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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 7, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 8-.~ <br />SUBJECT: Orange EMS and Rescue Squad Contract -Ambulance Transport Service <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Existing Contract Nick Waters, 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 extending the present contract with Orange EMS and Rescue Squad <br />to provide ambulance transportation for EMS through March 31, 2000. <br />BACKGROUND: Beginning in .October 1996, .the County changed its method of delivering <br />emergency medical .services. Since that time, the ambulance transportation component of <br />EMS has been provided under terms of a .contract between the County and. South Orange <br />Rescue Squad. The contract has been .renewed each year since .and the Rescue Squad has <br />provided personnel for the transport component of EMS. <br />Since South .Orange merged earlier this year with the Orange County Rescue Squad, the <br />organization (now known as Orange EMS and Rescue Squad, :Inc.) has been working through <br />some organizational issues. The. existing contract was extended twice from June 30, 1999 <br />through December 31, 1999. County staff feels that an additional extension of the current <br />contract for 90 days is necessary to give the Squad. time to work out some remaining details <br />with the Board of Directors of the Squad. These are issues that could affect the terms of the <br />contract with the Squad. Staff would then plan to bring back an updated contract in .March <br />2000 for the Board's approval. That contract would run through the remainder of the <br />1999-2000 fiscal year. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There will be some staff time involved in attending meetings involving <br />squad organizational business. The terms of the current contract involve the County <br />reimbursing the. legitimate EMS related expenses equal to $482,830. This amount is included <br />in the approved departmental budget for 1999-2000, so adequate funds are available to cover <br />the 90 day contract extension. There is no increase in cost for the contract with Orange EMS <br />and Rescue over the previous fiscal year. <br />