Schertz is scheduled to decide Tuesday whether to authorize a two-year agreement paying San Marcos $148,719.12 annually to cover an allocated part of unincorporated Guadalupe County and provide mutual aid.
The proposal would set a 13-minute monthly average response-time target for San Marcos in its service area and require monthly reports to Schertz on calls, transports and response times.
Resolution 26-R-097 is listed as Item 6 on the Schertz City Council’s consent agenda for its 6 p.m. Sept. 15 meeting at the Hal Baldwin Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway. Its placement on the agenda means the agreement is proposed, not approved.
Under the draft, the agreement would take effect Oct. 1 and run for the two-year term of Schertz’s Guadalupe County EMS agreement, including any extensions. San Marcos would answer emergency calls in the assigned service area, provide ambulance transport and advanced life support with mobile intensive-care capability, and submit performance statistics by the fifth day of each month.
The cities would also provide mutual aid when one cannot cover a call in its own allocated area. The agreement says each city’s home territory remains its first responsibility and does not impose an absolute duty to answer every mutual-aid request.