File #: 18-034    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/8/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/23/2018 Final action:
Title: Request City Council to Approve an increase of $15,000 to Purchase Order No. 2018-0101 for a total of $30,000 to Arrow International for Medical Equipment Supplies for Fiscal Year 2017/18.
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For City Council Meeting [January 23, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Robb R. Steel, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Sean Grayson, Fire Chief

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Request City Council to Approve an increase of $15,000 to Purchase Order No. 2018-0101 for a total of $30,000 to Arrow International for Medical Equipment Supplies for Fiscal Year 2017/18.

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BACKGROUND:
As part of the Rialto Fire Department's (RFD) first responder and ambulance transport medical services, the Department consumes a variety of durable and disposable supplies. The Fire Department has standardized its intravenous therapy processes to include intraosseous infusion devices and buys supplies for these items in bulk from the manufacturer Arrow International.

ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
All paramedic response units are required by the State of California (Health and Safety Code, Division 25, Chapter 2, Section 1797.52) to have an operational intravenous therapy supplies. The related durable and disposable supplies are required to be maintained at various levels by the Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency (ICEMA). The Fire Department anticipates a need to purchase supplies in excess of the current purchase order amount but not to exceed $15,000.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
The request is not a Project as defined by Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A "Project" means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. By definition, a Project does not include: The creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment according to Section 15378 (b)(4) of CEQA.

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