Approving the Five Year Interlocal agreement with St. Joseph County Concerning EMS Services for the years 2008-2012

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FIVE YEAR INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT CONCERNING EMS SERVICES 2008-2012 1. This agreement is between St. Joseph County and the City of South Bend (hereinafter "South- Bend"). 2. The purpose of this agreement is to help provide ambulance service for those portions of St. Joseph~County which do not otherwise have it available. The area to be served shall be referred to herein as "Unincorporated County" and is more specifically described as: all portions of St. Joseph County except for South Bend, Mishawaka, and property owned oi= operated by the University of Notre Dame (which is served by South Bend under a separate contract with Notre Dame}. 3. This agreement shall remain in full force and effect from January 1,2008 until December 31, 2012. Each party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) day's written notice to the other party in the event either party determines that the performance of the contract is not in its best interest. Notice shall be directed to the. Mayor of South Bend or to the St. Joseph County Commissioners. 4. This agreement shall be administered through a joint board consisting of six (6) members who shall be: a. .The three (3) County Commissioners of St. Joseph County; b. The Mayor of South Bend, the South Bend Fire Chief, and the South Bend City Controller. Each member shall have the right to give a written power of attorney to any other person for a particular meeting. 5. The staffing and supplying of paramedical services shall be by South Bend. South Bend will . operate three (3) Advanced Life Support ("ALS") Ambulances, each properly equipped and staffed to serve the Unincorporated County. 6. St. Joseph County shall own and supply South Bend with one (1) advance support vehicle with all necessary equipment and with three (3) heavy duty ambulances with all necessary equipment, including any additional equipment required by the ALS Committee of St. Joseph County. St. Joseph County shall pay to South Bend an annual payment of One Million Nine Hundred Sixty Two Thousand Three Hundred Thirty One Dollars ($1,962,331.00) in the year 2008. For the years 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, the annual payments shall be increased from the 2008 base to reflect any additional labor costs the City of South Bend may incur, based on the Collective Bargaining Agreement it signs with International Firefighter's Local #362, based upon the salary ordinance passed by the South Bend Common Council for the sworn and non-sworn members of the . Fire Department. Each year's annual payment shall be made in equal monthly increments. In