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firstfewmonths,wecouldpassanotherresolutionassigningservicetoAllina,instead.TheCityofCenterville <br />hasthelegalauthoritytopassresolutions.Sucharesolution,asweunderstandit,couldnotjurisdictionally <br />compelanambulanceservicetodosomethingunlesstheservicewishestodoso. <br /> OurchoicedoesnotredrawPSAlines,orotherwisecancelanyrightswemayhavetochooseourservice <br />providerfromthetwoPSAowners. <br />AnyresolutioncraftedbytheCityofCentervilledoesnotdisturbthenatureorboundariesofanyexistingPSAs. <br /> Wedonotneedpermissionfororconcurrencewithourchoicefromanyotherentity,suchastheEMSRBor <br />othergovernmentalagency. <br />IcanonlyspeakabouttheEMSRB.Wedonothavejurisdictiontoprovidepermissionorconcurrence. <br /> Wemaynegotiateacontractwiththechosenproviderfortheuseofourmunicipalbuildings/fire <br />stations,etc. <br />Municipalitiesgenerallyhavecontractingauthorityaspartofitsdelegatedpowers. <br />Afterverifyingtheabovestatements,wehaveafewquickquestions: <br /> DoweneedtocontacttheEMSRBoranyotheragencytocommunicateourchoice? <br />WhiletheEMSRBcannotcompeltheCityofCentervilletonotifyusofanydecision,wekindlyaskthatitwould <br />doso. <br /> Isthereanything,ingeneralthatyoufeelweshouldbeawareofasweconsiderouroptions? <br />Aswediscussedyesterday,youmentionedtometheimportanceofhavinganambulancelocatedinyourcity <br />andtothatendoneoftheservicesofferedtorentspacetohouseanambulanceandcrewinoneofyour <br />municipalbuildings.BasedupontherelativelylowrunvolumeintheCityofCenterville,ifhavinganambulance <br />locatedinyourcityisofparamountimportance,youmaywishtoexplorehowoften(hoursperday/daysper <br />week)anambulanceandcrewwillbestationedinyourmunicipalbuilding.Tobeclear,thisisnotlegaladvice. <br /> Isthereanything,specificallyinvolvingeitherofthetwoprovidersthatweshouldbeawareof?Anyissueswith <br />licensure,recentdisciplinaryactionsfromtheboard,etc. <br />TheacquisitionofHealthEastCareSystembyFairviewHealthServiceshascreatedaquestionregardingthe <br />proposedtransferofthelicense/ownershipofthelicensedambulanceserviceregardingaHealthEastambulance <br />licenseinDakotaCounty.ThematterwillbediscussedandhopefullyresolvedatameetingoftheEMSRBBoard <br />onThursday,June18,2020. <br />Thanks. <br />Mark Statz, PE <br />City Administrator/Engineer <br />City of Centerville <br />1880 Main St. <br />Centerville, MN 55038 <br />O: 651-429-3232 <br />D: 651-792-7931 <br />C: 651-775-5126 <br />mstatz@centervillemn.com <br />www.centervillemn.com <br />@centervillemn <br />3 <br />