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County. "It is ultimately the County who will award the contract to one of the successful bidders. We are a piece of that, in that our effort has been to negotiate agreements with companies that anticipate putting in a bid to the County, due January 5." The County will then go through its evaluation process and will award the contract in April. San Mateo City Manager Croee explained how different this item was than others that come before the Council, "because you are not being asked tonight to approve a contract. It is not a contract that you will award. It is a contract that you will be a party to, through your participation in the Joint Powers Agency. But you are not being asked to choose, is this contract better than the other contract. We do have two very different agreements." He said the issue is, "Is there something in one of the contracts that says you could not live with that contract, recognizing that we could ultimately end up being parties to either of those contracts." If the answer is yes, then "it might be prudent to withdraw from the JP A." City Manager Croce said it depended upon where the City wanted to be in terms of providing advanced life support services. If the City wanted to provide such first responder services, then "I believe it makes sense to remain a part of the JP A" as part of the County system, which will have financial reimbursement benefits. San Mateo City Manager Croce described the two proposed agreements and explained their differences, with AMR a more straightforward contractor, and Rural Metro more of a joint venture. He described other agreements involved in the process and time lines for the JPA Board and County's approval process. In response to Couneil Member Hartnett's questions regarding the public process and possible changes, City Manager Croee said the JP A had committed not to change the proposed contracts once they were submitted to the IP A and executed by the two corporate offices of those two companies. He said he was not sure what could be done at the County level. City Manager Croce further answered that each agency, Councils, Fire Districts and labor organizations, would consider the exact same proposal. In response to Couneil Member Hartnett's questions regarding operational issues, Redwood City Fire Chief Montez said neither contract posed any operational problems, and the Redwood City Fire Department was ready to integrate with the ALS providers. City Manager Croee said it was his understanding that both agreements were acceptable and workable to the JPA, and it would be up to the Board of Supervisors to make the final decision. In response to Mayor Howard's questions regarding consolidated dispatch systems, City Manager Everett said, "With the support of the previous Chief and labor, we got into NetSix" a consolidated Dispatch system, and it has worked extremely well. Mayor Howard commented on HMOs, reimbursements and capitation. She said capitation was a real concern and it had to be recognized as a potential problem and included in projected costs. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 DECEMBER 8,1997 MINUTES Page No. 098 PAGE 13