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Home My WebLink About20203765.tiffRESOLUTION RE: APPROVE APPLICATION FOR TIER I AMBULANCE SERVICE LICENSE AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN - PLATTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICE 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, pursuant to Section 7-2-100 of the Weld County Code, the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment and the Weld County Emergency Medical/Trauma Services Council have reviewed the application of Platte Valley Ambulance Service for a Tier I Ambulance Service License and recommend approval, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said Application for a Tier I Ambulance Service License, 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 application of Platte Valley Ambulance Service for a Tier I Ambulance Service License, be, and hereby is, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said license. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 16th day of December, A.D., 2020. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ATTEST: dideo Jeito:e,k. Mike Freeman, Chair Weld County Clerk to the Board Count A ttorney Date of signature: 12.123/2 Steveoreno, Pro -Tern Kevin D. Ross cc .1-HL(TG/&v), OEM (RR) 0)/4)(6/2-1 2020-3765 HL0052 Memorandum TO: Mike Freeman, Chair Board of County Commissioners FROM: Mark A. Lawley, Executive Director Department of Public Health & Environment DATE: December 11, 2020 SUBJECT: 2021 Applications for Ambulance Service Licenses Enclosed for the Board's review are fifteen applications for ambulance service licenses pursuant to the Weld County Code, Chapter 7, Emergency Medical Services, from the ambulance service providers listed below. The Weld County Emergency Medical Trauma Service (EMTS) Council reviewed each application on November 18, 2020, and approved all fifteen applications. Changes from 2020 include the addition of Ambulnz CO, LLC as a new Tier II ambulance service. Mile High Ambulance Service was previously approved in September 2020 for licensure through 2021. Based on the delegated responsibility of the Department, we have reviewed the applications and have deemed all ambulance services listed below to have met all applicable licensure application requirements as per Chapter 7. As such, I am recommending the following ambulance service providers for licensure: Tier I Banner Health/NCMC Paramedic Service 1801 16th Street Greeley, CO Frederick Firestone Fire Protection District 8426 Kosmerl Place Frederick, CO Front Range Fire Rescue 101 South Irene Avenue Milliken, CO Greeley Fire Department 1155 10th Avenue Greeley, CO Mountain View Fire Protection District 3561 Stagecoach Road, Unit 200 Longmont, CO Tier I (continued) North Metro Fire Rescue District 101 Spader Way Broomfield, CO Platte Valley Ambulance Service 1750 East Egbert Street Brighton, CO Platteville Gilcrest Fire Protection District 202 Main Street Platteville, CO Poudre Valley Hospital EMS 3509 South Mason Fort Collins, CO Southeast Weld Fire Protection District 65 East Gandy Avenue Keenesburg, CO Tier I (continued) Thompson Valley EMS 4480 Clydesdale Parkway Loveland, CO Windsor Severance Fire Protection District 100 North 7th Street Windsor, CO Tier II Ambulnz CO, LLC 7100 East Belleview Ave., Ste. 112 Greenwood Village, CO American Medical Response of Colorado 3800 Pearl Street Boulder, CO Tier Ill Stadium Medical, Inc. 695 Canosa Court Denver, CO 2020-3765 H LOOS`o7 ProisaPPEDP.PPPED WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT License to Operate Ambulance Service TIER I PLATTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICE Name of Service 1750 EAST EGBERT STREET, BRIGHTON, COLO Address PLATTE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER ADS.; 0 01 Name of Owner IS LICENSED UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2021, TO OPERATE AN AMBULANCE SERVICE IN WELD COUNTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING WELD COUNTY RULES AND REGULATIONS. '� Gt A 'rte t Lep 1 6 2' CHAIR, BOARD OF WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOT TRANSFERRABLE / POST IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE Tier I: Licensure authorizing for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-39 of the Weld County Code. frainiornanIMM el EJ oJ oi i n DATE 1861 - c 0 U N ato P ftifE] Ina v G G WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT 1555 North 17th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80631 www.weldhealth.org Recommendation of the Weld County Emergency Medical/Trauma Service Council for: Platte Valley Ambulance Service As required in Section 7-2-100.6.5., the EMTS Council should review the application to assess as to whether the ambulance service will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County? Please include any findings related to response time, coordination with other ambulance services, location, service area, etc. that is the basis for the Council's recommendation: FINDING #1: Platte Valley Ambulance Service provides service in both Weld and Adams County. Covering much of the southern part of Weld County, PVAS partners with their neighboring agencies and strives to deliver excellent service. FINDING #2: The EMTS Council is not aware of any deficiencies with the timely response or service level provided by PVAS. FINDING #3: PVAS provides a service to the citizens and guests of their response area and mutual aid responses to its neighbors. The Council believes that PVAS is efficient, effective, and coordinated to provide EMS Transport service to Weld County. FINDING #4: 2020 has been a challenging year for all agencies. PVAS is active in the EMTS Council, and they attend meetings when able to do so. Recommended Level of Service: Tier 2 Tier 3 Recommended Service Area: The EMTS Council has reviewed the service area for Platte Valley Ambulance Service and foresees no concerns. Other EMTS Council recommendations or comments: The EMTS Council recommends that the Weld County Board of County Commissioner grant a Tier I Ambulance License to Platte Valley Ambulance Service. Recommendation By: Date: _11/18/2020_ Jeff Stranahan EMTS Council Chair Page 1 of 1 Health Administrarron Vaal Records Tele: 970.304-6410 Fox: 970-304-6412 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT 1555 North 17th Avenue Greeley, CO 80631 www.weldhealth.org Pubic Health IL Clinical Services Tele: 970.304-4420 Fax; 970-304-6416 D Environmental Communication Health Services Education & Planning Tee;'970-304-e4i5 Tele: 970-304-64 0 Fa.: 970-304.0411 Fa,. 