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HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-012~,• a'~~'~svp ''•.. 1Q• •1'A f M. •~~ :(~~ • •* i ~ ~~ .~t~ L''dUls"~i~~~ r~i1~~~~~~~~ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~lc'SO~Uf10t1 l~t~. 94-12 IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL PLAN CONTINUING THE USE OF EXISTING MEDICAL SYSTEM PROVIDERS AND PROVIDING FOR COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS AT PERIODIC INTERVALS WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 1797.200 provides that each county may develop an Emergency Medical System (EMS) program and provides that each county developing such a program designate a Local EMS Agency which shall be the County Health Department, or other designated agency; WHEREAS, the County of Butte has designated Nor-Cal EMS as its local EMS Agency; provided, however, that issues relating and regarding the establishment of exclusive operating areas, the installation of operators within those areas and the implementation of a competitive bid process are retained by the County of Butte; WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 1797.204 provides that the local EMS Agency shall plan, implement, and evaluate an Emergency Medical Services System consisting of an organized pattern of readiness and response services based on public and private agreements and operational procedures; WHEREAS, the County of Butte and Nor-Cal EMS have prepared an EMS Plan and have submitted the same to the State Emergency Medical Systems Authority; 1 WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 1797.224 provides authority to the County, as the local EMS Agency in this context, with the authority to create one or more exclusive operating areas in the development of a Local Plan. This section further provides that no competitive process is required if the County develops or implements a Local Plan that continues the use of existing providers operating within the County in the manner and scope in which services have been provided without interruption since January 1, 1981. Finally, this section requires that the plan creating and establishing exclusive operating areas and installing operators shall include provisions for a competitive process held at periodic interviews; WHEREAS, in June of 1992, in the development of a Local Plan, the County Health Officer acted to formally establish exclusive operating areas within the County and has further acted to install the current operators within those exclusive operating areas; WHEREAS, the County Health Officer further intended to establish provisions for a competitive bid process to be held at periodic intervals pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1797.224; WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors now seeks to approve these actions, in conjunction with Nor-Cal EMS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1797.85; BE IT RESOLVED, THEREFORE, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, that the following findings and determinations are hereby made and established: 2 1. The findings and conclusions of the County Health Officer set forth on June 2, 1992 and submitted to the State EMSA June 5, 1992, attached as Exhibit A, are hereby incorporated by reference and adopted by the Board of Supervisors. 2. Based on these findings, and pursuant to the authority granted to the County pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 1797.85, 1797.204, 1797.224, 1?97.250, 1797.252, and 1797.254, the County of Butte hereby formally amends its Local EMS Plan by directing the incorporation of Exhibit B of this resolution into the EMS Plan, creating the exclusive operating zones set forth in Exhibit A and establishing the current operators in those areas as exclusive operators, subject to the following paragraph and the provisions of Exhibit B. 3. The installation of the operators within the exclusive operating areas is intended as an interim measure. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1797.224, the County of Butte hereby sets the following schedule providing for a competitive process for each of the five zones: Bid Zone 1 (Chico) 1996 Zone 2 (Paradise) 1995 Zone 3 (Oroville) 1994 Zone 4 (East-South-East(ESE)) 1994 Zone 5 (CSA 37) 1992 Bid Option Year Re-Bid 1999 2001 1998 2000 1997 1999 1996 1998 1995 1997 3 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 25th day of January , 1994, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Houx, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin NOES : None ABSENT: Supervisor Meyer NOT VOTING: None ,1 ~~t r`~ ~~ t , ~/ r, MARY ANNE HOUX, air of the Butte County Board of Supervisors ATTEST: JOHN BLACKLOCK Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk of the Board By ~ ~ : ~ ~_ . (ordinanceAema.res) 4