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CityCouncil | 2021-09-21 | 19 | comprehensive; urged Council award the contract to AFS: Carly Stadum-Liang, Alameda. Stated the need for these services has greatly increased during the pandemic; the program needs to happen in order for the City to have an alternative response team; the program needs to contain mental health clinicians to be effective; urged Council to support the staff recommendation and accept Options 1A and 1C; stated the program is a pilot which can be adjusted; it is more important to have a program in place than to have something perfect: Beth Kenney, Alameda. (21-593) Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated a motion is need to consider new items after 11:00 p.m. Vice Mayor Vella moved approval of continuing the meeting until midnight while trying to get through as many remaining agenda items as possible. Councilmember Daysog seconded the motion, which carried by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 5. Vice Mayor Vella stated the details of the program matter; the program is a matter of life and death; Council is providing a set of services where people will call in for assistance; expressed concern about Council not currently providing services; noted AFS clinicians will receive a stipend for the 24 hours, 7 days a week on-call service; inquired whether clinicians would be bound to not be drinking by agreeing to be on an on-call shift. The Assistant City Manager responded in the affirmative; stated the City's expectation with the contract is to have trained, medical, clinical professionals and clinicians able to administer services at any given hour; the professionals will be on-call similar to any other professional working on behalf of the City. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft outlined paragraph four of page 8 titled: "Ability to Provide Behavioral Health Professional Services;" stated the response time listed is 90 minutes; expressed concern about 90 minutes being a long response time; stated the details of the program are important. Katherine Schwartz, Alameda Family Services, stated under no circumstances will a clinician do anything which would inhibit their ability to perform job functions while being on-call and paid via stipend; clinicians will be paid hourly when activated by call; clinicians will either be prepared to respond in-person or by phone; the expectation is to have a clinician call back and respond within 15 minutes; noted the RFP indicated an acceptable response time of 90 minutes; stated the 90 minute response time would likely be the longest response time period possible. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council September 21, 2021 15 | CityCouncil/2021-09-21.pdf |