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CITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 19-07
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
REQUIRING LOCAL MUNICIPAL APPROVAL FOR ANY CHANGE
AFFECTING ITS AMBULANCE PRIMARY SERVICE AREA
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB) is
empowered to regulate and assign a Primary Service Area (PSA) for all ambulance services in
the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, current law and rules do not require local jurisdiction approval for changes to an
ambulance PSA; and
WHEREAS, changes in ambulance services impact emergency medical services delivered to a
local jurisdiction's residents; and
WHEREAS, local jurisdictions first response agencies are a vital member of emergency medical
services; and
WHEREAS, any changes to ambulance services in local jurisdictions may require a local
jurisdiction to change response protocols resulting in budgetary impacts for the local jurisdiction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes,
Minnesota does hereby state its support for legislation that requires local municipal approval for
any change affecting its ambulance primary service area as regulated by the EMSRB.
Adopted by the Council of the City of Lino Lakes this 14 thday of Jan 2019.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was introduced by Council Member
Raf f erty and was duly seconded by Council Member Maher and upon vote being
taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Rafferty, Maher, Manthey, Stoesz, Reinert
The following voted against same: �r —
none
Jeff Reinert, a
ATTEST:
Juliann Bartell, City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM 411
STAFF ORIGINATOR: John Swenson, Public Safety Director
MEETING DATE: January 14, 2019
TOPIC: Ambulance Primary Service Area — Legislative Change
VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5
INTRODUCTION
Passage of this Council Resolution would demonstrates the City of Lino Lakes desire to
address lack of local input in the assignment and management of the Ambulance Primary
Service Area (PSA) as regulated by the EMSRM though a legislative language change.
BACKGROUND
The Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB) was created by the
Minnesota Legislature in 1995 to regulate emergency medical services in the state. As such the
10-N EMSRB oversees the assignment of Primary Service Areas (PSA) for all ambulance services in
the State.
The ambulance PSA that covers all of Lino Lakes is assigned to Fairview Hospital in
Wyoming. North Memorial Ambulance continues to provide ambulance service to Lino Lakes
through a contract with Fairview. This contract has been reviewed twice in the past 4 years by
Fairview with no changes in the ambulance provider, with the current contract due to be
reviewed in June of 2019. It should be noted that when this contract was reviewed by Fairview
no input was solicited from local jurisdictions nor is there any requirements for such input.
This failure to require local approval in ambulance PSAs creates the potential for significant
changes to emergency services provided to communities with no local input.
The Lino Lakes Public Safety Department responds to all medical calls for service in Lino
Lakes and provides emergency medical services in partnership with our ambulance provider.
As a result of this collaborative partnership any changes to the emergency medical system
would have an impact to the services provided. For example, if the ambulance provider
reduced the number of ambulances providing services to this area the response time for
ambulance service would increase. This increase in ambulance response times would require
our staff to spend more time on medical calls for service and require a higher level of care
provided. If this scenario were to occur it would have a budgetary impact for the Lino Lakes
community.
In order to proactively address this, staff has drafted a resolution seeking a legislative change
that would require local jurisdiction approval for changes to ambulance PSA. This proposed
legislative change reflects the collaborative nature of our current emergency medical services
system and safeguards local jurisdictions from potential changes in ambulance service and
subsequent budgetary impacts.
If the Council would like to move forward with this resolution, staff will work with other
jurisdictions interested in supporting a legislative change as well. Staff will also work with our
local legislative delegation to address this matter.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Council approve Resolution 19-07 seeking legislative language change
to require local approval of any changes to ambulance primary service area resulting in change
in the provider or level of emergency medical services.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution 19-07