HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/05/2012 RegularCity of Springfield
Regular Meeting
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HELD
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012
The City of Springfield Council met in regular session in the Council Chambers, 225 Fifth Street,
Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:02 p.m., with Mayor Lundberg presiding.
ATTENDANCE
Present were Mayor Lundberg and Councilors VanGordon, Moore, Ralston and Woodrow. Also
present were City Manager Gino Grimaldi, Assistant City Manager Jeff Towery, City Attorney Joe
Leahy, City Recorder Amy Sowa and members of the staff.
Councilors Wylie and Pishioneri were absent (excused). .
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Lundberg.
SPRINGFIELD UPBEAT
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Claims
2. Minutes
a. February 13, 2012 — Work Session
3. Resolutions
4. Ordinances
5. Other Routine Matters
a. Authorize City Manager to Renew a Three -year Contract with Beecher Carlson Insurance
Brokerage for Risk Management Brokerage Services.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
WOODROW TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A
VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT — WYLIE AND PISHIONERI).
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ITEMS REMOVED
PUBLIC HEARINGS - Please limit comments to 3 minutes. Request to speak cards are available at
both entrances. Please present cards to City Recorder. Speakers may not
yield their time to others.
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COUNCIL RESPONSE
CORRESPONDENCE AND PETITIONS
1. Correspondence from Mary Klages, Turner, Oregon Regarding a Speaker, Gabrielle Ford, Coming
to the Eugene Area to Speak on Bullying.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
WOODROW TO ACCEPT THE CORRESPONDENCE FOR FILING. THE MOTION
PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT — WYLIE AND
PISHIONERI).
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ORDINANCES
1. 'Designation of Precincts in City Wards.
ORDINANCE NO. 6275 - AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING WARDS WITHIN THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD DESIGNATING THE PRECINCTS THEREIN AMENDING SECTION 2.005
TERRITORY -WARDS OF THE SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
City Attorney Joe Leahy presented the staff report on this item. On January 9, 2012 Council
established adjustments to the ward boundaries. Tonight's action was a follow -up by assigning and
recognizing the State precincts that were selected by Lane County Elections to the wards established
by Council.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
WOODROW TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 6275. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE
OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT — WYLIE AND PISHIONERI).
BUSINESS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
1. Committee Appointments
a. Police Planning Task Force Appointment.
Police Chief Jerry Smith presented the staff report on this item. A subcommittee of the Police
Planning Task Force (PPTF) recommended the reappointment of Pat Mahoney and the
appointment of Fred Simmons for the At -Large position and Chris Reiersgaard as the School
District representative for the other At -Large position to the PPTF.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
WOODROW TO RE- APPOINT PAT MAHONEY TO THE POLICE PLANNING TASK
FORCE FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 31, 2016. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A
VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT — WYLIE AND PISHIONERI).
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
WOODROW TO APPOINT FRED SIMMONS AND CHRIS REIERSGAARD TO THE
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POLICE PLANNING TASK FORCE FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 31, 2016. THE
MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT — RALSTON
AND PISHIONERI).
2. Business from Council
a. Committee Reports
1. Councilor VanGordon reported on the recent Lane Council of Governments (LCOG)
Economic Development meeting. Glenda Poling, the Economic Development Director
from Lane County spoke regarding Goshen redevelopment. Evidently, Goshen was
working to get redevelopment going by 2017, which could mean more jobs for Lane
County.
b. Other Business
BUSINESS FROM THE CITY MANAGER
1. Critical Care Ambulance Transports.
Deputy Chief Mark Walker presented the staff report on this item. An RFP to subcontract critical care
ground ambulance transport (CCT) services was published in January 2012; Life Flight Network, LLC
was the sole responder to the RFP. The RFP was evaluated by staff and determined to meet all the
criteria specified. This contract would allow SFLS to subcontract critical care ground ambulance calls
originating at the hospitals in ASA #5 to Life Flight Network. This would preserve the availability of
SFLS ambulances for emergency scene calls as well as provide the best quality patient care available.
Quality patient care was Fire and Life Safety's highest priority. Air medical was the preferred method
to transport critical care patients whose conditions required specialized treatment and were time
sensitive. Occasionally, due to weather, mechanical breakdowns, or other unforeseen circumstances,
the air medical resources in our area may be unavailable. In that case, due to the timely nature of the
transport, the option was to send these patients by ground ambulance. This contract sought to address
those few occasions each year when this situation occurred. The projected number of critical care
ground ambulance inter - facility transports was approximately 15 -20 per year.
Critical care patients required specialized medical care beyond the scope of SFLS Paramedics.
Therefore, to complete a critical care, ground transport, specially trained nurses were required to
accompany the medic unit crew and provide care to the patient during transfer. This put a burden on
the hospital staff, as well as taking one SFLS medic unit out -of- service for ASA #5 calls. Inter- facility
transports were generally to the Portland metro area, requiring approximately 5 -6 hours round trip.
Life Flight Network had a critical care team assigned to the Eugene area, and provided 23/7/365
coverage out of their base at 2nd and Chambers. These highly trained people were skilled in delivery of
critical care, and ideally suited to the transport of such patients. Life Flight would subcontract the
actual ambulance and qualified driver from a local resource, and ensure quality care was provided.
SFLS Transport volumes continued to hold steady for FYI 2, and contracting these critical care
transports would help ensure SFLS was available for emergency calls as call volume increases. There
was no cost to the City as the patient would be billed.
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Councilor VanGordon asked who Life Flight subcontracted with. It was Rural Metro Ambulance.
Councilor VanGordon asked if under the contract, the City could validate that, agreement.
Mr. Walker said the City could validate that and if they changed it, the City would validate that as
well. The contract and the proposal had specific requirements regarding the quality of vehicle,
equipment on the vehicle, mileage and maintenance records, etc. They could bring in their own
ambulance if they chose. Also, if the City and Rural Metro no longer had an agreement, Life Flight
could subcontract with someone else, but the requirements ,for quality would remain as part of the
contract.
Councilor VanGordon confirmed that the City controlled and validated the quality control.
Mr. Walker said that was correct. The City also had the ability to pull the contract.
Councilor Woodrow said she understood this would avoid the.six hour trips the ambulances would
have to make to and from Portland. She asked about the decision making process.
Mr. Walker said under the current system the hospital called dispatch and dispatch relayed the
information to the battalion chief who did the initial screening to determine the level of care required.
If it became a critical care transport, Life Flight would be contacted and they would contact the
hospital to make detailed arrangements. Springfield determined which cases were critical care.
Eventually, they would like to get to the point where the battalion chief was not the one making that
decision as there were times when the battalion chief was on a fire call or unavailable for other reasons
which caused delays.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
WOODROW TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH LIFE
FLIGHT NETWORK, LLC TO PROVIDE INTER- FACILITY CRITICAL CARE
AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICES FROM THE SPRINGFIELD AMBULANCE
SERVICE AREA (ASA #5) TO OTHER LOCATIONS. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A
VOTE OF 4 FOR AND 0 AGAINST (2 ABSENT — WYLIE AND PISHIONERI).
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned 7:13 p.m.
Minutes Recorder Amy Sowa
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Christine L. Lundberg
Mayor
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