Item 3: Ratification of Unanimous and Non-Uanimous IGR Actions

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imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Requires county to review and resubmit updated ambulance service area plan to authority at least once every four years. Sponsored by: Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber for Oregon Health Authority) URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0100.dir/sb0106.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Joann Eppli FIRE 1/13/2011 -- Neutral Comments: This bill updates the ORS to bring EMT certifications up to current national standards. This may make it easier for newly hired employees from out of state to obtain Oregon certification, thus expanding the applicant pool. Two areas of concern are: 1) the state would require the county to submit a new ambulance plan whenever changes are made to the plan. This may make the county hesitant to make changes to the plan. It also requires the county to submit their plan to the state for review every four years, this may create a need for the county to hold a series of meetings on the ambulance plan, thus impacting staff work load. 2) The license rates for agencies of Eugene’s size will increase from $80 to $500, and the per ambulance rate increases two fold to $80. These rates will impact the budget, but appear to be manageable. The rates for services and ambulance have not increased in 15 years and it seems reasonable for an increase. Other changes in the bill appear to be housekeeping. SB 0128 Relating Clause: Relating to transportation; amending ORS 184.843 and 367.617 and sections 5 and 64, chapter 865, Oregon Laws 2009; and declaring an emergency. Title: Removes obsolete reporting dates for Road User Fee Task Force. Changes process used to calculate amount of moneys available to pay debt service and expenses related to certain transportation projects. Declares emergency, effective on passage. Sponsored by: Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber for Department of Transportation) URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0100.dir/sb0128.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Eric Jones PW-ADM 1/11/2011 Pri 3 Support Comments: I generally concur with Rob's analysis. However, given the significance of the affected projects in our region and the long-term importance of continuing to plan for the future of transportation funding (and the value of continuing the Road User Fee Task Force to move the discussion along) I think we could take a position of Priority 3, Support. 20