| Item Title: | County Administration - Ambulance Service Contract | | Submitted By: | Betsy C. Keller, CM, Chief Administrator, County Administration Department (915) 546-2215 | | Subject: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Emergency Ambulance Service Agreement with Life Ambulance Service Inc., to provide emergency ambulance services to the unincorporated areas of El Paso County in the amount $407,052 per year, for the term beginning February 1, 2019 through January 31, 2022, and maybe renewed for additional three (3) year terms. Funding is available in GF-AMBULANCESVC-OPS EXP-GEN. (Contract No. 2018-0822) | | Background: | The County’s contract with Life Ambulance expires on January 31, 2019. This new three-year contract with Life will ensure that service throughout the County continues without interruption. Under this contract the County will pay Life Ambulance $33,921 a month, which is less than the $37,690 currently being paid. The new contract also has a clause that calls for ambulance service to be terminated on September 30, 2019 in Socorro if needed.
Life has been the County’s ambulance service provider since 1984. | | Fiscal Impact: | Funds are available in:
GF-AMBULANCESVC-OPS EXP-GEN
COGF-1000-0000000-431-30-40000-0330-00000-600309- | | Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Emergency Ambulance Service Agreement with Life Ambulance Service Inc., to provide emergency ambulance services to the unincorporated areas of El Paso County in the amount $407,052 per year, for the term beginning February 1, 2019 through January 31, 2022. Funding is available in GF-AMBULANCESVC-OPS EXP-GEN. (Contract No. 2018-0822) | | Prior Action: | | | Strategic Plan: | .. | | Strategic Plan Information: | |
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