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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - September 3, 1986 (87)CITY O NCIL MEETING SEKUCER 3, 1986 REAFFIRMING OF APPOIN OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRDC" IOR TO ,IA Council was infa-gred that there has bEN-n questions-. rai_>i•<: by menbers of the Cali`ornia Joint Pours I.^.su-'ar.cc' Authority to fully represent their resiD clave city. The CC -21.1 (a; have each 1E .'isistiv1� E�;ard of Directors has been asked to � body reaf.firsn its delegate and authorize hi1r. to their respective city in actions taken by this txx:y. Council redesignated Assistant City Manager Glenn as the voting representative and Finance Director Hol;,, as the alternate voting representative to the Califorsii:� ,;oi.nt Posers insurance ?authority granting them authority 'D - cast .- the C'� of Lodi. votes on behalf o.. i-1 - - . C`IUNCIL CWIMU1ICATIO" - TO: THE CITY COUNCIL DATE NO. Septc3nber 3, 1986 FROM. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE REAFFIRM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JERRY GLENN'S APPOINIMEW I`U CJPLN. PREPARED BY: Assistant City Manager RDCOWEMED ACTION: That the City Council reaffirm its appointment of Jerry Glenn to the B:)ard of Directors of the California Joint Pauexs Insurance Authority and to authorize him to cast ballots representing the City's posture on matters before CJPIA. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: There has been a question raised by members of the CJPIA to fully represent their respective city. The Board of Directors has been asked to have each legislative body, by resolution action, reaffirm its delegate and authorize him to represent their respective city. JLG/br Respectfully submitted, �erry L. Glenn Assistant City Manager CITY COUNCIL _ THOMAS A- PETERSOti - City Manager FRED M. REID, Mayor CITY OF L ®D I ALICE .M REIMCHE EVELYN M. OLSON Mayor Pro Tempore CITY hALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET City Clerk DAVID M HINCHMAN CALL BOX 3006 RONALD M STEIN JAMES W PINKERTON. Jr. LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 City Attorne JOHN R. (Randy) SNIDER (209) 334-5634 September 8, 1986 Mr. Frank James Chairman California Joint Powers Insurance Authority P. O. Box 885 Soncma, California 95476 Dear Mr. James: This letter will confirm action taken by the Lodi City Council at its regular meeting of September 3, 1986, whereby, by motion action, Council redesignated Assistant City Manager Jerry Glenn as the Voting Representative and Finance Director Robert Holm as the Alternate Voting Representative for the City of Lodi to the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority thereby authorizing them to cast ballots A: representing the City of Lodi's posture on matters before the Authority. Should you have any questions regarding this action, please do not hesitate to call this office. Very truly yours, ALICE M. RE City Clerk cc: Mr. Jerry Glenn, Assistant City Manager Mr. Robert Holm Finance Director i NOTICE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF Tib: CITY OF LODI WILL BE CONDUCTING A PUBLIC PlEARING TO CONSIDER THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF THE LODI AMMANCE SERVICE WHEREAS, Section 5.36.060 of the Lodi City Code provides that upon the filing of a fully completeC application for the permit to engage in the business of operating an ambulance, and receipt of a report of the City Manager that the application is c plete, the City Clerk shall present the application to the City Council who shall fix a time for a public hearing hereon for the purpose of determining whether the public convenience and necessity require the proposed service. No permit shall be granted until the council shall, after investigation and hearing, declare by resolution that the public convenience and necessity require the proposed service and that the same will promote the convenience, safety and welfare of the genexal public. FURTHER, Section 5.36.120 of the Lodi City Code provides that the application for transfer of any ambulance operator's permit shall be subject to the same terms, conditions and requirements as if the application were for an original permit. NOW, THWMRE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby set a Public Hearing to be held on Wednesday, October 15, 1986 at the hour of 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider the transfer of ownership of the Lodi Ambulance Service. All interested persons are invited to present their views on this matter. Written statements may be filed with the City Clerk at any time prior to the hearing scheduled herein and oral stater erts may be made at said hearing. If you challenge the subject matter in court you may !�c 2imited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Nearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered tc. the City Clerk at, or prior to, the Public Tiearing. By Order of th�e�Lrdi City Council. F Alice M. he�.nG'I�.F'� I� City Clerk Dated: October 1, 1986 Lodi Ambulance Service 17095 STOCKKTONST • P.O. Box 597 • LOD!.CA95241 • 209/334 -OM eptember 23, 1986 City of Lodi City Manager City Council 221 W. Pine St. Lodi, CA 95240 -)ear Mr. Peterson and Council Members, Our company, LAS Paramedics, will be merging with Ali -City Ambulance Service of Stockton. The new corporation will be named Life Medical Industries dba Lodi Ambulance Service(LAS Paramedics) and All -City Ambulance Service. I personally believe this to be an excellent and sound business decision. There are several reasons for this expansion that will benefit both the citizens of Lodi and my family's future. Time has come to expand the capabilities of LAS. During the past decade, the ambulance industry in Ca:ifornia has gone through a revolution. This has caused small community ambulance services to be forced out of business due to increasing competition for manpower and professional services and increases in operational cost such as our last insurance crisis. Larger ambulance cor- porations have consumed these smaller businesses as they are able to offset these impacts of the 1980's. We will not allow this to happen to our system! An example of this situation is as follows: LAS is in need of an expanded central dispatch system. No longer can this com- pany meet the needs of the community by using an answering service to dispatch sophisticated ambulances. The cost of an expanded dispatch center in this community would be approximately $40,000.00 per year or $13.00 more per call. By this merger being implemented, we would use the existing All -City dispatch center which will offer 24 hour professional emergency dispatchers to respond ambulances and perform System Status Management with all the ambulances. A continLed update of all vehicles would enhance backup capabilities and response of the closest ambulance to the residences of this community. There will be times when one of our All. City ambulances would provide backup services to this community. How will the user know that it is a LMI ambulance? How will they know that the personnel are trained as well as the LAS personnel? All vehciles will have a LMI decal readily visible! All ambulance personnel are trained equally to the standards and requirements of the State Emergency Medical Services Authority. All drivers (2) Possess an authorized vehicle ambulance drivers license, issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles. To make identification: easier, all future ambulances will have the same color scheme and logo. All personnel will have the same uniform and each employee will wear an authorized identification taa issued by San Joaquin County EMS Agency with the employees photograph and name visible for easy identification. Eventually the corporate and billing offices will be consoli- dated with a sub -office in each community. Consolidation of these offices are due to maximizing the professionalism and manpower needs enabling a more efficient and cost effective system_ Lou Meyer, Jo Ann Hodge and myself have a tremendous amount of experience in the ambulance industry. Collectively, we have over thirty years of experience. Lou Meyer is highly thought of in the EMS community. He is a certified paramedic and is actively involved in many local, regional and State EMS committees, and is currently a board member of the California Ambulance Association_ Jo Ann Hodge has a background in Medicare and Medi -Cal relations, and fiscal knowledge of the ambulance industry. Myself, I am a certified paramedic, and actively involved with local and State EMS politics and currently serve as President of the California Ambulance Association. My experience is in ambulance fiscal knowledge, contract negotiations and EMS public relations. This move to consolidate our two systems is best for the over all EMS system and local communities. It shall enhance the needs and increasing demands placed on it by these communities. I also assure you that I will continue to live in Lodi and will still participate with local industry and community oriented services. our goal is to achieve the best ambulance system in this area for years to come. We have developed an initial one year plan. To assist us with this we will be hiring the EMS consulting firm of Jay Fitch & Assoc. Mr. Fitch`s firm will provide a complete indepth overview of out companies. During this process he will interview you to provide input as to your perception of our community ambulance company. Mr. Fitch will help us streamline our EMS system and allow us to improve service on a more cost effective basis. I am available for your comments and questions. Please do not hesitate to call me. We are looking forward for our communities best interest. Respectfully, i l�. Michael N.•Nilssen MNN/cn Bateman chler, Hill Rich - rrK ORPpRATF ' `� EO I SOS MAR 13 Ili J 23 tMp NOt � 700 SOUTH FLOWER STREET l05 ANGELES. CALIFORNIA 90p17 •�t�(ffV.3ft4:SX Cr1L H `CITY CLARK C!T Y U Derr March 11, 1986 Ms. Alice ReimChe City Clerk City of Lodi City Hall 221 West Pine Street Lodi, California 952.40 Dear Ms. Reimche: As you requested yesterday, enclosed is a copy of the August 15, 1985 Report of Proposed Debt Issuance from Orrick, Herrington to the State Treasurer regarding the proposed bond issue for the Woodbrook Apartments Project developed by the Geweke Construction Company. Please note that Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards, Inc. is listed as underwriter for this transaction. We are reviewing the financing of this project with Geweke Construction Company and The Cunningham Company and will he in torch with the City when it is necessary that you take action with respect to the tax exempt bonds. If you have any questions regarding the above, feel free to contact me at (213) 625-3545. Very truly yours, Alexis C. kson Vice Pre ent Enclosure cc: Mr. Pat Cunningham The Cunningham Company members New Fork Stoch E *Change ArnenCaI, Stock E=cnrnge - PBcncc Stoth E *change - M,dwest Stock E.cnange