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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). fl 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. BUSINESS FROM THE AUDIENCE City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 5, 2012 Page 2 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). ' It 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 City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 5, 2012 Page 3 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. City of Springfield Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 5,20 12 Page 4 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). BUSINESS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned 7:13 p.m. Minutes Recorder Amy Sowa r Christine L. Lundberg Mayor Attest: City "(9 d"