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e Ms. Smith stated it was the council IS understandinq that substations would be sooner in coming and that $156,000 from the membership drive was to go to this. Mr. Leonard responded that there were 5,299 premiums written at $29 each for a total of $153,671 and out of that, $80,890 went to cover expenses of the campaign for a net membership proceed of $72,781. They had anticipated selling 15,000 memberships and fell far short of their goal. He stated that charqe-offs to their members are $5,000 per month. Ms. Smith asked about the decrease in the number of available units. She stated a concern about the level of service decreasing with the population and needs increasing. Mr. Leonard responded they had cut back from five to four units and one duty car is now being used for a staff car and office personnel. They will be adding a fifth car within the next 60 days. e Mr. Leonard stated their response time in the Eugene-Springfield area is 6.39 minutes on a five-year average. He distributed a five-year breakdown of response times to the councilors. Response time is from the time they receive the call until they arrive at the scene. The county has a response time of 15.32 minutes. For January through April 1980, the city response time has been 6.5 minutes and the county response time has been 15.43 minutes. For advance life support calls from the county, their response time for the first six months of 1980 was 16.54 minutes average and their five-year average is 15.32 minutes. In April of 1980, their response time was 25.7 minutes. Ms. Smith stated that her concern is increased demand in population. She was talking about the number of trained personnel available rather than the number of vehicles. Mr. Leonard responded they had 21 people for ambulance response prior to 8 o'clock that morning before they walked off their jobs, and they will be adding three positions for a total of 24 people with a fifth staff car. He stated that two years ago he had brought a five-year plan before the council and said because of the freeway system, they would have to go to satellite response stations. He added that a "quasi-gentlemen's agreement" had been made that they would not ask for a rate increase until the Touche- Ross study was completed and they would only add the 29th-and-Oak substation. The Consumer Price Index in Portland increased and they found they could not afford the interest rates for commercial money to build any of the substations. Mr. Delay stated that he was concerned about the "gentlemen's agreement" to which Mr. Leonard referred. He read from the May 9, 1979, Task Force minutes where Mr. Leonard suggested that no increase be given until the Touche-Ross study was completed and was told that if he had sufficient rationale at any time he could come before the council with a request for an increase. Mr. Delay asked Mr. Leonard with whom he had made a "gentlemen's agreement" to not ask for a rate increase. Mr. Leonard responded that they knew they could come before the City if they had to but thought that there was a II gent 1 emen' s agreement II not to come back and the task force would have the study completed within the first year. Their membership drive ended in November, the analysis was to have been completed in December, but the RFP did not get started until April. Mr. Leonard added that the increases were e 5/27/80--9