15604 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,604
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE RENEWAL OF AN
4 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
5 ARKANSAS,AND FAULKNER COUNTY,ARKANSAS,WHICH GRANTS
6 THE LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY, D/B/A
7 METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (MEMS), AN
8 EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO PROVIDE AMBULANCE SERVICES TO
9 FAULKNER COUNTY, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS,the Little Rock Ambulance Authority("LRAA")d/b/a Metropolitan Emergency Medical
12 Services ("MEMS") was created as the Little Rock, Arkansas, Emergency Medical Health Care Public
13 Facilities Board in Little Rock, Arkansas, pursuant to Ordinance No. 14,062(June 16, 1981), as amended,
14 and Ark. Code Ann. § 25-20-102 (West 2020) and may enter into Interlocal Agreements with other
15 communities to provide Advance Life Support, Basic Life Support Emergency and Transfer Ambulance
16 Services; and,
17 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded an exclusive Franchise to provide
18 Ambulance Services to Faulkner County, Arkansas ("Faulkner County"), in 2004 and entered into an
19 Interlocal Agreement with Faulkner County; and,
20 WHEREAS,this Interlocal Agreement has been periodically renewed and as the current extension will
21 expire on February 1,2022, it is necessary to extend it again; and,
22 WHEREAS,Faulkner County and the City of Little Rock wish to continue this relationship;and,
23 WHEREAS, the LRAA Board of Directors believes that it is in the best interests of MEMS and of
24 Emergency Medical Health Care in the Central Arkansas area to continue this Interlocal Agreement.
25 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
26 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
27 Section 1. The Board hereby authorizes the Mayor to enter into a five (5)-year extension of the City
28 of Little Rock's Interlocal Agreement with Faulkner County, granting MEMS an exclusive Franchise to
29 provide Ambulance Services(emergency and non-emergency)to Faulkner County, starting on February 2,
30 2022,and ending on February 1,2027.
31 Section 2. For purposes of this resolution,the term"Ambulance Services"shall include Advanced Life
32 Support Services, Basic Life Support Services and the transportation and care provided the critically ill or
33 injured prior to arrival at a medical facility and within a medical facility subject to the individual approval
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1 of the medical staff and governing board of that facility, and further, the transport to or from medical
2 facilities including, but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, physician's offices, and other health care
3 facilities of persons who are infirm or injured and who are transported in a reclining position or who are ill
4 but considered to be non-emergency in status and who request ambulance transportation.
5 Section 3. Severability. In the event any portion of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid
6 or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this
7 resolution, which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or
8 unconstitutional was not originally a part of this resolution.
9 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions,and parts thereof,which are in conflict with any
10 provision of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
11 ADOPTED: January 4,2022
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15 S i _ ey,City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., ayo�
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