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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2025-102 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. Docusign Envelope ID: B7972B11-912B-4F08-AF5B-E192EE58A053 Resolution No. 2025-102 Page No. 2 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 Docusign Envelope ID: B7972B11-912B-4F08-AF5B-E192EE58A053