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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA August 18, 1975 The meeting was called to order in Room 831, City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, at 12:1S P.M. by Mayor John Garthe, proper notice and posting having been accomplished, with affidavits on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council. The following Councilmen were present: Gordon Bricken, Harry K. Yamamoto, Vernon S. Evans, James E. Ward, and Mayor John Garthe. Councilmen David L. Brandt and David F. Ortiz were absent. The following staff members were also present: City Manager Bruce C. Spragg, City Attorney Keith L. Gow, Director of Planning Charles C. Zimmerman, Assistant Director of Public }~rks John Stevens, Assistant Fire Chief Raymond H. Bachtelle, and Clerk of the Council Florence I. Malone. Lynn O'Dell, reporter for "The Register", was also present. PARAMEDIC PROGRAM The City Manager added to his status report dated August 12, with an oral presenta- tion, using charts which described the paramedic program and its costs over the past ten months. He stated that a second paramedic unit should be in operation by December 1976, at which time the existing unit would be used for standby purposes; that under a proposed contract with the Santa Ana-Tustin Community Hospital, recommended user fees would be billed and collected by the hospital, at a cost of $3.00 each; and that no one would be refused service because of inability to pay the user fee. He further added that although the Board of Supervisors had not acted to designate the Santa Ana-Tustin Community Hospital as a paramedic base training hospital, the Board had requested a report from the County Administrative Officer on the current training situa- tion for firemen paramedics within three weeks.. CA 64.2 TRASH RATES The City Manager referred to his reports of August 1 and 13, regarding a recommended 11% refuse rate increase to maintain the program on a self-supporting basis for fiscal year 1975-76, and stated that the increase amounted to 20{ more per month for the single family home owner (from the present $1.80 to $2.00). He further stated that the refuse contractor, Great Western Reclamation, had requested a retroactive rate adjust- ment because of increased labor costs which would amount to 30{ per water meter, commencing May 1, 1975 and ending April 30, 1976, at which time it would advance to 40{ per water meter through April 30, 1977, with a final increase of 50~ per water meter commencing May 1, 1977; that the administration does not have enough information to make a good judgment on the merit of the request, because it involves the profitability of the franchise. He commended the contractor's services, and suggested that the Council support the 11% increase in trash rates recommended by the staff, and authorize an audit of the residential and commer- cial services performed by the contractor, to include the possibility of an extension of the contract, with a target date of December, 1975 for report and reconunendation to the City Council. He pointed out that the contractor's request would require a 70{ increase (from $1.80 to $2.50 per month) for the single family homeowner trash rate. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 345 AUGUST 18, 1975