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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board approve and authorize the addition of Fallen Leaf Lake Community Service District Fire Department (Fallen Leaf) to join the California Tahoe Emergency Services Authority (Cal Tahoe) Board of Directors as a voting member (1 vote), contingent upon:
1) Receipt and approval by County Counsel of a fully executed Member Agency agreement between Cal Tahoe and Fallen Leaf; and
2) Board of Supervisors approval of any proposed changes to Cal Tahoe JPA's current voting requirements.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION:
Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board approve and authorize the addition of Fallen Leaf Lake Community Service District Fire Department (Fallen Leaf) to join the California Tahoe Emergency Services Authority (Cal Tahoe) Board of Directors as a voting member (1 vote), contingent upon: 1) Receipt and approval by County Counsel of a fully executed Member Agency agreement between Cal Tahoe and Fallen Leaf; and 2) Board of Supervisors approval of any proposed changes to Cal Tahoe JPA's current voting requirements.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On August 23, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement for Services 164-S1211 with Cal Tahoe JPA following award of Request for Proposal #: 11-0073 (File ID: 11-0073).
In accordance with Agreement 164-S1211, Article V- Subcontractors, Cal Tahoe JPA originally provided Prehospital Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance transport and Dispatch services through contracts with its Member Agencies. Initially, these transporting Member Agencies included the City of South Lake Tahoe Fire and Rescue (SLT) and Lake Valley Fire Protection District (Lake Valley), both of whom provided ALS ambulance transport services; each Member Agency was represented on the Cal Tahoe Board of Directors with two (2) votes, for a total Board voting membership of four (4).
In April of 2016, SLT terminated their Member Agency agreement for ALS ambulan...
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