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CityCouncil | 2011-07-19 | 4 | costs once the system was built out; that he does not know why the language has been left out of the 2010 Agreement; the former Acting Fire Chief was advised by the former Interim City Manager that the County did not have the authority to grant the City the Exclusive Operating Areas (EOA) for non-emergency transports; getting the EOA back into the 2010 Agreement would depend on negotiations with the County. The Acting City Attorney stated the City would discuss adding the language back with the County; the County's Deputy Counsel has advised her that the language was not appropriate for the Agreement. Vice Mayor Bonta inquired whether the City received anything of value in return when Section 2.4 was removed, to which the Interim Fire Chief responded nothing that he can find. Councilmember Johnson inquired what would be the practical impact if the City provided all non-emergency transports. The Interim Fire Chief responded the City would have the opportunity to review several options for providing inter-facility, non-emergency transport; stated the Fire Department could be used as part of the transport system; others could be hired to provide the service or a contract could be provided to an ambulance provider that is already in business for a portion of the fees. Councilmember Johnson questioned whether having Alameda Hospital pay an ambulance fee to the City would be reasonable. Councilmember deHaan stated when fee schedules were discussed about ten months ago; the former Acting Fire Chief did not feel that the Fire Department should transport patients from one hospital to another. Councilmember Tam stated the December 7, 2010 minutes note that the former Acting Fire Chief discussed the importance of having the EOA in order to be a provider of emergency ambulance and advanced life support services; read what Section 2.4 stated; stated an EOA is something the County can clearly do; the City has not requested an EOA in the past; the City does not have the EOA option because the section is not in the 2010 Agreement. The Assistant City Manager stated the December 7th staff report discussed advanced life support and emergency services; Section 2.4 addressed non-emergency ambulance transport; people could be picked up from a convalescent hospital and delivered to a doctor's appointment or rehabilitation facility using City personnel or subcontracting out to a private entity and taking a cut as the exclusive provider. Councilmember Johnson stated the County subcontracts the services, which is a revenue generator. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 4 July 19, 2011 | CityCouncil/2011-07-19.pdf |