HomeMy WebLinkAbout221-15 RESOLUTION113 West Mountain Street
Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Resolution: 221-15
File Number: 2015-0531
AMBULANCE SERVICES INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT:
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CONTINUATION
AND EXPANSION OF AMBULANCE SERVICES BY AND WITH THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY REGIONAL AMBULANCE
AUTHORITY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ELKINS, ELM SPRINGS, FARMINGTON,
GOSHEN, GREENLAND, JOHNSON, LINCOLN, PRAIRIE GROVE, TONTITOWN, WEST
FORK, AND WINSLOW, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE AMBULANCE AUTHORITY TO
OPERATE CENTRAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AS THE EXCLUSIVE
EMERGENCY AND NON -EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE WITHIN THE CITIES
WHEREAS, A.C.A. §14-14-910, and §14-266-102 and §25-20-101 authorize cities and counties to enter
into interlocal contracts to provide services such as emergency and
non -emergency ambulance services; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 68-08, which was passed on March 18, 2008, approved an interlocal agreement
creating an Ambulance Authority and establishing the Ambulance Authority and Central Emergency Medical
Services (CEMS) as the exclusive emergency and non -emergency ambulance service within Fayetteville and
the other participating cities; and
WHEREAS, continuation of the Ambulance Authority is crucial for the continued health and safety of the
residents of unincorporated Washington County and the cities that are covered by the Authority; and
WHEREAS, in order to save taxpayer money and to reduce the need for taxpayer revenue to subsidize the
furnishing of emergency ambulance service to our citizens, the Ambulance Authority and CEMS should
continue to be designated the exclusive provider of emergency and non -emergency ambulance service within
all cities that are parties to this agreement.
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Resolution 221-15
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby approves the interlocal
Agreement For Continuation and Expansion of Ambulance Services and for Expanded Membership in the
Washington County Regional Ambulance Authority, a copy of which is attached to this Resolution,
authorizes Mayor Jordan to sign this agreement, and authorizes the Ambulance Authority to continue to
operate Central Emergency Medical Services as the exclusive emergency and non -emergency ambulance
services provider throughout Fayetteville and every other city which is a party to this agreement as broadly
as authorized in A.C.A. §14-266-102 and 105.
PASSED and APPROVED on 12/1/2015
Attest:
Sondra E. Smith, City Clerk Treasurer
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Text File
File Number: 2015-0531
Agenda Date: 12/1/2015 Version: 1 Status: Passed
In Control: City Council Meeting File Type: Resolution
Agenda Number: C. 4
AMBULANCE SERVICES INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT:
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CONTINUATION AND
EXPANSION OF AMBULANCE SERVICES BY AND WITH THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, THE
WASHINGTON COUNTY REGIONAL AMBULANCE AUTHORITY, WASHINGTON COUNTY,
ELKINS, ELM SPRINGS, FARMINGTON, GOSHEN, GREENLAND, JOHNSON, LINCOLN,
PRAIRIE GROVE, TONTITOWN, WEST FORK, AND WINSLOW, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE
AMBULANCE AUTHORITY TO OPERATE CENTRAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AS
THE EXCLUSIVE EMERGENCY AND NON -EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE WITHIN
THE CITIES
WHEREAS, A.C.A. §14-14-910, and §14-266-102 and §25-20-101 authorize cities and counties to
enter into interlocal contracts to provide services such as emergency and non -emergency ambulance
services; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 68-08, which was passed on March 18, 2008, approved an interlocal
agreement creating an Ambulance Authority and establishing the Ambulance Authority and Central
Emergency Medical Services (LEMS) as the exclusive emergency and non -emergency ambulance
service within Fayetteville and the other participating cities; and
WHEREAS, continuation of the Ambulance Authority is crucial for the continued health and safety of
the residents of unincorporated Washington County and the cities that are covered by the Authority; and
WHEREAS, in order to save taxpayer money and to reduce the need for taxpayer revenue to subsidize
the furnishing of emergency ambulance service to our citizens, the Ambulance Authority and CEMS
should continue to be designated the exclusive provider of emergency and non -emergency ambulance
service within all cities that are parties to this agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby approves the interlocal
Agreement For Continuation and Expansion of Ambulance Services and for Expanded Membership in
the Washington County Regional Ambulance Authority, a copy of which is attached to this Resolution,
authorizes Mayor Jordan to sign this agreement, and authorizes the Ambulance Authority to continue to
operate Central Emergency Medical Services as the exclusive emergency and non -emergency
ambulance services provider throughout Fayetteville and every other city which is a party to this
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agreement as broadly as authorized in A.C.A. § 14-266-102 and 105.
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