Emergency Medical Service Authority

By The City of Oklahoma City Office of the City Clerk at 10:54 am, Sep 20, 2022 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING BOARD OF TRUSTEES EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AUTHORITY Friday, September 23, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. A special meeting of the Emergency Medical Services Authority Board of Trustees will be held on Friday, September 23rd at 11:00 a.m. at the following location: • Hampton Inn & Suites- 915 Ada Webb Drive, Stroud, Oklahoma 74079 WITH THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ATTENDING: Chief Michael Baker Dr. Jeffrey Goodloe Chief Richard Kelley Phil Lakin Allison Petersen Tammy Powell Scot Rigby Jan Slater Scott Vaughn Wiley Williams Chief Bryan Wood Report, discussion, and appropriate action, if any, on the following: CONSENT AGENDA 1. Approval of Board Minutes from the EMSA Board of Trustees Regular Meeting dated August 24, 2022. SPECIAL AGENDA 1. Chairman’s Report- Wiley Williams, Chairman of the Board 2. Approval of Interlocal Subsidy Agreement between EMSA and The City of Edmond – Wiley Williams, Board Chair 3. Emergency Purchase Request – Approval of emergency purchase of used ambulances, including a determination of an emergency and waiver of bidding requirements as provided in Okla. Stat. tit. 60 § 176(I). – Frank Gresh, Interim Chief Operating Officer 4. Waiver of the CEO/President’s purchasing limits and RFP/RFQ bidding requirements imposed by the EMSA Purchasing Policy for the purpose a contract for professional services with regard to a temporary employee staffing agreement between EMSA and Best Practice Medicine, LLC for purposes of increasing staffing, allowing the EMSA CEO/President to negotiate and contract with Best Practice Medicine for purposes of addressing staffing issues facing EMSA. – Johna Easley, Interim President & Chief Executive Officer 5. An Executive Session of the Board of Trustees, as authorized by Title 25, §307 B.4 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the purpose of confidential communications with its attorneys concerning claims arising from the Contract dated as of September 25, 2013, between Emergency Medical Services Authority, an Oklahoma public trust (“EMSA”), and American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. (“AMRAS”), as amended, including, but not limited to, the Complaint filed by EMSA against American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc., in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma Civil Action No. 20-CV-00455-GKF-CDL, and, with the advice of its attorneys, a determination by the Board of Trustees that disclosure to the public of the communications in such Executive Session will seriously impair the ability of the Board of Trustees to process such claims and litigation in the public interest. 6. After a return by the Board of Trustees to the public meeting, vote upon any item of business which concerns the above-described claims and is considered during the Executive Session. 7. An Executive Session of the Board of Trustees, as authorized by Title 25, §307 B.1 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the purpose of discussing the employment, hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. 8. After a return by the Board of Trustees to the public meeting, discussion and possible board action on any item of business which concerns the employment, hiring,  appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and is considered during the executive session. 9. An Executive Session of the Board of Trustees, as authorized by Title 25, §307 B.1 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the purpose of discussing the employment, hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of the Interim Chief Operating Officer. 10. After a return by the Board of Trustees to the public meeting, discussion, and possible board action on any item of business which concerns the employment, hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of the Interim Chief Operating Officer and is considered during the executive session. 11. President’s Report a. Operational Compliance Report- Frank Gresh, Interim Chief Operations Officer b. Key Performance Indicators Report- Adam Paluka, Chief Public Affairs Officer c. President’s Commentary- Johna Easley, Interim President & Chief Executive Officer 12. Medical Director’s Report- Dr. Jeffrey Goodloe, Chief Medical Officer 13. New Business 14. Trustees’ Reports 15. Next Meeting - Wednesday, October 26th, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. via videoconference 16. Adjourn