City Council

Item 53:\nApprove the Second Amendment to an Agreement with Medical Priority Dispatch\nCorporation for the San Diego Fire Rescue Department.\nTotal Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:\nThe cost for the original agreement for medical dispatch software was $200,000. The first\namendment to the agreement increased the total cost to $280,000. With this action,\napproving the second amendment to the agreement, the total contract will be increased by\n$337,900 for a total not-to-exceed of $617,900.\nThe cost of this contract will be $67,580 per year beginning in Fiscal Year 2026, which is\nbudgeted in the Fire-Rescue Department’s General Fund budget.\nCouncil District(s) Affected: Citywide.\nProposed Actions:\nAdopt the following Ordinance which was introduced on 10/7/2025, Item 51, (Council\nvoted 8-0, Councilmember LaCava-not present):\n(O-2026-20)\nOrdinance authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to execute Amendment No. 2 to the\nAgreement with Medical Priority Dispatch Corporation, extending the Agreement through\nOctober 31, 2030, for emergency dispatch services.\n6 votes required pursuant to Charter Section 99.\nCommittee Actions Taken:\nThis item was heard at the Public Safety Committee meeting on September 18, 2025.\nACTION: Motion by Committee Member Whitburn, second by Committee Member\nCampbell, to recommend Council approval of staff’s proposed actions.\nVOTE: 3-0; von Wilpert-yea, Campbell-yea, Whitburn-yea, Campillo-not present.\nFire-Rescue: James Gaboury, (619) 533-4401\nCity Attorney Contact: Daniel Orloff