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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
MEETING DATE 08/15/00 AGENDA ITEM NO. 5
(-ITEM TITLE
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL
CITY AUTHORIZING STAFF TO INVOICE SECTION 17, "EXTENSION", OF
THE CITY'S AMBULANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN
MEDICAL RESPONSE
PREPARED BY Randy Kimble, Fire Chief��EPARTMENT
EXPLANATION
Fire
The City's Ambulance Services Agreement with American Medical Response (AMR) will expire on
September 30, 2000. Negotiations with AMR are continuing and an amendment to extend the agreement is
anticipated. As a contingency measure and to ensure that ambulance services to the City are not
interrupted, Staff is requesting permission to invoke Section 17 entitled "Extension" of the agreement, if
needed. This section allows the City to unilaterally extend the agreement for three (3) 60-day periods if
needed. Each 60-day extension requires that AMR be given a 30-day notice of intent to extend the
agreement term. Should this action be needed, a written notice would be sent to AMR on or before
August 31, 2000 enacting the first 60-day extension.
( Environmental Review g N/A
Financial Statement
Approved By:
Finance Director
No financial impact; the Ambulance Services Agreement is a fee for service with no City revenue subsidy.
Account No.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Authorize Staff to implement Section 17 of the AMR Ambulance Services Agreement if needed to ensure
the continued delivery of ambulance services to the City.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
N/A
ATTACHMENTS ( Listed Below
Resolution No. 2000-101
1. Resolution authorizing the City's Fire Chief to invoke Section 17, "Extension" of the current
Ambulance Services Agreement with AMR.
2. Current Ambulance Services Agreement, Section 17, "Extension" (page 3
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RESOLUTION NO. 2000 — 101
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AUTHORIZING THE FIRE CHIEF TO INVOKE
SECTION 17 OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE
AGREEMENT FOR A 60-DAY EXTENSION TO
THE AMBULANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of National City that the Fire
Chief is hereby authorized to invoke Section 17 of the Ambulance Services Agreement to
execute a 30-day written notice to American Medical Response for a 60-day extension to the
Ambulance Services Agreement.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of August 2000.
George H. Waters, Mayor
ATTEST:
Michael R. Dall , City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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George H. Eiser, III
City Attorney
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AND
HARTSON MEDICAL SERVICES
FOR
BASIC AND ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES
This agreement is made effective as of October 1
City of National City, a municipal corporation,
Med-Trans, a California limited partnership, dba
herein called "HARTSON".
RECITALS
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, 1987, by and between the
herein called "CITY", and
Hartson Medical Services,
A. Within the City of National City, there is a public health and safety
need for effective and efficient basic and advanced life support
emergency and non -emergency medical services.
HARTSON shall furnish performance security in an amount of
$25,000 in the following form:
A performance bond issued by a company, appropriately licensed
and acceptable to CITY, provided that the language of such
performance bond shall recognize and accept the requirement of
immediate release of funds to CITY upon determination that
HARTSON'S performance is dangerous to public health and safety,
and recognizing that any legal dispute by HARTSON or the bonding
company shall be initiated and resolved only after release of
funds to CITY.
17. EXTENSION: CITY shall be entitled to order extension of service
for a period of sixty (60) days after expiration of this
Agreement by notifying HARTSON in writing at least thirty (30)
days prior to expiration of this Agreement. CITY shall be
entitled to order two (2) additional sixty (60) day periods of
extension of service, for a maximum of 180 days of extension of
service, providing that HARTSON is notified in writing at least
thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of each period of
extension and the parties agree on a reasonable interim
compensation for said services. Service shall continue under the
terms of this Agreement for the time specified in the notice, or
notices, from CITY.
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Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on August 15, 2000,
by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Beauchamp, Inzunza, Soto, Waters.
Nays: None.
Absent: Councilmember Morrison.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
GEORGE H. WATERS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
4,
City Cf eiir of the City ot'National City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2000-101 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted by
the Council of said City on August 15, 2000.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy
City of National City
Office of the City Clerk
1243 National City Boulevard, National City, CA 91950-4397
Michael R. Della, CMC - City Clerk
(619) 336-4228 Fax: (619) 336-4229
December 13, 2000
Laidlaw Medical Transportation Inc
dba American Medical Response
20101 Hamilton Avenue
Torrance CA 90503
Dear Sir or Madam:
On November 14, 2000, Resolution No. 2000-143 was passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of National City, authorizing the Mayor to
execute an amendment to the agreement for basic and advance life support
ambulance service between the City of National City and Laidlaw Medical
Transportation Inc, dba American Medical Response, successor in interest
to Hartson Medical Services and Medtrans, Inc.
We are enclosing for your records a certified copy of the above Resolution
and a fully executed Amendment to Agreement.
Michael R. Dalla, CMC
City Clerk
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Enclosure
File No. C86-47
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