PLACEMENT: Consent
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EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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The Board is asked to make an appointment to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PREPARED BY: Name: Donna Gordon
Title: Administrative Services Program Coordinator
REQUESTED BY: Danielle Hinote, Records Mgmt. Coord., Fire Rescue Division
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Section 87.114 “Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council” General Ordinances, Martin County Code, provides, “There is hereby created the Martin County Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council. The Council may make recommendations regarding delivery of Emergency Medical Services in Martin County to the Board of County Commissioners. The meetings, powers and duties and membership of such council shall be provided for by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners.”
The membership shall consist of the following: a representative from the Fire Rescue Department, the Martin County Medical Director, a representative from Emergency Room Physicians on staff at a Martin County hospital, a representative from the Martin County Sheriff's Office, a representative of the following municipalities: City of Stuart, Town of Jupiter Island, Town of Sewall's Point, and the Village of Indiantown, a representative from the education community, and a lay-person representative to be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners.
Representatives of the following entities may serve as Ex-Officio members without a vote on the Council: Florida Highway Patrol, Martin County Health Department, any emergency service providers holding a Martin County certificate of public convenience and necessity, a representative from the Martin County Chapter of the American Red Cross, a representative from a Skilled Nursing Facility located in Martin County.
Attached is Resolution No. 20-12.2 which changes the Bylaws of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.
The representative for lay person has been vacant for several months.
The Administration staff will advise Mr. Ohff of the Commission’s decision which will include Sunshine Law, conflicts of interest law, and public records law information.
ISSUES:
None
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
To the extent this item contains legal issues; it has been reviewed for legal sufficiency, though it is primarily a matter of Board policy.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECOMMENDATION
1. Move that the Board appoint Eric Ohff to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council for a term to begin immediately and end October 20, 2027.
2. Move that the Board authorize the Chair to sign the Resolution of Appointment.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Pull this item from the Consent Agenda and direct staff accordingly.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
None
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
None
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☐Ordinance ☒Resolution
☐Other: