AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Meeting Date:           September 26, 2011

From:                          Kevin R. Bowman, Fire Chief

Subject:                      Resolution authorizing the execution of a Fire Dispatch Agreement with Lake Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval of the Fire Dispatch Agreement with Lake Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

Analysis:

Effective October 1, 2011, Lake Sumter Emergency Medical Services will cease to exist.  Sumter County will no longer participate with that agency.  Therefore, a new corporation – Lake Emergency Medical Services, Inc. will provide fire dispatch services for Leesburg and all other fire departments in Lake County.  This Resolution solidifies our agreement with the new organization – Lake Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

Options:

1.  Approval of this Resolution, or

2.  Such alternative action as the Commission may deem appropriate

Fiscal Impact: 

Because this is current practice, there is no fiscal impact to the City of Leesburg, Florida.  Lake Emergency Medical Services, Inc. will provide fire dispatch services to the City of Leesburg Fire Department in exchange for allowing two of its ambulances to cohabitate in two of the Leesburg Fire Stations (Station 63 at the airport and Station 64 in Okahumpka).

Submission Date and Time:    9/22/2011 10:02 PM____

Department: ______________________ Prepared by:  ______________________                       Attachments:         Yes____   No ______ Advertised:   ____Not Required ______ Dates:   __________________________                      Attorney Review :       Yes___  No ____ _________________________________            Revised 6/10/04

Reviewed by: Dept. Head ________ Finance  Dept. ______JB__________                                    Deputy C.M. ___________________                                           Submitted by: City Manager ___________________

Account No. _________________ Project No. ___________________ WF No. ______________________ Budget  ______________________ Available _____________________

RESOLUTION NO._______________

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO APPROVE A DISPATCH AGREEMENT WITH LAKE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS LAKE SUMTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, FOR FIRE DISPATCH SERVICES; AND, ALLOWING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA:

            THAT the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute an agreement  with Lake Emergency Medical Services, Inc. whose address is 2761 West Old Highway 441 Mount Dora, Florida 32757 for the provision of fire dispatch services.

 THAT this resolution shall become effective immediately.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Leesburg, Florida, at a regular meeting held the _26th____ day of _September____ 2011.

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                                                                             Mayor

ATTEST:

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City Clerk