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Resolution to Renew the Professional Services Agreement with Huron Valley Ambulance, Inc. for the Provision of a Basic Life Support Ambulance
Memorandum
We recommend your approval of the attached Renewal of the Professional Services Agreement with Huron Valley Ambulance, Inc. (HVA) for the Provision of a Basic Life Support Ambulance ("Agreement").
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and other reasons, HVA continues to face a significant staffing crisis with a shortage of licensed emergency medical technicians (EMTs) available to staff its ambulances in Washtenaw County, including the City of Ann Arbor ("City"). To promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the public, the City desires to ensure the provision of timely ambulance services within Washtenaw County, including the City. The City is ready, willing, and able to continue to provide licensed EMTs employed by the City to staff one HVA ambulance for its exclusive use.
All City of Ann Arbor firefighters are also licensed emergency medical technicians (basic life support), and the Ann Arbor Fire Department ("Fire Department") is also already as a basic life support agency. This Agreement makes available a basic life support transport ambulance to transport patients when HVA has no units available.
This is a renewal of the original six-month agreement. During the first six-month term, this ambulance has transported 26 patients without negative impact to other Fire Department operations.
Either the City or HVA is able to terminate this Agreement with 24-hours' notice. The Fire Department is separately requesting funding to purchase a City-owned ambulance and to become independently licensed as basic life support transport, at which time the City would terminate this Agreement.
Budget/Fiscal Impact: This ambulance will be staffed with firefighters who are normally assigned to a light-rescue non-transport vehicle each day. There is no additional staffing requested as part of this continuing tr...
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