Paramedic Services Committee

That the Paramedic Services Committee agenda for May 10, 2023, be approved.

That the Paramedic Services Committee minutes of March 1, 2023, be approved.

That the budget to actual variance report at December 31, 2022, as attached, be received as information.

That the budget to actual variance report at March 31, 2023, as attached, be received as information.

That the 2022 Paramedic Services Budget be amended by COVID-19 expenses of $475,000 and Provincial COVID-19 funding of $475,000, with no change to the net levy.

That Staff Report RPT-0223-23 – 2024 Paramedic Services Budget Timelines be received as information and meetings of the Paramedic Services Committee be scheduled as outlined in the report.

That report RPT-227-23 - Paramedic Services Statistical Package – January to April 2023 be received as information.

That report RPT-212-23 - Review of Alternate Patient Destinations for Patient Care be received as information.

That the Brant-Brantford Paramedic Services Administrative Assistant Contract position be transitioned into a full-time permanent position; And that funding for this position in 2023 be from the Community Paramedicine Program.

That the additional ambulance budgeted for 2024, being delivered ahead of schedule in 2023 be funded as follows:  Firstly from the remaining balance in the Paramedic Services Vehicle & Equipment Reserves, estimated at $61,000;  Secondly from any savings from the Paramedic Services Vehicle maintenance budget in 2023;  Thirdly from any overall Paramedic Services 2023 yearend surplus; and  Finally from temporary funding borrowed from the County’s contingency reserve to be repaid from the 2024 Budget.

That the Patient Care Models for Select 9-1-1- Patients – Treat and Refer Model for Palliative/End-of-Life Care Patients – R Chowdhury, Ministry of Health, Emergency Health Regulatory and Accountability Branch be received as information.

That the Paramedic Services Committee convene In Camera to discuss RPT-0110-23, S.239.2.k- A position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations… (Proposed Build-to-Suit Lease-Paramedic Services Headquarters).

That Staff Report RPT-0110-23 “Proposed Build-to-Suit Lease – Paramedic Services Headquarters” be received as information; That entering into a lease for a Brant-Brantford Paramedic Services Administrative and Operational Headquarters at 150 Savannah Oaks Drive be approved in principle; That staff be directed to proceed with the next steps in the lease opportunity, entering into an Intent to Lease to allow site work to begin while the details of the lease document are finalized; And that staff be directed to negotiate and authorized to sign final lease documents within any parameters set out by Committee and/or Council.