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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-102
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE SECOND AMENDMENT
TO THE EMS BILLING AND COLLECTION SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH WITTMAN ENTERPRISES, LLC
WHEREAS, the City requires billing and collection services for its emergency medical
transport program, administered by its Chula Vista Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, billing and collection services are needed to collect fees from Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) patients and their insurance carriers for EMS patients treated and/or
transported by City Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chula Vista Municipal Code section 2.56.080, for professional
services contracts exceeding $100,000, the City issued Request for Proposals P04-20/21 for EMS
Billing and Collection Services in September 2020; and
WHEREAS, of the seven proposals received and evaluated, staff identified Wittman
Enterprises, LLC as the most qualified among those submitted; and
WHEREAS, in January of 2021, under Resolution No. 2021-006, the City Council
approved an agreement with Wittman Enterprises to provide EMS billing and collection services
with compensation at 3.25% of net receipts billed and collected with an anticipated amount not to
exceed $500,000 annually and $2,500,000 through June 30, 2025 (Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Agreement included an initial 15-month term, from April 2021 through
June 2022, with three, one-year options to extend based on the Fiscal Year, through June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, under Resolution 2024-127, the City Council amended the Agreement to
increase the not-to-exceed amount to $1,000,000 annually and $3,250,000 total through June 30,
2025; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department requests amending the Agreement to extend the term of
the Agreement for one year, expiring on June 30, 2026, and increasing the overall not-to-exceed
amount to $4,250,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it approves the Second Amendment to the EMS Billing and Collection Services Agreement
with Wittman Enterprises, LLC, 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 Clerk, and authorizes
and directs the Mayor to execute the Second Amendment.
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Resolution No. 2025-102
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Presented by Approved as to Form by
Harry Muns Marco A. Verdugo
Fire Chief City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 17th day of June 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Fernandez, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Inzunza
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. 2025-102 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 17th day of June 2025.
Executed this 17th day of June 2025.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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