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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/21/1975CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota May 21, 1975 Minutes of a special City Council meeting held May 21, 1975, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., set at the regular meeting of May 14th, 1975 PRESENT: Councilmen Branning~ Garrison and Holton; Clerk Asleson. ABSENT: Mayor Largen and Councilman Hayes. Acting Mayor' Branning called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. The Administrator-commented on the estimated requirements for the proposed bond issue. The ambulance~ has been excluded from this issue because the City has already paid for it from the General Fund and if the City keeps~it, the bonds for it can be included in the next issue. Mr. James Olsen of Juran & Moody also commented on the proposed issue and said he would send. it in for a new Moody's rating £or which he thought there probably would be no charge. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Garrison, setting a special City Council SET MEETING meeting for June 18th, 1975, at. 7:00 p.m. to receive bids on the JUNE 18~ 1975 bond issue. Ayes - 3 - Nays - 0. MOTION$ of Holton, Seconded by Garrison) adopting Resolutio~ No. 1975-65 RES. 1975-65 authorizing advertisement for bids to be received and opened BOND SALE BIDS June 18th, 1975, at 7:00 p.m. for $1,732,000 improvement bonds. Ayes - 3 - Nays - O. Mr. Asleson commented on telephone conversations he has had with other communities on ambulance service since last Thursday. Some o£ the communities have had city council meetings since then, but he has not heard what decisions might have been made. He also said he met with Mr. Robert Lossie of Smith Ambulance Monday who is interested in providing srabulance service for this area. Mr. Asleson said when Smith Ambulance is located in the Ridges in Burnsville, it perhaps will be able to provide sufficient service for Apple Valley but there might be some question as to what kind of service the other communities would receive. He said Rosemount, Lakeville and Fannington should be con- sidered since the ambulance in Apple Valley has been serving them. Mr. Asleson said he responded to the May 14th, 1975, letter from the Dakota Community Health Center asking them for the terms of the purchase option for the ambulance service. He received a reply today, but said he did not feel the City should consider the terms stated, only the equipment actually used. They have asked for a reply byJune~2nd, 1975. James Haggarty of Divine Redeemer Hospital was present to answer questions and give some comments about ambulance service. He said Smith Ambulance received subsidies in the form of personnel training from Methodist Hospital and he believes all ambulance servi~esr~ceive some form of help. Councilman Holton asked what a licensed paramedic~is? Mr. Haggarty said there are no licenses for paramedics now and the State has not set up any licensing or certifying requirements yet. Paramedics are only~covered under the "Good Samaritan" Act for the work they do. CI%~ OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota May 21, 1975 Page - 2 Councilman Holton asked, what is the future of ambulance service? Mr. Haggarty said right now it is up for grabs. There are Federal rules and regulations covering emergency programs and requiring states to have Emergency Medical Service (EMS) committees. Presently attendants are required to have 32-hour Red Cross cards to ride ambulances. There was e bill in the Legislature, which did not pass this session but will be brought up again, providing for 81-hour requirements for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) to ride ambulances. Mr. Haggarty said there is a meeting scheduled for May 22nd at the Apple Valley Country Club to discuss questions regarding the future of ambulance service in general. Hennepin County is implementing a program presently, which will take over next year, with a new radio system, etc., for emergency services. The Federal government provided funds to start the system, but local government will have to carry the future costs. The ambulance service at Divine Redeemer receives no subsidies from outside sources now. The first two ambulances and radio equipment were purchased for it by Mendota Heights. and since then the hospital has paid for the balance of the service. Councilman Holton asked about certificates of need. Mr. Haggarty said if an area pre- sently has ambulance service and everyone is satisfied with it, the State will not let another ambulance service operate in that area. Smith is already operating in Burnsville so when it moves to the Ridges, it will have no problem. A new law was proposed which would require the service area of ambulance services to be shown on licenses. Mr. Asleson asked if Divine Redeemer would be interested in providing ambulance service for this area. He said no, not without some kind of guarantee that they would have a certain number of calls or be paid for them, so they could come out financially. Mr. Asleson asked about private company providing service overnight and not being sub- sidized end referred to Mr. Schmadebeck's comments of May 15th. Mr. Haggarty said all ambulance services receive some kind of subsidy in money, equipment or maybe even another business the ambulance service operatorhas also. Mr. AsleSon asked should local government be concerned about providing ambulance Service. Councilman Branning said yes, it should not run the service but probably subsidize it in some manner. He asked this item be placed on the meeting agenda for May 28th. Councilman Garrison said he would recommend the City waive its option to purchase the service but provide radio dispatching and the vehicle for a private operator in the interim. He does not feel a decision should be made yet and would like to proceed with caution on it. Mr. Asleson asked if the Council wants to try to enforce the terms of the lease agreement. The Council said no~ they did not feel it would serve any purpose. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Garrison, authorizing payment of Estimate No. 3 on the Fire Hall to Saxton Companies in the amount of $15,952.90. Ayes -3 - Nays - 0. SAXTON PAY ESTIMATE 3 MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Garrison, to adjourn. Ayes - 3 - Nays - O. The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.