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RE: APPROVE AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES FOR AIR LIFE DISPATCH WITH WESTERN
HEALTH NETWORK, INC., OPERATOR OF NORTH COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER,
AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with an Agreement for Services for Air Life
Dispatch between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Weld County Regional Communications Center,
and Western Health Network, Inc., operator of North Colorado Medical Center, commencing June 1,
1995, and ending December 31, 1996, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said
agreement, and
WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said agreement, a copy
of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, that the Agreement for Services for Air Life Dispatch between the County of Weld,
State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf
of the Weld County Regional Communications Center, and Western Health Network, Inc., operator
of North Colorado Medical Center be, and hereby is, approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to
sign said agreement.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by
the following vote on the 10th day of January, A.D., 1996, nunc pro tunc June 1, 1995.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORA O
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NORTH COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER
AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES
THIS AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES is made and entered into this 10th day of
January ,1996, nunc pro tune June 1, 1995, by and between Weld County, Colorado,
by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, whose address is 915 10th
Street,Greeley, Colorado 80631 (hereinafter referred to as"County"), and Western Health Network,
Inc., an Arizona non-profit corporation, operator of North Colorado Medical Center, whose address
is 1801 16th Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631 (hereinafter referred to as "NCMC").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, NCMC operates an "Air Life" medical transport system for medical
emergencies out of North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado (hereinafter referred to as
"Air Life"), and
WHEREAS, County provides emergency radio dispatch services for Weld County public
safety organizations through a contract with the City of Greeley and as part of that contract will
provide service to NCMC for dispatches of certain flights of Air Life, and
WHEREAS, both NCMC and County believe that it is necessary for County to ensure that
there are personnel with the Weld County Regional Communication Center (hereinafter referred to
as"WCRCC")who are knowledgeable for the purpose of dispatching Air Life. The County,through
a contract with the City of Greeley,will ensure that personnel and adequate training for the personnel
dispatching Air Life are provided for.
WHEREAS, County currently has access to the Greeley/Weld Criminal Justice Information
System (CJIS), pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Intergovernmental Agreement for
Criminal Justice Records Management Services and Use of Criminal Justice Information Systems
(hereinafter referred to as "the Intergovernmental Agreement"), and
WHEREAS, NCMC desires to have access to CJIS for retrieval of call histories involving
Air Life, and
WHEREAS, County agrees that NCMC may at various times need to retrieve call histories
involving Air Life.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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1. AIR LIFE DISPATCH: WCRCC will provide dispatch services for the Air Life
transports. Those persons employed by WCRCC will be solely under the supervision
of and shall be paid by and receive benefits from the City of Greeley. The personnel
assigned to dispatch flights of Air Life shall in no way be considered employees of
NCMC or County.
2. TERM: This Agreement for Services shall be for a 19 month period beginning
June 1, 1995, through December 31, 1996, subject to the termination provisions set
forth in Paragraph 6 below.
3. NCMC AGREES:
A. To pay County $53,360.36 for services provided by the WCRCC for the 19
month term of this Agreement. Payments shall be made as follows:
$26,680.18 within ten days of execution of this Agreement and $26,680.18
by March 1, 1996.
B. To provide any necessary updated equipment for one dispatch console
position to be used by WCRCC dispatching Air Life. NCMC's obligation for
the cost for any such equipment shall not exceed $8,000.00 during the term
of this agreement. Any such equipment shall be installed at WCRCC, 915
Tenth Street, Greeley, Colorado, and title to said equipment shall be
transferred to and vested in County.
C. To continue to pay for the maintenance and monthly user fees for one 1-800
telephone line for receiving requests for scheduling flights.
4. COUNTY AGREES. EITHER DIRECTLY OR VIA A CONTRACT WITH THE
CITY OF GREELEY:
A. To provide continuous 24 hour per day, seven days per week dispatching
support for Air Life transports.
B. To provide radio, radio-telephone, or telephone communications support to
Air Life during all flights.
C. To operate and maintain the preprogrammed paging system to alert the Air
Life flight team.
D. To operate and maintain the radio system at WCRCC that is used by Air Life
primarily on the emergency radio channel.
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E. To operate the 1-800 telephone line to receive and coordinate all requests to
schedule flights for Air Life transport. At such time that the telephone
system is enlarged,and the capability exists to designate certain lines,NCMC
shall be afforded the opportunity to obtain, at NCMC's cost, additional
designated lines.
F. To provide and maintain recording equipment to record all telephonic and
radio communications associated with the Air Life dispatching.
G. To track all flights for the Air Life transports originated within the range of
the Weld County Regional Communications Emergency Dispatch System.
H. For all services provided pursuant to this agreement, County agrees to assist
Air Life in maintaining Air Life's compliance with appropriate Greeley
Police Department General Orders and Standard IX in the Association of Air
Medical Services Manual for Quality and Safety Standards, 1992.
5. THE PARTIES AGREE TO SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FOLLOWING:
A. To explore the option of implementing ground position satellite, together
with any other available technology for purposes of future tracking of Air
Life transports.
B. To provide radio checks on a periodic basis,not to exceed every 15 minutes,
on the status of flight during any Air Life transport. NCMC and the
Dispatcher Center shall be equally responsible for maintaining the periodic
radio checks.
6. DISPATCHER TRAINING
NCMC has requested that dispatchers receive additional training concerning medical
terminology, navigation techniques and weather interpretation, and County agrees
to provide such training upon the following conditions:
A. NCMC will develop, at NCMC's own cost, a course of approximately 14 to
16 hours of training in medical terminology, navigation techniques and
weather interpretation (hereinafter referred to as the " NCMC training").
