To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment #23-055-25 with San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County First Amendment (#23-055-25) to extend Agreement #23-055-24 with the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District through October 1, 2026 for continued emergency ambulance services in the County’s Emergency Response Area IV.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no General Fund impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
On November 2, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement #23-055-24 with the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District to provide emergency ambulance services in the County’s Emergency Response Area IV from November 1, 2021 until October 1, 2025. Under this agreement the District provides emergency ambulance services as requested by any County-designated public safety dispatch center 24 hours a day. The District must staff and equip its ambulances to provide advanced life support care, including staffing each ambulance with at least one paramedic and one emergency medical technician. The agreement established response time standards that the District must meet when responding to emergency calls. It also establishes clinic, personnel, vehicle, communications equipment, and other standards that the District must meet.
Approval of this First Amendment #23-055-25 to the ambulance services contract with the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District will allow the fire district to continue providing emergency ambulance services in Emergency Response Area IV through October 1, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If not approved, emergency ambulance services would not be under County contract in Emergency Response Area IV.