C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\2024730954\2024730954,,,Medical Director Contract Reso.docx RESOLUTION NO. __________
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA WAIVING THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING
REQUIREMENT AND APPROVING THE FOURTH
AMENDMENT TO THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, in 2013, the City entered into an agreement with the County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Department, Emergency Medical Services Division to support the Fire Department’s Advanced Life Support (ALS) program; and
WHEREAS, the provision of ALS requires a level of medical expertise to establish proper policies and procedures and quality improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City does not employ staff with the level of expertise in this specific area given the complexity and surrounding issues regarding implementation of ALS; and
WHEREAS, the City has considered alternatives for medical direction and concluded that the University of California, San Diego ("UCSD") is uniquely qualified to fill this role; and
WHEREAS, UCSD has a unique performance capability because it is the only academic medical center in San Diego County with the resources, staffing and experience to provide medical direction and access to academic facilities to facilitate implementation of ALS; and
WHEREAS, there are no other academic medical centers in San Diego County with the resources and ability to provide medical director services , making them a unique, sole -source provider; and
WHEREAS, on December 12, 2013, the Chula Vista City Council approved Re solution No. 2013 -249 to enter into a sole -source two-party agreement with UCSD, pursuant to Chula Vista Municipal Code Sections 2.56.070(A) and 2.56.110, to have one of its doctors, Dr. John Serra, M.D., serve as the Medical Director for the Chula Vista Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, this contract was amended on September 23, 2015, in Resolution No. 2015- 222, upon the Fire Department's recommendation that City Council approve an amendment to increase compensation and extend the contract for three more years; and
WHEREAS, this contract was again amended on September 30, 2018, in Resolution No. 2018-203, upon the Fire Department's recommendation that the City Council extend the contract for three more years and replace Dr. Serra with another UCSD School of Medicine doctor in the Department of Emergency Services, Dr. Jennifer Farah, M.D., to serve as the Medical Director for the Chula Vista Fire Department; and
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WHEREAS, this contract was again amended on May 12, 2020 in Resolution No. 2020 - 097 to increase services to up to forty (40) hours monthly and to increase the annual compensation to $84,000 per year for the remainder of the contract which expires on September 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department now recommends that City Council again waive the competitive bidding requirement and approve a fourth amendment of the contract to extend the term to September 30, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, that it waives the competitive bidding requirement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it approves the Fourth Amendment to the Medical Director Agreement between the City and Regents of the University of California in the form presented, with such minor modifications as may be required or approved by the City Attorney , a copy of which shall be kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute same.
Presented by
Harry Muns
Fire Chief
Approved as to form by
Glen R. Googins
City Attorney