Before implementing the course, NCMC will submit the course materials to
the Director of the Regional Communications Center for input, and to ensure
that there is no conflict with the course materials and other training provided
to dispatchers.
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B. The training course shall be completely developed, and approved by the
Director of the Regional Communication Center, no later than February 1,
1996.
C. NCMC will provide training materials, either in the form of videotapes that
can be continually used, or other necessary materials for the NCMC training.
D. The costs for training all dispatchers during the term of this agreement shall
be paid as follows:
a. NCMC will contribute $5000.00 toward the costs for training
employees currently working in dispatch, or for dispatch personnel
that are subsequently employed during the term of this agreement.
NCMC shall pay $2500.00 of these training costs on or before April
1, 1996, and$2500.00 on or before October 1, 1996.
b. County will pay the remaining costs for training dispatch employees.
c. Costs for such training shall include, but not be limited to, course
materials, hourly pay, including any overtime costs incurred by
County for dispatch employees, and other costs attributable to the
training of dispatch employees.
E. Dispatch employees who are employed as of the date this agreement is
signed, (hereinafter referred to as "current employees') shall he trained
according to the following schedule:
a. At least 50 percent of the current employees will have successfully
completed the NCMC training on or before July 31, 1996;
b. At least 75 percent of all current employees will have successfully
completed the NCMC training on or before October 31. 1996;
c. Ninety percent of all current employees will have successfully
completed the NCMC training on or before December 31, 1996.
d. Dispatch employees who are hired after the date of signing of this
agreement will receive the NCMC training as part of their overall
training for their employment, and shall not be included in the
calculation of percentages as above set forth in a determination
whether County has complied with the training portion of this
agreement.
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e. Effective January 1, 1997, County agrees to be responsible for
the cost of providing ongoing and new employee training. However,NCMC
will be responsible for the cost for providing any updated materials and for
maintaining current information in the NCMC portion of the employee
training.
7. NCMC ACCESS TO CJIS TO RETRIEVE CALL HISTORIES INVOLVING AIR
LIFE:
A. County hereby recognizes the necessity for NCMC to, at various times,
obtain call histories involving Air Life. In consideration of the terms of this
Agreement, County hereby authorizes NCMC to obtain such call histories,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Intergovernmental Agreement , a
copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A."
NCMC agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the
Intergovernmental Agreement that are binding upon"User" in the Agreement
as though NCMC had executed said Agreement.
B. NCMC shall designate in writing to County within three working days after
this Agreement has been executed up to three representatives of NCMC who
shall have access to the CJIS in order to retrieve call histories involving Air
Life. NCMC may change the designees at any time by giving written notice
to County of the change.
C. NCMC has further been informed that, by accessing CJIS, NCMC may also
have access to confidential law enforcement information, including, but not
limited to, information concerning arrests, criminal investigations,and details
from official police reports. NCMC understands that unauthorized
dissemination of any confidential information to anyone by NCMC, its
employees, agents, or assigns may result in civil liability and/or criminal
action against NCMC. In addition, any unauthorized dissemination of
information may result in termination of NCMC's access to CJIS.
D. Prior to being granted access to CJIS,NCMC will develop a policy for its staff
concerning the release of information obtained from the CJIS system. The
policy will be submitted to and approved by the Director of the Weld County
Regional Communications Center prior to NCMC being granted access to the
CJIS system. Each employee designated by NCMC to have access to the CJIS
shall be required to sign the Greeley/Weld County Public Safety
Confidentiality of Information Agreement, or its successor form, prior to
receiving access to CJIS.
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8. TERMINATION: Either party may terminate this Agreement upon 60 days written
notice.
9. INDEMNIFICATION: Each party shall not be responsible or liable for acts or
omissions or failure to act by the other party. Accordingly, County agrees to
indemnify andhold NCMC harmless from any and all liability incurred by acts or
omissions or failures to act by County and, likewise,NCMC agrees to indemnify and
hold County harmless from any and all liability incurred by acts or omissions or
failures to act by NCMC. Because County is a department of the Weld County
government, NCMC acknowledges its agreement to indemnify and hold harmless
County extends to Weld County, its employees, agents, subcontractors, and
assignees. The term "liability" includes, but is not limited to, any and all claims,
damages, and court awards including costs, expenses, and attorney fees incurred as
a result of any act or omission by the applicable party who acted or failed to act.
10. NO WAIVER OF IMMUNITY: No portion of this Agreement shall be deemed to
constitute a waiver of any immunities the parties or their officers may possess. nor
shall any portion of this Agreement be deemed to have created a duty of care with
respect to any persons not a party to this Agreement.
11. PARTIES' RELATIONSHIP: The parties to this Agreement intend that the
relationship between them contemplated by this Agreement is that of independent
entities working in mutual cooperation. No employee, agent, or servant of one party
shall be deemed to be an employee, agent, or servant of the other party to this
Agreement.
12. SEVERABILITY: If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this Agreement is for any reason held or decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions. The parties
hereto declare that they would have entered into this Agreement in each and every
section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective of
the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses.
or phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SIGNED this 10thday of January ,1996,nunc pro tunc June 1. 1991
ATTEST: WESTERN HEALTH NETWORK, INC,
OPERATOR OF NORTH COLORADO
MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
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Co orate Secre ary Karl B. Gills, Administrator
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