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WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
February 23, 2009
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The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity with the Weld County
Home Rule Charter, Monday, February 23, 2009, 6:30 p.m., at the Weld County
Centennial Center, 915 10th Street, Greeley, CO.
ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order by President John Kivimaki. Council Vice
President Perry Buck, Councilmen Don Mueller and Charles Tucker were present,
constituting a quorum of the members. Councilwoman Ginny Buczek was excused. Also
present was Dave Bressler and Rod Deroo from Paramedic Services, Gene Stille,
Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer, Menda Warne and Karla Ford, Council Secretary.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Menda Warne, county resident, submitted a letter to the council
requesting an investigation regarding a conflict of interest with Commissioner Barbara
Kirkmeyer. Councilman Kivimaki informed the resident that the council will need to
investigate her request and will report back at the next regularly scheduled council
meeting.
Councilman Kivimaki requested that Councilman Mueller review and investigate this
matter and report back to the council.
APPROVAL OF DOCUMENTATION:
January 19, 2009 Minutes and 2008 4th Quarter Report to the People
Councilwoman Buck made a motion to approve the January 19, 2009 minutes and the
2008 4th Quarter Report to the People. The motion was seconded by Councilman
Tucker and carried.
REVIEW PROGRAM: Dave Bressler, Paramedic Services Director, presented
information from the 2008 EMS Audit performed by Fitch and Associates.
The audit was to review both operational and administrative components, identify internal
issues and improvement opportunities and then to give specific recommendations for the
future.
The audit reviewed first responder details, 911 medical communications, medical
transportation response time performance, medical transportation deployment, medical
transportation fleet, medical accountability, customer & community accountability,
prevention & community education and organizational issues.
There were 12 high priority recommendations for the department: Implement EMS
component of CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch), develop true SSM(System Status
Management) plan, develop SLA(Service Level Agreement) between WCPS/WCRCC
(Weld County Paramedic Services/Weld County Regional communications Center), Med
Director to become system integration point, analyze and report response times monthly,
add 8-12 hour shift daily, increase system reserve vehicle capacity, fleet to benchmark all
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out of service hours, expand county EMS QA and evaluate annually, report annually on
EMS system accomplishments, send key managers for Ambulance Service Management
Class and develop baseline per capita funding mechanism.
The paramedic department is reviewing the priority recommendations and will start to
develop and work on those issues in the next 3-24 months.
In response to Councilman Kivimaki, Mr. Bressler stated that primary ambulance
responder in the southwest part of the county is Mountainview Fire Department and
Frederick/Firestone Fire Department.
Councilman Mueller asked if there were any parts of the review that the paramedic
services department did not agree with. Mr. Bressler stated there were issues identified
that were not within total control of Weld County Paramedic Services Department. An
example given was the call processing times for the dispatch center. However, he asked
the consultants for potential solutions to these types of issues.
In response to Councilwoman Buck's question regarding the budget, Mr. Bressler stated
the paramedic services budget has projected fees at 8.5 million dollars with no county
subsidy. Approximately 3.5 million dollars is debt from unpaid accounts, contractual
allowances such as Medicaid, Medicare and indigent customers who use the paramedic
services and either can not pay or will not pay.
SHORT RECESS
NEW BUSINESS:
Adopt Resolution 176 — 2009 HRC Changes
Councilman Tucker made a motion to adopt resolution 176 regarding 2009 Home Rule
Charter changes to go onto the 2009 election ballot. The motion was seconded by
Councilwoman Buck and carried.
Coordinator Reports
Councilman Kivimaki met with Commissioner Garcia to discuss some of the initiatives
he will be working on as board chair. He will be working with Don Warden on a
complete line by line review of all department budgets. This is in anticipation of 2010 &
2011 property tax revenue drop due to decline of oil prices and also the decline in
property evaluations.
Council members Kivimaki, Tucker and Buck attended the elected officials meetings in
January.
Councilwoman Buck spoke with Commissioner Conway regarding having a
weekly/biweekly phone call or meeting with Judy Griego, Human Services.
Councilman Tucker was able to reserve the Pierce Firehouse for the July 20th meeting.
Upcoming Meetings
The following upcoming meetings were discussed: Elected Officials Meeting and Unity
in the Community Longmont Meeting.
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Payment of Bills
Councilwoman Buck made a motion for the bills to be paid as listed below:
Mileage for Councilman John Kivimaki
Mileage for Councilwoman Perry Buck
Mileage for Councilman Charles Tucker
Windsor Beacon Subscription Renewal
North Weld Herald Subscription Renewal
$146.28
$ 37.10
$ 57.77
$ 22.07
$ 32.00
The motion was seconded by Councilman Mueller and passed.
ADJOURNMENT: By acclamation the meeting was adjourned at 7:56pm.
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