HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2020-097RESOLUTION NO. 2020-097
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO
THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
WHEREAS, in 2013, the City entered into an agreement with the County of San Diego,
Health and Human Services Department, Emergency Medical Services Division to support the
Fire Department’s Advanced Life Support (ALS) program, and
WHEREAS, the provision of ALS requires a level of medical expertise to establish
proper policies and procedures, quality improvement, and education; and
WHEREAS, the City does not employ staff with the level of expertise in this specific
area given the complexity and surrounding issues regarding implementation of ALS; and
WHEREAS, the City has considered alternatives for medical direction and concluded that
the University of California, San Diego (“UCSD”) is uniquely qualified to fill this role; 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 direction and access to academic facilities in order to facilitate implementation of ALS;
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 12, 2013, the Chula Vista City Council approved Resolution
No. 2013-249 to enter into a sole-source two-party agreement with UCSD, pursuant to Chula
Vista Municipal Code Sections 2.56.070(A) and 2.56.110, to have one of its doctors, Dr. John
Serra, M.D., serve as the Medical Director for the Chula Vista Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, this contract was amended on September 23, 2015, in Resolution No. 2015-
222, upon the Fire Department’s recommendation that City Council approve an amendment to
increase compensation and extend the contract for three more years; and
WHEREAS, this contract was again amended on September 30, 2018, in Resolution No.
2018-203, upon the Fire Department’s recommendation that the City Council extend the contract
for three more years and replace Dr. Serra with another UCSD School of Medicine doctor in the
Department of Emergency Services, Dr. Jennifer Farah, M.D., to serve as the Medical Director
for the Chula Vista Fire Department; and
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WHEREAS, the Fire Department now recommends that City Council approve a third
amendment, effective June 1, 2020, to increase services to up to forty (40) hours monthly and to
approve an increase in the annual compensation to $84,000 per year for the remainder of the
contract, which expires September 30, 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, that it approves the Third Amendment to the Medical Director Agreement Between the
Regents of the University of California and the City of Chula Vista, in the form presented with
such minor modifications as may be approved or required by the City Attorney, a final copy of
which shall be kept on file with the City Clerk, and authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute
the 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 12th day of May 2020 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, Galvez, 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. 2020-097 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 12th day of May 2020.
Executed this 12th day of May 2020.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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