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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />NOVEMBER 7, 2005 <br />TITLE <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />AGREEMENT WITH WESTERN <br />MEDICAL CENTER FOR MEDICAL <br />SUPPLIES AND PHARMACEUTICALS <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />D As Recommended <br />D As Amended <br />D Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />D Ordinance on 2'" Reading <br />D Implementing Resolution <br />D Set Pubiic Hearing For <br /> <br />!2Aa <br /> <br />cllY MANAGER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Santa Ana Western Medical <br />Center for medical supplies and pharmaceutical supplies in an amount not to <br />exceed $40,000 annually for a one-year term with two, one-year renewal <br />options. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Santa Ana Western Medical Center is the Santa Ana Fire Department's <br />paramedic units "base hospital". As such, they carry the exact items <br />required by Orange County Emergency Medical Services for paramedic units. <br />This allows for the immediate restocking of pharmaceuticals and medical <br />supplies used when responding to medical emergencies. Santa Ana Western <br />Medical Center and pharmacy operates 24 hours per day, seven days a week, <br />and has provided excellent service to the Santa Ana Fire Department for <br />over twenty years. Continuous evaluation of possible alternatives has not <br />provided a viable local option. The Santa Ana Fire Department requests a <br />one-year agreement with two one-year options to renew, <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br /> <br />Funds are available in the <br />Material and Supplies account <br /> <br />Fire Department's Fire <br />(account no. 11-323-6391). <br /> <br />Suppression <br /> <br />Other <br /> <br />Phillip M. Garcia <br />Fire Chief <br />Fire Department <br /> <br />APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: <br /> <br />~\\~~"--"'r-.~ \\...1- ~~. <br />Francisco Gutierrez ('-1! <br />Executive Director <br />Finance and Mgmt. Services Agency <br /> <br />25C-1 <br />