970-304-o452 Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Tee: 970-304-o420 Fax: 970-304-,4o9 Our viva,. Together with the communities we serve, we are wracking to make Weld County the healthiest place to live. learn, work. and play AMBULANCE SERVICE LICENSE APPLICATION Date of Application: Thursday, October 22, 2020 Name of Ambulance Service: Platte Valley Ambulance Service Owner: Name: Platte Valley Medical Center Address: 1600 Prairie Center Parkway, Brighton, CO 80601 Phone Number: (303) 498-1600 Operations Manager: Name: Carl A. Craigle, Jr. NR -Paramedic (Chief Paramedic) Address: 1750 E. Egbert Street, Brighton, CO 80601 Phone Number: (720) 685-8439 Email: carl.craiglejr@sclhealth.org Medical Director: Name: Candace Harrod, MD Address: 1600 Prairie Center Parkway, Brighton, CO 80601 Phone Number: (303) 498-1600 Name and address of each stockholder of partner owning 10% or more of the outstanding stock of the company of having more than a 10% ownership interest (if applicable): Platte Valley Ambulance Service is a department of Platte Valley Medical Center, community -owned, non-profit hospital As such WP have no Btockholders Attached is a current list of the board of directors What area of Weld County will be served by this company. nease attach a map indicating the service area. Towns of Lochbuie and Wattenburg. We also provide mutual -aid coverage for the communities of Ft. Lupton, Keensburg, Prospect Valley and Roggen. Occasionally asked to provide coverage for the town of Platteville. How many ambulances do you operate? Six, three of which are normally on duty and three in reserve. Page 2 As per email conversation with Chris Mulberry, PVAS Assistant Chief Paramedic, on 10/30/20, PVAS has 8 ambulances; (not 6); 4 in operation and 4 in reserve. Noted by Gabrielle Vergara. Location.and description of the places) from which -this ambulance service will operate. If there are more than two locations, attach a separate sheet with the above information. Location. #1: Street Number: 17'50 E . Egbert .Street City: Brighton State: co Phone: (303) 98x.-8.74.0 Location #2: Street Number.: PVAS Station #2, on Platte Valley Medical .Center Campus City: Brighton State:: CO Phone: (303) 49.8-1820 As required in. Section 7-3-30 of the Weld County Code Ordinance and Chapter. 4 Section 6 of the CDPHE Emergency Medical and Trauma Care System regulations, as of the date of the application, are you in compliance with the minimum data collection and reporting of transportation: and/or treatment of patients: 1 Yes ❑No As. required in Section 7-3-40 of Weld County Code. and Chapter`3 Section 3 of the CDPHE Emergency Medical Services regulations, as of the date of the application, are you in compliance with the reporting requirements of the agency profile: ®Yes ENo Please read carefully: Sec. 7-2-10 License for Ambulance Service. No person shall. provide or operate: an ambulance service publicly or privately in the County unless that person holds a valid license to do so issued by the Board of County Commissioners, except as provided in Section 7.280 below. The fee for said license shall be set by separate ordinance. Thelicense shall issue only in the following tiers of service: Tier I: Licensure authorizing for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter... Tier II: Licensure authorizing for transports of patientsthat originate in Weld County from licensed medical facilities: This licensure does not provide for primary care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier III: Licensure authorizing for Standby Service, as .defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Level of Service Requested: O Tier 1 ❑ Tier II D Thrill Page 3 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I AM AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THE FORGOING APPLICATION AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS APPLICATION IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF AND CONTAINS NO WILLFUL MISREPRESENTATION OR FALSIFICATION. IN ADDITION, I CERTIFY THAT I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE PROVISIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF WELD COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 7, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTION 7-8-10, WHICH ENCOURAGES ALL LICENSED AGENCIES PROVIDING EMS RESPONSE IN WELD COUNTY TO MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO EXECUTE WRITTEN MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OTHER EMS PROVIDERS LOCATED WITHIN OR BORDERING ON THEIR AREAS OF RESPONSE. DETERMINATION THAT AN AMBULANCE SERVICES LICENSE HAS BEEN ISSUED BASED ON FALSE INFORMATION CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR LICENSE REVOCATION AND POSSIBLE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Signature Applicant itle l o/2. yd:> Date SUBSCRIB,,ED AND AFFIRMED BEFORE ME THIS 2314 DAY £ ' k'i - , 20 ) , IN THE COUNTY OF AOkM r5 , STATE OF COLORADO. NICKIE MAILLET NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OP COLORADO NOTARY ID 2007402028T MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MAY 23, 2023 Signature of Notary C3My Commission expires: I .2 3 l G Page 7 Mutual Aid Platte Valley Ambulance Service is the designated 911 ALS°.transport provider for the Greater Brighton Fire Protection District. Under the terms of our agreement, we service the terms of the Fire District's mutual agreements. In addition to those, we also maintain mutual aid agreements of our own with Northglenn Ambulance Service and Weld County Paramedics (now Banner Health). - •m i a- MEW Brighton, CO. 911 RESPONSE ZONES Platte Valley Ambulance, Aug. 2012 a y 141 Platte Valley Ambulance Service Brighton Fero Rescue Department June 25 2012 i i Platte Valley Ambulance Service SE Weld County Response Area Note' in addition to our primary response zone comprised of Greater Brighton, PVAS is a designated 911 responder in this general area of SE Weld County. Stauffer Rs 85.21 rse Creek Rsvr 'Boo Lk Hello