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Minutes 06/07/1995 • • EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL (EMSAC) June 7, 1995 3:30 P.M. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 3301 EAST TAMIAMI TRAIL THIRD FLOOR Voting Members Present Staff Advisors Present Joe Young Norris !jams Christopher Nind Barbara Brown Douglas Davidson Robert Margraf Ex-Officio Members Present Rhona Saunders Charles McDonald Tom Coppens Bob Laird Excused: Charles Mc Donald Sheldon Reed Roger Evans Minutes of May 10, 1995 Minutes approved. 1. Budget Overview of EMS Due to the absence of Diane Flagg, EMS Director, Chairman Young asked Mr. !jams if he would go over the budget. Mr. !jams, told the committee Diane, Doug, and Jorge were at the Ford test track, doing the driving class for the new ambulances. The dates had been set for several weeks and would involve too much to be changed. He also inquired as to the reason the meeting date had been changed. Mr. Young said several members could not be present for the regular scheduled meeting. Chairman Young inquired about an ambulance being added in the Isle of Capri and Corkscrew. He wanted to know if Mr. !jams thought these items would be passed. Mr. !jams stated the Isle of Capri unit was not being recommended by him or the County Manager. He stated an ambulance in the Corkscrew area will help response times. It is in the budget and will be considered. He also stated if another unit is put in the area of Isle of Capri, it should go at the fire station on 951. Rhona Saunders said the committee should make a recommendation that they are against the ambulance in Isle of Capri. Chief McDonald said it takes 5 -6 minutes to get to Isle of Capri, maybe a little longer if traffic on bridge is heavy. He said Diane had taken him up on the offer to move into the Marco Island fire station, and his recommendation would be to put ALS on the fire truck. You would have fire fighting, medical and dive equipment all in one unit. Fire service cannot take over EMS service, but it could help to enhance community service. Bob Laird said the Fire Commissioner stated the fire trucks are not meant to be an ambulance. Chairman Young asked if the committee thought they should go to the Board of County Commissioners with a proposal not to go ahead with an ambulance on the Isle of Capri. It was the general consensus of the committee, that they do not know enough about the proposal without input from EMS staff to make an informed decision at this time. Norris (jams said the budget will go to the board on June 21. Rhona Saunders said maybe we should look at the whole budget not just a portion. She would like to know if the budget has gone up or down. Chairman Young stated no one on the committee has seen the budget. Norris (jams said the budget as proposed had gone up, but he was making proposal to keep it within the current range. He stated an Exercise Program, Sr. Medic Program and an increase of $12,000 for the Medical Director were some of the items he is recommending be dropped. As far as he knows the Medical Director has never requested an increase. He doesn't know how that item appeared on the budget and he will try to have these items corrected. Bob Laird would like a copy of the budget. Chairman Young will discuss this with Diane, and he would like a copy of the line item budget. Norris (jams will send copies to all voting members by June 14. Chairman Young inquired as to why funds are not set aside for the helicopter? Funds are set aside for $175,000 worth of maintenance for an ambulance, how come the helicopter has no funds set aside, to help replace this one? Norris (jams said his thoughts are how do we a acquire a second helicopter, not to replace this one? Chairman Young thinks this should be looked into. • 3. Review of By-Laws Rhona Saunders stated she had gone through the by-laws and thought the committee had a very broad range of authority. She then went through each of the items in Article II - Purpose. After a discussion on each item Rhona Saunders stated the committee should retain all functions as proposed. Chris Ninds said we should take a more active part and be careful not to over do. Anything the committee can do to improve communications with other counties, should be done. Rhona then went over each of the items under Membership. She had no other recommendations for membership. Chief McDonald said in his opinion, since the City of Naples Fire Department has a vote in the membership, he felt Marco should have a vote. At least the position, should have a vote. Doug Davidson, agreed. He felt the position of President of the Collier County Fire Chiefs Association should have a vote. Tom Coppens suggested the three positions listed in Membership - Section 2 be allowed to vote. (EMS Medical Director; President of Collier County Fire Chief Association, and Executive Director of CHSI). After a short discussion it was determined the council will suggest that the Collier County Fire Chiefs Association be allowed to vote. A discussion was also held as to what the initials CHSI stand for. A discussion was held concerning excused and unexcused absences. Chairman Young asked if Barbara might be able to prepare a chart for the last year showing each member and their attendance record. Chief McDonald also suggested Section 1 under Rules of Procedure concerning using Roberts Rules of Order - Revised Edition to conduct and govern the meetings be changed to - Robert Rules of Order - Revised Edition are used as a guideline to conduct and govern the meetings. Chairman Young wants the members to think about this for a month before a vote is taken for recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners to amend the By-laws. The next meeting will be the regular meeting date of June 14th, 1995 at 3:00 p.m. Doug Davidson made the motion to adjourn, 2nd by Rhona Saunders.