HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 1994-53RESOLUTION NO. 94-53
A RESOLOTION OF THE CITY COIINCIL
OF THE CITY OF LARE ELSINORE
REGARDING PROVISION OF EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES.
WSEREAS, the provision of Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
is one of the most important public safety services provided for
citizens through the efforts of local government; and
WHEREAS, the City and County Governments of Western
Riverside County deeire to establish an effective Emergency Medical
Services delivery s;~stem to provide services to our citizens; and
WHEREAS, we recognize that such a system can most cost
effectively be established through cooperative efforts of city and
county governments seeking the best possible market position for
out citizens; and
WSEREAS, our citizens will be best served through a
localized system within the Southwest Area Planning District, and
WHEREAS, an effective EMS system will require identified
minimum service standards and adequate administrative oversight to
insure the EMS provider meets those minimum standards, and
WHEREAS, there should be a cooperative method for the
selection of a provider of EMS services within our Area District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of
Riverside and the City of Lake Elsinore do hereby agree to enter
into a cooperative program for the provision of Emergency Medical
Services within our Area Planning District as defined on the
attached map, and
BS IT FIIRTHER RESOLVED, that we authorize the City
Manaqers and the Riverside County Health Director to ~erve as a
negotiating team to enter into negotiations with Goodhew Ambulance
Service to seek to develop a satisfactory agreement which will
provide EMS service levels equal to or greater than those
established by the draft EMS standards at a long term price
structure competitive with existing market standards; and
BE IT FIIRTHER RESOLVED, that we agree to release a
Request for Services to the EMS provider list which has been
established through the cooperative program at the Western
Riverside Council of Governments which will meet the minimum
standards established in the draft EMS standards should the
negotiations with the existing provider not result in a
satisfactory conclusion; and
BE IT FiTRTHER RESOLVED, that we hereby establish an
Administrative Oversight Committee for the EMS proqram within our
Area District which shall be composed of the City Manager or their
designee of each City, the Chief Administrative Officer of
Riverside County or their desic~nee, and the Director of Health for
the County of Riverside or his designee. We further charge this
Administrative Committee with the responsibility to prepare all
agreements to implement the program, to select the lead contracting
agency to provide a point of contact with the selected EMS
provider, and to provide regular administrative oversight and
review of the performance of the selected EMS provider with
quarterly reports to the governing bodies of the participating City
and County governments; and
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BE IT FIIRTHER RESOLVED, that the participating
jurisdictions named above agree to cooperate on all matters
required for the effective implementation of this EMS program
within our jurisdictions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th d8y of OCtober,
1994, by the followinq vote:
AYES: CODNCILMEMBERS: BENDER~ BRINLEY~ PAPE~ WASHBURN
NOES: COUIJCILMEMBEAS: NONE
ABSENT: COONCILMEMBERB: ALONGI
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NON
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VICKI q~-3AD, CITY CLERR
CITY OF LARE EL~3INORE
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30HN R. HARPER~ C TY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore at a regular meeting of
said Council on the 25th day of October, 1994, and that it was so
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BENDER, BRINLEY, PAPE~ WASHBURN
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMENIBERS: ALONGI
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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VICKI KAS , CtTY CLERK
CITY GI' LAKE ELSINORE
(SEAL)
STATE O'F' CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and
correct copy of Resolution No. 94-53 of said Council, and that the
same has not been amended or repealed.
. October 26, 1994
VICKI K11,SAD, CITY CLERK
CITY Or LAKE ELuINORE
(SEAL)