Explanation
Background: Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the nation. Effective CPR and automated external defibrillation can dramatically raise the survival rates of all heart attack victims. For two years, Council member Patsy Thomas has led Project HeartSTART, 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. To that end, this ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to contract with Medtronic Emergency Response Systems, Inc, for the purchase of AED units for deployment within City facilities. Targeted sites include recreation centers to place AED units in close proximity to individuals experiencing increased heart rates due to physical activity, and in police facilities around town.
Legislation to establish a Universal Term Contract (Ordinance 0773-2005) for the City and other governmental entities to purchase AED units from Medtronic passed Council earlier this year.
Contract Compliance: 910697691.
Fiscal Impact: Funds exist within the City's Permanent Improvement Fund to support this purchase.
Emergency action is requested to expedite the purchase of life-saving devices.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $55,000 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; to authorize the expenditure of $55,000 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($55,000.00)
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Whereas, Medtronic is a manufacturer of automatic external defibrillators and a provider of other medical devices and solutions including the LIFEPAK® Heart Safe Solut...
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