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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7619RESOLUTION NO.7619 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND AUTHORIZING A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT PEAK HOURS AMBULANCE PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $23,900, OFFSET BY ADDITIONAL REVENUES FROM THE EXPANDED PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2024-25, the City Council adopted and approved funding for the new Basic Life Support ("BLS") Peak Hours Ambulance Program ("BLS Program") to help address the increased demand for medical services in the City of Arcadia and to help reduce the Arcadia Fire Department's need for automatic aid from other agencies for additional ground emergency medical transportation services for the City of Arcadia, and thereby maximizing cost recovery for the City of Arcadia; and WHEREAS, the BLS Program was funded to operate Monday to Friday for a 12- hour shift from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. staffed by two Ambulance Operator personnel; and WHEREAS, with the positive outcome of the program thus far, the City desires to expand the existing BLS Program by adding Saturday and Sunday transports, following the current program's work schedule and staffing deployment, to further promote the benefits of the current BLS Program and enhance the City's ability to triage its emergency medical services transport response while adding cost recovery for such needed emergency services; and WHEREAS, the expansion of the BLS Program was not budgeted as part of the Arcadia Fire Department's Fiscal Year 2024-25 Operating Budget; and WHEREAS, a budget appropriation in the amount of $23,900 is needed to fund the expansion of the BLS Program for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2024-25, covering 1 the period from March 2025 to June 2025; and WHEREAS, the budget appropriation will be offset by additional revenues from the expansion of the existing BLS Program; and NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The expansion of the current BLS Program by adding Saturday and Sunday medical transports following the existing program's similar work schedule and staffing deployment. SECTION 2. The sum of twenty-three thousand nine hundred and zero cents ($23,900) is hereby appropriated, offset by additional revenues from the expanded program. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. [SIGNATURES ON THE NEXT PAGE] VA Passed, approved, and adopted this 4th day of March, 2025. ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: r// )4111' Mi ael J. Maurer City Attorney 3 Wt-cmcd 4" Mayor of the City of Arcadia STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, LINDA RODRIGUEZ, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the foregoing Resolution No. 7619 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 4th day of March, 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Cheng, Fu, Wang, Kwan, and Cao NOES: None ABSENT: None 0 City Clerk of the ity Arcadia