AGENDA DATE: 7/5/2017
TITLE: .Title
Donation of Ambulance to Piedmont Virginia Community College
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Request to donate an ambulance to Piedmont Virginia Community College
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Letteri, Kamptner, Farley, Eggleston, Puckett, Mezzoni
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
BACKGROUND: Albemarle County owns a 2006 Ford F-450 Ambulance with an American Emergency Vehicle (AEV) body. The vehicle now has over 150,000 miles on it and is high maintenance. Albemarle County Fire Rescue (ACFR) has recently taken delivery of new ambulances and intends to remove this vehicle from its fleet plan due to its age, high mileage, and maintenance needs.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Infrastructure Investment: Prioritize, plan, and invest in critical infrastructure that responds to past and future changes and improves the capacity to serve community needs; Quality Government Operations: Ensure County government's capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities
DISCUSSION: Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) offers an EMS-Paramedic Career Studies Certificate to its students. The college's program could benefit from using the vehicle to train students in how to function in the close quarters of an ambulance. PVCC has long expressed an interest in having an ambulance to support its curriculum, but has been unable to secure the funding to do so. ACFR sends several volunteer and career personnel through the paramedic program at PVCC every year, and would like to support the program.
Virginia Code section 15.2-953 permits the Board of Supervisors to make a donation to a state college or university that provides services to Albemarle County's residents. The fair market value of the vehicle is estimated to be around $10,000, and could go up to $20,000 at an auction. Any equipment that can still be used by ACFR will be removed from the ...
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