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rIauL I 11989 BOOK 77 r1 7 $79,179; operating expenses of $29,300; and capital equipment in the amount of $10,928. The IRCVAS Board of Directors indicated that approximately $50,000 would be coming to the County in terms of revenue and the County has $9,166 in remaining payments to IRCVAS for this fiscal year that will not be required to be made. Assuming that the cash revenue from IRCVAS in the amount of $50,000 is conveyed to the County, the total funding required for the balance of this fiscal year to operate the additional service would total only $60,241. A detailed budget for the balance of this fiscal year is attached for reference. In terms of FY 89-90, staff estimates that expenses for.the County funding the additional operation for the annual period will be '426,613. It should be noted that the $79,800 budget item for IRCVAS programmed in the next budget year will not have to be funded. This reduces the necessary funds for next year to $346,813. Additional revenue is also anticipated in the amount of $100,000 in third party billing for BLS runs which had prior been done by IRCVAS. When the additional revenue is included, the net cost of adding the IRCVAS operation to the County ALS service is $246,813 for the year. The budget submitted earlier for the Advanced Life Support service which included the Sebastian service the County began on April 18, 1989, was $1,489,634. When the IRCVAS service costs is added to the FY 89-90 budget, the total is $1,916,247. When revenue from third party billing in the amount of $550,000 is deducted from the total expenses, net tax revenue to fund the total ALS service is $1,366,247. The estimate of revenue from third party billing is conservative and staff feels that revenue from this source to the County will exceed the projected figures. RECOMMENDATION Staff -recommends that the Board of County Commissioners take the following actions: 1..- Publicly recognize and acknowledge the exemplary service IRCVAS has provided to Indian River County for the past twenty-three (23) years; 2: `'Approve and accept the assets IRCVAS plans to convey to the County Department of Emergency Management Services with the assets to be added to the list of capital equipment inventory of the County; 3. Authorize the Director of the Department of Emergency Management Services to assume operational responsibility as primary responder for emergency medical transport service in the service area formerly assigned to IRCVAS effective July 15, 1989; 4. Approve the additional staff and funding in the amount of $119,407 from General Fund Contingencies, less any remaining payments due IRCVAS this fiscal year and any cash revenue conveyed to the County by IRCVAS; 5. Authorize staff to amend the budget already submitted to include additional funding for ALS for FY 89-90; 6. Authorize staff to negotiate with the officials of the City of Vero Beach to lease city property on which the Beach Ambulance Station is located; 47