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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 25,2011 Page 4 marked that consolidation efforts would not move forward without strong leader- ship pushing for it at the elected level, not at the staff level. Chief O'Neill concurred, opining that the chiefs worked well together, with de- partments represented by long-term chiefs and personnel working together and re- cognizing their different or skill levels for management or in the field. Chief O'Neill noted the flexibility of all parties in accepting the role they were playing that particular day when assisting other departments, advising that it served to translate into a lack of turf battles. Councilmember Pust noted updated RCLLG directories had been provided for individual Councilmembers at the dais. City Manager Bill Malinen noted the recognition of the Roseville Fire Depart- ment in being the model for other departments in moving to a paid, on-call staffed department, the first of three to do so, and providing a more effective response time as well as more cost-efficiencies. City Manager Malinen lauded the depart- ment for that initiative. Chief O'Neill noted that any type of staffing model will need to be retrofitted for the type of services being provided; but from a chiefs perspective, they were at- tempting to start with obvious shared service opportunities and would tackle larg- er issues as they became confident that their respective City Councils were on board with pursuing those items. Councilmember McGehee congratulated Chief O'Neill on establishing excellent medical response teams, and asked if pursuing an ambulance service as a poten- tially profitable venture was indicated, given the department's excellent EMT staff. Councilmember Johnson opined that he anticipated some radical changes in the nation's health care system in the next few years that may force some changes in the industry that may also put the City in a situation where other alternatives could be pursued. Chief O'Neill stressed the importance of the public being assured that when they called 9-1-1, someone would be there. Beyond that, Chief O'Neill recognized the challenges in understanding new health care laws and other changes that may oc- cur in the near future. Chief O'Neill noted that, as first responders, those services were based on what they were legally able to provide, which did not include pa- tient transport. Chief O'Neill advised that, based on state legislation, Allina was the Emergency transport agency in the Roseville public service area (PSA) and any changes were subject to revised legislation regulated by the Emergency Med- ical Services Regulating Board (EMSRA). Chief O'Neill advised that one of the City's firefighters was now in charge of the EMSRA.