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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 29, 1992 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # .=- D <br />SUBJECT: Carolina Air Care Ground Unit Contract <br />DEPARTMENT: Emerg Mgmt PUBLIC HEARING: Yes XXXX No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Waters -- <br />968 -2050 or 644 -3030 <br />1. Contract with UNC <br />Hospitals <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 - 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To update the contract with UNC Hospitals to provide ground <br />ambulance services for support to the Air Transportation Program. <br />BACKGROUND: Emergency Management provides staff and logistics for <br />the Air Transportation Program under terms of a contract with the <br />UNC Hospitals. The present contracted rate of payment to the <br />County is $10,500 per month. Under the terms of the renewed contract <br />for 1992 -93, the County's reimbursement will increase to $12,000 per <br />month. This increase is necessary to cover certain operational costs <br />of an additional ambulance, increased temporary staff costs, and <br />increased call volume. The contract refers to two (2) ambulances; <br />however, in Section B, the wording "the second and any subsequent <br />vehicle ..." addresses a third backup ambulance provided by the <br />Hospital but insured and operationally maintained by the County. <br />Another increase is in the staffing pattern of temporary staff which <br />requires them reporting to work to do a formal shift change and <br />preventive maintenance check on the vehicle. Increased workload is <br />anticipated because of the addition of another transport team and the <br />opening of a new ambulatory care facility on Mason Farm Road. This <br />increased workload may also have an impact on EMS as we backup the <br />Hospital service. <br />Contractual stipulations have been agreed upon by the Director of <br />Carolina Air Care and the Director of Emergency Management Services, <br />and approved and signed by the Executive Director at UNC Hospitals. <br />The County and UNC Hospitals first entered into this contract in <br />August, 1989 with a rate of payment of $7,000 per month. The <br />contract has been beneficial to the County and the Hospital since <br />that time. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve the <br />contract renewal with UNC Hospitals and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />