HomeMy WebLinkAbout7555RESOLUTION NO . 7555
RESOLU TI ON NO . 7555 AMENDING TH E FISCAL YEAR 2023 -24
GENERAL FUND BUDGET , AUTHORIZING A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF PARAMEDIC SUPPLIES IN
THE AMOUNT OF $25 ,000 , OFFSET BY A REDUCTION IN THE
GENERAL FUND RESERVE ; AND APPROVING A CHANGE ORDER TO
THE PURCHASE ORDER WITH LIFE-ASSIST INC ., INCREASING THE
THRESHOLD LIMIT OF THE PURCHASE ORDER AMOUNT OVERALL
WHEREAS , Life-Assist Inc . is the present vendor who provides paramedic
supplies to the Fire Department, with a current Purchase Order amount of $80,000 ; and
WHEREAS , Life-Assist lnc .'s Purchase Order contract term was for three years ,
with an option to extend for an additional two one-year extensions or up to five years of
purchase order contract term (FY 2022-23 through FY 2026-27). This is the second year
of its five-year Purchase Order contract term ; and
WHEREAS , for several years since the issuance of Life-Assist lnc.'s current
Purchase Order, the Fire Department continues to incur additional unforeseen
expenditures in pu rchasing paramedic supplies with Life -Assist Inc . primarily due to the
steady increases in medical and trauma-related call volume, paramedic supplies costs ,
and in the purchase of paramedic supplies ; and
WHEREAS , in March 2024 , with the City of Arcadia 's recently added Basic Life
Support (BLS) ambulance vehicle , it is reasonable to conclude that the Fire Department
will continue to respond to more EMS calls , requiring the need to purchase more EMS
supplies for the Fire Department's use ; and
WHEREAS , critical to the paramedic services that the Fire Department provides
to the public , is to ensure that the inventory of essential paramedic supplies is read ily
stocked for emergency and immediate use; and
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WHEREAS , during Fiscal Year 2023-24 , the Fire Department incurred additional
unforeseen expend itures to Life -Assist lnc .'s Purchase Order due to the continued
increases in medical call volume , costs of paramedic field supplies , and the use and
purchase of additional EMS field supplies; and
WHEREAS, a change order to increase Life-Assist 's current Purchase Order
amount of $80 ,000 by $25,000 has become necessary ; and
WHEREAS, to ensure that there is sufficient funding to cover the additional
incurred expenses of $25 ,000 that was not budgeted during Fiscal Year 2023-24 , a
supplemental budget appropriation to purchase paramedic field supplies from Life-Assist
Inc . is being proposed , bringing Life-Assist lnc .'s Purchase Order total to $105 ,000 ; and
WHEREAS , to properly reflect the historical increases in EMS calls , costs in
paramedic supplies , and the use and purchase of these items for the past several years ,
it has also become requisite to amend Life -Assist lnc .'s current Purchase Order 's
threshold limit for t he subsequent Fiscal Years : $115 ,500 for FY 2024-25 , $127 ,050 for
FY 2025-26 , and $139 ,755 for FY 2026-27. For each Fiscal Year, sufficient funding will
be included as part of the City of Arcadia's Annual Budget Adoption ; and
WHEREAS , the City Manager has certified that there are sufficient reserves
available in the General Fund Reserve for appropriat ion .
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA ,
CALIFORNIA , DOES FIND , DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25 ,000) is he reby
appropriated in the Fire Department, offset with an equal reduction in the General Fund
Reserve for FY 2023-24 .
SECTION 2 . The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of th is Resolution .
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Passed, approved and adopted this 16th day of April, 2024.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS :
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, GENE GLASCO , City Clerk of the City of Arcad ia , hereby certifies that the
foregoing Resolution No . 7555 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City
of Arcadia , signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 16th day of April , 2024 and that said Resolution was adopted by
the following vote , to wit:
AYES : Cheng , Kwan , Wang , Cao , and Verlato
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
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