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~ Ms. Schue stated that it concerns her that the service level has gone down. She asked what the plans are for improving service. Mr. Short said that it is easy \ to say that service ~as deteriorated. There are no fi~ures or instances given ~ that it has, however. Ms. Schue stated that she had had discussions with ~ emergency room personnel at Sacred Heart Hospital. They will no longer give standing orders (allowing ambulance personnel to prescribe and administer certain emergency drugs and treatment) because of the lack of qualifications of : the personnel. Mr. Morgan stated that it has nothing to do with the qualifica- tions of the personnel. It has to do with personnel relationships and developing communications. The doctors are working with MSI in this regard. Ms. Schue asked if most of MSI's personnel are EMT 3's. Mr. Morgan responded that they 1 are although they would prefer to have EMT 4's. Ms. Miller asked if the Touche Ross study was presented to the task force yesterday. Mr. Henry stated that the financial report has not yet been delivered but the draft financial data based on fiscal year ending March 31, 1980 is correct; however, because.of reorqanizational changes, projections may not be accurate for the coming year. Ms. Miller was asked what was presented yesterday. Mr. Delay responded that nothing was. Mr. Henry stated that Touche Ross had had trouble getting information and is having management approve the drafts. The information should be available in a week or so. Mr. t~organ said that they were told that three weeks ago. Mr. Henry stated that staff was presented with MSI's request last week and it asked for a decision by October 25. It seems that now they are pressuring the City into acting right now and that is not helpful. If the gaps in the information were filled, that might help them. determine whether to grant the rate increase. . Ms. Smith stated that she would be more prone to supporting the request within ~ the time limit mentioned in the letter from MSI. She noted that MSI may not ~ like to back down but that may be necessary to reach a positive decision. Mr. Jarvill indicated that he was not aware of the October 25 date until this morning. He has an ethical and legal responsibility to provide his clients with the best advice he can. Mr. Morgan stated that they would set in motion the mechanism for changing from a Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy if the request is denied today. They are only asking for a six-month increase. The task force's study will not be finished until January and by then six months will almost be over. . Mr. Delay stated that regarding the Touche Ross methodology there is still a significant amount of work yet to be done. One issue is whether they \'Jant to go into a public utility model. The staff report demonstrates that there could be problems even ~ith the increase which could encourage more debt. The council originally encouraged Mr. Leonard to come to the council if a rate increase were needed. Since then the chief administrators have had questions as to whether there were problems but MSI did not indicate any problems. One can't overly rely on the Touche Ross report. Now there is a "gun at our head" to make a decision. This'is not a constructive environment for making these decisions. If a decision must be made today in the absence of additional information, then it should be more modest than what was requested. - e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 15, 1980 Page 8