services in <br />August 1989. Charges for these services were $7,000 per month at that <br />time. Prior to that time, UNC Hospitals had contracted for these <br />services with the South Orange Rescue Squad. The contract has proven <br />to be mutually beneficial to the County and the hospital. <br />The proposed contract is essentially similar to the contract for 1990- <br />91, but there are several important differences. This contract would <br />require the County to provide three full --time positions for drivers, <br />compared to two full -time positions under the previous contract. The <br />County would also be required to make a second ambulance and driver <br />available to the hospital on 30 minutes notice, compared to the one <br />hour notice required for the backup under the previous contract. The <br />County's compensation for providing these services would increase from <br />$9,000 per month to $10,500 per month. The County's revenue for this <br />program has been, and will continue to be, more than sufficient to <br />cover the County's costs. <br />The new position is required to permit the hospital to implement its <br />Adult Transportation Team program, which provides for a ground <br />ambulance to backup the helicopter when it has been dispatched to <br />another call. The position will also help deal with peak hour demand <br />for both the neo -natal and adult ground transportation services, and <br />will reduce dependency on part -time staff for night and weekend on -call <br />duty. The position will also help address actual and projected <br />increases in service calls. Total missions increased from 425 in 1989- <br />90 to 537 in 1990 -91, and are expected to increase to 650 in 1991 -92. <br />