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City Council - 3 - February 26, 1997 and 30 paramedics with 1200+ hours of training. Twenty-seven additional Fire Fighters are currently in Paramedic School and are scheduled to graduate as follows: 9 Paramedics, October 1997; 9 Paramedics, December, 1997; 9 Paramedics, February, 1998. The range of services provided by this funding are listed below: • EMS Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement (QA/QI) • EMS Coordinator • EMS Equipment (e.g., defibrillators) • EMS related Community Training (e.g., Citizen CPR) • EMS Certification • EMS Training • Paramedic Service Authorized • First Responder Defibrillation • Improved Dispatch • Emergency Medical Dispatch • Records Management Systems • Traffic Control Systems • Vehicle for specific EMS purposes • Disaster Rescue and Medical Equipment • Communications Equipment Improvements II. Analysis of Options Option 1. Place the paramedic assessment before the voters on the June 3. 1997 ballot for reaffirmation in the form of a special tax of $9 90 per benefit unit per year. The special tax will require two-thirds vote for approval, and is set at the same level as the existing assessment. The special tax will include a cost of living adjustment clause tied to the Consumer Price Index, and the maximum special tax that could be charged without voter approval will be $15.00 under this proposal. The tax must be approved by the voters prior to July 1, 1997 or the $325,000 in revenues from this source will cease on that date. The City Councils of the Cities of Fremont, Union City, Newark, Dublin, and Livermore are considering taking similar action, and it is anticipated that the Board of Supervisors will authorize similar action for the Alameda County Fire District service area. In light of the voter education effort that will be required and to avoid voter confusion, the Alameda County City Managers' Association has recommended that local jurisidictions and the County maintain as much consistency as possible among ballot measures. It is equally important to note that the Alameda County Emergency Medical Services District faces the same issue of compliance with Prop. 218 and will have a companion special tax measure on the June 3 ballot to continue to fund trauma centers, the county -wide ambulance contract and the EMS District operating costs. Alameda County's measure will request voter approval of a special tax for $21.14 per benefit unit with an annual cost of living adjustment.