Greater Houston EMS Council

June 9, 2004

10:00 am

San Jacinto College Central

Meeting Minutes

Type of meeting:

Regular Monthly Meeting

Facilitator:

Raphael Galvan, President

Sec./ Treasurer:

Joseph Hamilton

Attendees:

NAME	REPRESENTING
Raphael Galvan	Phoenix EMS
Robert Arreola	AMR
Perry Dobbs	Emergency Responder Services
Kristy Aiken	Texas Medical Transport
Kevin Mifflin	Gold Star EMS
Anna Aina	Pride EMS
Kier Scrivener	Northstar EMS
John Englehardt	Emerald Medical Services
Mike Russell	Northstar EMS
Miguel Negron	Greystone Medical
Lucas McBride	Pride EMS
Anna Aina	Pride EMS
Rashad Sabree	Experts EMS, Inc.
Joseph Hamilton	San Jacinto College Central

Agenda Item

Facilitator

Time

Call to Order/Introduction of Members

Galvan

10:10

Agenda Item

Facilitator

Time

Approval of Minutes – Previous Meeting

Galvan

10:10

Minutes of the previous meeting of March 10, 2004 were not available due to a computer error. Motion was made to review the minutes of the 3/10/04 meeting at the next meeting.

Motion by: Dobbs

Second by: ?

Vote: Passed

Old Business

Agenda Item

Facilitator

Time

Proposed Ambulance Ordinance

Scrivener

10:12

An item by item inquiry was begun by Kier of the Proposed Ambulance Ordinance. Issues brought to the table were:

1) Old vs. New Ordinance

2) ECA’s as Attendants on ambulances

3) Emergency driving in the city of Houston

4) Need to tie the ordinance back to the work of the Task Force

5) Definitions of a)Vehicle, b) Attendant, c) Emergency, d) Patient vs. Need of Care

Motion was made to take the proposed changes item by item for approval

Motion by: Dobbs

Second by: Hamilton

Vote: Passed

Items for consideration of change in the ordinance:

1) Ambulance Vehicle Definition - No dissent as to the definition proposed

2) Ambulance Advisory Committee Configuration – should be an odd number of positions to break tie votes. Also it was suggested that the committee membership be revisited due to dual roles of certain appointments. Also the designation of appointments and terms of office should be amended. Also the quorum of the committee should be adjusted to 4. Also addition of provider licensing powers to committee. Also there was a discussion of private ambulance vs. mutual aid in the city of Houston.

3) Emergency Ambulance Definition – No dissent as to the definition proposed

4) Drive-up Protocols – Discussion as to the inclusion of protocols for emergency care and legal requirements under law for private ambulance units to assist in “pop-up” emergency scenes.

5) Application Fees – It was agreed that the fees should be increased

Changes were to be posted on the GHEMSC web site for council review.

Motion was made to postpone final amendments until next meeting to allow membership to review and consider the changes proposed.

Motion by: Dobbs

Second by: Scrivener

Vote: Passed

Agenda Item

Facilitator

Time

Treasurer’s Report

Hamilton

11:15

Current balance of the account $754.45 after EMS Week activities.

Motion by:

Second by:

Vote: Passed

Agenda Item

Facilitator

Time

Ethics Committee

Galvan

11:25

Discussion concerning the membership of the committee. Galvan called for volunteers to serve on the new committee as restructured. The new members will be:

Robert Arreola – chair

Raphael Galvan

Kevin Mifflin

Christi Aiken

John Englehardt

Motion by:

Second by:

Vote:

Agenda Item

Facilitator

Time

Membership Committee

Galvan

11:35

Discussion concerning the membership of the committee. Galvan called for volunteers to serve on the new committee as restructured. The new members will be:

John Englehardt – chair

Joseph Hamilton

Perry Dobbs

Motion by:

Second by:

Vote:

Agenda Item

Facilitator

Time

Discussion

A period of discussion ensued at this time regarding the present dynamics of the council given the economics of the Houston area. Several points made regarding the need to develop standards for membership in the council and need for agreement to adhere to the established standards.

Discussion ensued regarding the mission statement of the council – No ACTION

Discussion ensued regarding the Secretary/Treasurer position on the council. Points of clarification were made regarding how the position had changed due to council dynamics earlier this year. It was agreed that the position should be re-split into two (2) jobs as soon as the Board of Directors is established and the council is ready to make that change.

Motion by: NONE

Second by:

Vote:

Agenda Item

Facilitator

Time

Adjournment

Galvan

12:25

Motion by: Dobbs

Second by: Arreola

Vote: Passed

Approved:

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Chairman, GHEMSC Secretary, GHEMSC

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