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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 16, 2005 <br />Action Ager{~a <br />Item No. .-,~ yn <br />SUBJECT: EMS Events and Facilities Agreement Renewals -Orange County Rescue <br />Squad and South Orange Rescue Squad <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Orange County Rescue Agreement Jack Ball, ext 3030 <br />South Orange Rescue Agreement Kent McKenzie, ext 3030 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider renewing, on an annual basis, the existing agreements with both <br />Orange County Rescue Squad and South Orange Rescue Squad to provide for special event <br />coverage, leasing of space in Squad buildings, and the sharing of County and Squad resources <br />in the delivery of emergency medical services for the period July 1, 2005 through June 30, <br />2006. <br />BACKGROUND: Last year, the BOCC approved a contractual collaboration between Orange <br />County's Department of Emergency Management and the volunteer Orange EMS & Rescue <br />Squad. During the autumn of 2004, Orange EMS & Rescue Squad split into two separate <br />entities, Orange County Rescue Squad in Hillsborough and South Orange Rescue in Carrboro, <br />A Memorandum of Understanding between the County and the two rescue squads continued <br />the existing collaborative efforts in providing special events EMS coverage and in the joint use <br />of squad-owned space to base EMS units. The agreement and memorandum provided for <br />ongoing collaboration between the agencies in the provision of EMS service at special events, <br />the leasing of space in Squad facilities far use by the County, and the provision of services and <br />equipment by the County for the Squads, The two squads have satisfactorily executed their <br />respective responsibilities under the agreement during the 2004-05 fiscal year, <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The terms of the agreement call for the County to pay the Squads the <br />total amount of $4,588 per month for rent and utilities for station space. Funding to cover <br />continuation of this agreement for 2005-06 has been included in the department's FY 05-06 <br />budget. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the agreements <br />with Orange County Rescue Squad and South Orange Rescue Squad through June 30, 2006, <br />subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney, and authorize the Chair to sign, <br />