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ATTACHMENT C <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene Fire & Emergency Medical Services <br /> City of Eugene <br /> <br />Springfield Fire & Life Safety <br /> City of Springfield <br /> <br />Lane Rural Fire Rescue <br /> <br />M <br />E M O R A N D U M <br /> <br />DATE: May 24, 2012 <br /> <br />TO: Mayor Kitty Piercy and Eugene City Council Members <br /> Mayor Christine Lundberg and Springfield City Council Members <br /> Commission Chair Sid Leiken and Lane County Commissioners <br /> President John Baxter and Lane Rural Fire/Rescue Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: Fire Chief Cities of Eugene & Springfield Randy Groves <br /> Fire Chief Lane Rural Fire District Dale Borland <br /> <br />ON BEHALF <br />OF: Ambulance Transport System Joint Elected Officials Task Force: Eugene City <br />Councilor Andrea Ortiz, Eugene City Councilor Mike Clark, Springfield City <br />Councilor Sean VanGordon, Springfield City Councilor Marilee Woodrow, Lane <br />County Commissioner Jay Bozievich, Lane Rural Board Vice President Pete <br />Holmes, Lane Rural Board Member Jim Drew <br /> <br />SUBJECT: REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br /> <br />The Joint Elected Officials Ambulance Transport Task Force (ATTF) recognizes ambulance <br />transport as a core service that is accessible to the residents and visitors of central Lane County <br />regardless of ability to pay. Seen as a regional system, Eugene Fire & EMS Department, <br />Springfield Fire & Life Safety Department, and Lane Rural Fire/Rescue District provide <br />ambulance transport for a majority of Lane County citizens. Rural Metro Ambulance, a private <br />ambulance service providing select non-emergency transports, and LifeFlight, air ambulance <br />transportation for the most critical patients, augment the system. The three governmental <br />providers continue to experience a financial crisis attributed largely to the federal government’s <br />decline in Medicare and Medicaid payments and the economic recession resulting in an increase <br />in utilization by those underinsured and uninsured. All three regional providers are projecting <br />annual financial deficits beginning in FY13. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> May 24, 2012 <br />Page 1 of 7 <br /> <br />