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<br />- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />M I NUT E S <br />'EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />May 28, 1980 <br /> <br />Adjourned meeting of May 27, 1980 of the City Council of the City of Eugene, <br />Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 11:30 a.m., <br />May 28, 1980, in the City Council Chambers, with the following councilors <br />present: Betty Smith, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, Jack Delay, D. W. Hamel, <br />Emily Schue, and Eric Haws. Councilor Gretchen Miller was absent. <br /> <br />I. ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, APPOINTMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AGENDA <br />ADJUSTMENTS <br /> <br />A. Medical Services, Incorporated--Councilor Haws asked what is going <br />to be done about the problem with Medical Services, Inc. People <br />are telling him that good service is not available and it is imposing <br />a danger to the health and welfare of the city. Questions are being <br />asked that will not be addressed in the Touche~Ross study. Mr. Henry <br />stated that they will be establishing a more formalized monitoring of <br />response time; will be requesting Mr. Leonard to provide additional <br />materials; and will be talking with receiving personnel at the hos- <br />pitals. He assured Mr. Haws they would do the best they could to <br />gather data beginning with the upcoming review of the Touche-Ross <br />study. A public hearing will be held. The City would be unable <br />to take it over unless there was a total breakdown of service. <br />Staff has also discussed having a meeting with Springfield. Mr. <br />Haws indicated that he is not necessarily asking for a change in <br />medical service, only that a process be developed to review MSI. <br /> <br />Bill McGuire, Finance Director, stated the code stipulates that the <br />license will not be renewed if service is not satisfactory. They are <br />working on a definition of satisfactory service at this time. Mike <br />Anderson, a former employee of MSI, is meeting with Shirley Swenson at <br />this very moment to give his input; staff is checking on area services <br />in its monitoring process. <br /> <br />Mr. Delay stated the problem must not be oversimplified. The license <br />renewal process is not adequate to determine what the response time <br />should be. A decision will need to be made about alternatives and <br />perhaps that information should be added to the Touche~Ross study <br />results. <br /> <br />5/28/80--1 <br />