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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	February 3, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Amendment Agreement #23-367-10 with Contra Costa County Fire Protection District

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/03/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Patricia Frost, 313-9554
cc:	J Pigg C Rucker

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: February 3, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Acting as the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and the Governing Board of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director and the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Chief, or designees, to execute Contract Amendment Agreement #23-367-10, effective July 1, 2014 to amend Contract #23-367-8 (as amended by Contract Amendment Agreement #23-367-9), to increase the Contract Payment Limit by $315,553 from $3,796,736 to a new total payment limit of $4,112,290, with no change in the original term of July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no County General Fund impact. All payments are funded under County Service Area (CSA) EM-1 (Measure H). (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

County Service Area EM-1 was established in 1989 to provide enhanced emergency medical services, including rapid paramedic-staffed ambulance response, to the residents of Contra Costa County.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On July 10, 2012, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-367-8 (as amended by Contract Amendment Agreement #23-367-9), with Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, to provide prehospital emergency medical first responder services of its First Responder Paramedic Program, for the period from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015, which included mutual indemnification to hold both parties harmless for any claims arising out of the performance of the contract.

On May 14, 2013, the Board of Supervisors authorized the County’s Health Services Emergency Medical Services Division approval of CSA EM-1 fire agency funding, based on a population-based funding formula, to partially offset cost to the to fire agencies providing first responder Paramedic services in Zone B. The transition to the population-based funding formula requires adjustment of the total payment limit of the current Contract.

Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #23-367-10 will allow the Contractor to provide additional First Responder Paramedic Program, through June 30, 2015.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this amendment is not approved, County will not be able to reimburse Contractor for the cost of additional prehospital emergency medical first responder services within Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, until patient care is assumed by County’s emergency ambulance contractor.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not Applicable.