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Consider recommendations regarding an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Ambulance Transportation Implementation Plan and Funding and Salary Resolution Amendment, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Receive and file the EMS Ambulance Transport Implementation Plan for the Fire District;
b) Approve Budget Revision No. 0009421 in the amount of $18,650,600.00 from ambulance transport revenues and a reduction in Other Financing Uses to fund the startup and Fiscal Year 2023-2024 operational costs associated with the EMS Ambulance Transportation System; and
c) Adopt a Resolution amending the Salary Resolution, which adds one hundred twenty-three (123.0) full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, to include 36.0 FTE Ambulance Operator EMTs (24 Hour Shift), 26.0 FTE Ambulance Operator EMTs, 39.0 FTE Ambulance Operator Paramedics (24 Hour Shift), 18.0 FTE Ambulance Operator Paramedics 3.0 FTE Senior Staff Nurse, and 1.0 FTE Enterprise Leader to the Fire Department, effective November 7, 2023; and
d) Determine that the above action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) because it consists of government administrative or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.