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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-003
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING PARTICIPATION IN THE
PUBLIC PROVIDER GROUND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TRANSPORTATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER
PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS ACCORDINGLY
WHEREAS, in May 2020, the City Council approved the program for the Chula Vista Fire
Department to provide exclusive Emergency Ambulance Transport Services within the City of
Chula Vista, the City of Imperial Beach, and the Bonita Sunnyside Fire Protection District; and
WHEREAS, as an emergency transport provider, the City of Chula Vista became eligible
to participate in various Federal reimbursement programs for ambulance transports; and
WHEREAS, the Public Provider Ground Emergency Medical Transport (PP-GEMT)
Intergovernmental Transfer Program (IGT) program went into effect on January 1, 2023, and the
City participated in the first year of the program; and
WHEREAS, in order to continue participation, the City must complete the IGT
certification form, submit it to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), and
pay an annual collection amount based on call volume; and
WHEREAS, DHCS estimates be paid into the program to be
$2,553,418.48 for calendar year 2024; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute
the certifications form.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it approves in the California Department of Health Care Services as a
Public Provider (PP) Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (GEMT) intergovernmental
transfer (IGT) program and authorizes and directs the City Manager to enter into the certification
form and execute all other necessary program documents, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that, due to
increased revenues from the PP-GEMT-IGT program, it appropriates $1,276,709 to the supplies
& services category in the Transport Enterprise fund, and amends the Fiscal Year 2023/24 budget
accordingly.
Resolution No. 2024-003
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Harry Muns Jill D.S. Maland
Fire Chief Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 9th day of January 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Chavez, Gonzalez, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, 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. 2024-003 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 9th day of January 2024.
Executed this 9th day of January 2024.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk