File #: 19-0623    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Public Hearing
File created: 12/10/2019 In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 1/13/2020 Final action:
Title: Public Hearing and Award of Franchise to Provide Non-Emergency Ambulance Service in Durham County (10min)
Attachments: 1. LIFESTAR FRANCHISE APP, 2. LifeStar Notice of Public Hearing
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Public Hearing and Award of Franchise to Provide Non-Emergency Ambulance Service in Durham County (10min)

 

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Date of BOCC Meeting:  January 13, 2020

 

Request for Board Action:

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The Board is requested to conduct a public hearing, as required by ordinance, in order to grant an ambulance franchise for LifeStar Emergency Services, LLC. to provide the following services within Durham County: non-emergency and inter-facility transportation at the basic and advanced life support level, back-up emergency ambulance service at the request of the County, and special events coverage at the request of the County. LifeStar Emergency Services, LLC. has fulfilled the requirements for an ambulance franchise set forth in Chapter 12, Article 2, Division 2 of the Durham County Code of Ordinances.

 

The franchise application and a copy of the public hearing advertisement are provided.  The public hearing was advertised in The Herald-Sun newspaper December 23, 2019-January 6, 2020. This is a renewal franchise. LifeStar Emergency Services was approved for a franchise with the County in 2017.

 

Alignment with Strategic Plan: This request aligns with the County’s Strategic Goal #2: Health and Well-being for All, Strategic Goal #3: Safe Community, and Strategic Goal #5: Accountable, Efficient, and Visionary Government.

 

Resource PersonsKevin Underhill, Interim EMS Director, David McNulty, Assistant Chief Finance and Administration

 

County Manager’s RecommendationThe County Manager recommends that the Board conduct a public hearing and if appropriate based on the comments received during the hearing, award an ambulance franchise to LifeStar Emergency Services, LLC.

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County Manager: ____________________________