City of Columbus - File #: 1289-2006

• File #: 1289-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/5/2006
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 7/24/2006
• Final action: 7/26/2006
• Title: To authorize the appropriation of $62,000 within the General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the City Clerk to enter into contract with Medtronic Emergency Response Systems, Inc, for the purchase of Automated Electronic Defibrillator Equipment, Supplies and Service for City recreation centers; to authorize the expenditure of $62,000 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($62,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/26/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
7/25/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/24/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/24/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/11/2006	1	Council Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/11/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT (approver)	Reviewed and Approved
7/6/2006	1	Council Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/5/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/5/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/5/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/5/2006	1	Council Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/5/2006	1	Council Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

Background: Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the nation. Here in Columbus, only 6% of sudden cardiac arrest victims survive. Effective CPR and automated external defibrillation can dramatically raise the survival rates of all cardiac arrest victims. For three years, Council member Patsy Thomas has led Project Second Chance, a collaborative effort to educate the community about the need for greater resources to combat heart disease, and to increase the cardiac arrest survival rate through a variety of methods, including greater access to automated external defibrillators and increasing the number of citizens trained in CPR and AED use. As a direct result of the program, a total of 138 AEDs have been deployed in the Columbus area and over 3,000 persons have been trained in CPR. Project Second Chance saves lives, and a big part of the program is improving access to AEDs and AED/CPR training within the City of Columbus itself.

Project Second Chance has trained over 1,000 City employees, and to date, sixty-four AEDs have been installed in various City facilities. Recreation & Parks' facilities are one high-traffic component of the City program, representing sites where individuals engage in physical activity that results in increased heart rates and increased risk for sudden cardiac arrest. Council provided permanent improvements funds in 2005 to equip 14 of Recreation & Park's sites. This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to contract with Medtronic Emergency Response Systems, Inc, to purchase 26 additional AED units for deployment within Recreation & Parks' remaining recreation centers thereby providing AEDs in all city Recreation & Parks facilities where physical activity, elevated heart rates, and increased risk for sudden cardiac arrest exist.

Previous legislation established a Universal Term Contract (Ordinance 0773-2005) for the City and other governmental entities to purchase AED units from Medtronic.

Contract Com...