HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2018-203RESOLUTION NO. 2018-203
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA WAIVING THE BIDDING REQUIREMENT
AND APPROVING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
MEDICAL DIRECTOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
CITY OF CHULA VISTA FOR MEDICAL DIRECTOR
SERVICES SUPPORTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, providing Emergency Medical Services is a core function of the fire service,
with medical assistance constituting 85 percent of calls for servic e to the Chula Vista Fire
Department; and
WHEREAS, in 2013 the City entered into an agreement with the County of San Diego,
Health and Human Services Agency, Emergency Medical Services Division, to provide
Advanced Life Support (“ALS”) through its paramedics; and
WHEREAS, ALS requires medical expertise, through a Medical Director, a physician
with prehospital emergency medical services training who provides expertise that guides the
Department’s ALS policies and procedures, quality improvement and training; and
WHEREAS, the City does not employ staff with the level of expertise required for
medical direction in ALS; and
WHEREAS, the City has considered options for medical direction and has concluded that
the University of California, San Diego (“UCSD”) is uniquely qualified to provide medical
direction, through a Medical Director in ALS to the Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, UCSD has a unique performance capability because it is the only academic
medical center in San Diego county with the resources, staffing, and experience to provide
medical director services and access to academic facilities for ALS training; and
WHEREAS, there are no other academic medical centers in San Diego county with the
resources and ability to provide Medical Director services; and
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2013, the City Council approved Resolution 2013-249,
waiving the City’s bidding requirement because of the sole source exception and approving a
two-year contract with UCSD to have one of its doctors serve as the Medical Dir ector for the
Chula Vista Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, the contract allows extension of the term with the written agreement of both
parties; and
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WHEREAS, on September 22, 2015, the City Council approved Resolution 2015-522,
waiving the City’s bidding requirement because of the sole source exception and approving the
First Amendment to the original contract, which extended the term to September 30, 2018, and
provided for a one-percent increase in compensation to UCSD for each year in the three-year
term to $41,211.96; and
WHEREAS, Department and UCSD wish to continue the partnership by entering into a
Second Amendment for a three-year term, October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2021, in which Dr.
Jennifer Farah, M.D. will serve as the Medical Director for the Chula Vista Fire Department,
with no increase in compensation from the current amount of $41,211.96 per year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it waives the bidding requirement pursuant to Chula Vista Municipal Code Sections
2.56.090(B)(2) and 2.56.110(H)(2) as impractical and in the City’s best interests, because UCSD
is a unique provider of necessary Medical Director services for the Fire Department’s ALS
program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it
approves the Second Amendment to the Medical Director Agreement Between the Regents of
the University of California and the City of Chula Vista for Medical Director Services supporting
the Fire Department’s Advanced Life Support Program, in the form presented, with such minor
modifications as may be required or approved by the City Attorney, a copy of which shall be
kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute
same.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Jim Geering Glen R. Googins
Fire Chief City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 25th day of September 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Diaz, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2018-203 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 25th day of September 2018.
Executed this 25th day of September 2018.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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