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AGREEMENT <br /> (Paramedic level-Advanced Life Support Services) <br /> This is an agreement made and entered into by and between Skagit Emergency Medical <br /> Services Council, 2911 E. College Way, Suite C, Mount Vernon, WA 98273, hereinafter <br /> referred to as "Council"; and City of Anacortes (Anacortes Fire Department), hereinafter referred <br /> to as "City" <br /> RECITALS <br /> WHEREAS, the Council is a nonprofit corporation in the State of Washington that <br /> contracts with Skagit County to administer the County-wide Emergency Medical Services excess <br /> tax Levy, the last EMS Levy having passed in November of 2000 and which covers the years <br /> January, 2001 through December, 2006; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Cornell contracts with Skagit County, State of Washington, to <br /> coordinate and direct a comprehensive pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services System for <br /> Skagit County; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Council receives the funding through a contract with Skagit County <br /> from the Emergency Medical Services excess tax levy referred to above, said funding being for <br /> the purposes of coordinating and supporting the pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services <br /> System; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the pre-hospital <br /> Emergency Medical Services System to contract with certain individuals and agencies to provide <br /> specific services; and <br /> WHEREAS, City has been selected by Council to provide Advanced Life Support <br /> Ambulance Services in Skagit County, in the pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services System, <br /> pursuant to the terms of various agreements and addendum entered into by and between the <br /> parties from 1995 to the present; and <br /> WHEREAS, Council and City agree that it is prudent to extend and consolidate all prior <br /> agreements into this Agreement; and <br /> WHEREAS, Advanced Life Support, for purposes of this Agreement, shall be defined as <br /> the education and skill level required to attain the certification level of"Paramedic" as defined by <br /> the Washington State Emergency Medical Services, WAC 246-976-010; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for <br /> other good and valuable consideration,receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,the parties <br /> agree as follows: <br /> 1 <br />