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RESOLUTION NO. 9.194
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND THE
CITY OF AUSTIN, ARKANSAS, TO ALLOW
METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
(-MEMS-) TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN,
ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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WHEREAS, the City of Austin, Arkansas, ( "Austin ") has
executed, by its mayor, an interlocal agreement allowing
Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services ( "MEMS ") to provide
emergency medical services within the City of Austin; and
WHEREAS, MEMS has represented to this Board that it has the
capability and resources to provide such service without
increasing expenses or rates for Little Rock citizens; and
WHEREAS, this Board believes that it is beneficial to the
citizens of the City of Little Rock to allow MEMS to provide
emergency services to other areas and thereby expand its source
of revenues.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. In order to allow MEMS to expand its service
area and begin delivering emergency medical services to the City
of Austin, Arkansas, the Board hereby authorizes the execution
of an interlocal agreement with the City of Austin to be
submitted to the Attorney General of the State of Arkansas for
approval pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 25 -20 -104 (Michie 1987).
ADOPTED: July 5, 1994
ROBBIE ff"COCK
ATTORNEY CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES /AUSTIN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made and entered into as of the
day of MAZIL , 1994, by and between the City of Little .
Rock, Arkansas ( °Little Rock"), a city of the first class,
and the City of Austin, Arkansas ( "Austin°) a city of the
second class.
WHEREAS, in 1984 Little Rock established the Little Rock
Ambulance Authority (the 'Authority") pursuant to Little Rock
City Ordinances Nos. 14,511 and 14,574, and granted the
Authority an exclusive franchise to establish and operate an
advanced paramedic level life support ambulance system within
the City of Little Rock; and
WHEREAS, the Authority has established the Metropolitan
Emergency Medical Services System ( "MEMS") to provide
ambulance service to the City of Little Rock; and
WHEREAS, Austin has determined that it wishes to make
available to the residents of Austin on a long term basis the
benefits and privileges provided to the residents of Little
Rock by MEMS; and
WHEREAS, Little Rock has agreed that it is in the best
interests of Little Rock and the Authority to contract with
Austin to extend the operation of MEMS under an exclusive
franchise arrangement to the residents of Austin; and
WHEREAS, Little '.Rock and Austin are each authorized
pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §25 -20 -102 et. sea. to enter into
Interlocal.Cooperation Agreements; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Little Rock and the
City Council of Austin by ordinance or resolution have
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authorized the Mayors of Little Rock and Austin to enter into 330
this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements of Austin and Little Rock and on the terms and
conditions set out herein, it is agreed as follows:.
1. TERM. The term of this ?agreement shall extend from
ZTQ , 1994, for a period of one (1) year,
subject to the continuing right of Little Rock and Austin to
modify, renew or extend the term by mutual agreement.
2. JOINT COMMISSION BOARD. Li'ttle:Rock and Austinteagree
that. the Mayor of Austin shall appoint one (1) person as a
non - voting representative of the City of Austin to serve with
members from Little 'Rock,*North Little Rock and Pulaski
County on the existing Joint Emergency Medical Services
Commission (the °JEMSC"). The representative of Austin shall
have all the powers of a regular member of the JEMSC, except
the right to vote.
3. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. The Commission shall be
authorized to oversee the operations of MEMS to ensure that
service is provided in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, applicable Ordinances of the City of Austin and
Little Rock City Ordinances Nos. 14,511 and 14,574. The
Commission shall have the authority to execute such contracts
and agreements as are necessary to implement the terms of
this Agreement; provided, however, the Commission is not
authorized to commit or expend funds of Little Rock or Austin
without first obtaining the approval of the respective City
Board of Directors.
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4. EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. Austin shall grant by ordinance
to the Authority an exclusive franchise to provide all
ambulance service to the citizens of Austin within the city
limits of Austin, as now existing or as modified during the
term of this Agreement. The guidelines and requirements for
such ambulance service to be provided by the Authority to
Austin shall be the same as outlined in Little Rock City
Ordinances Nos. 14,511 and 14,574, and such further
amendments or changes to those ordinances as may be made by
Little Rock during the term of this Agreement, subject only
to the restrictions as provided in this agreement.
S. NONDISCRIMINATION. Little Rock agrees that so long as
Austin is in compliance with the provisions of this
Agreement, Little Rock shall not make changes to Little Rock
City Ordinances Nos. 14,511 and 14,574, or other changes with
regard to the operations of the Authority, which would cause
the benefits and privileges provided by MEMS to the citizens
of Austin to be less than the benefits and privileges
provided by MEMS to the citizens of Little Rock, except to
the extent outlined in this Agreement. Little Rock also
agrees that it will oversee and supervise the governance and
operations of the Authority to ensure that benefits and
privileges of MEMS are provided and available to 311 of the
citizens of Little Rock and Austin on a nondiscriminatory
basis.
6. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Agreement is to
establish and provide for the citizens of Austin a regulated
advanced life support ambulance service system that can
provide each ambulance patient in the City of Austin with the
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best possible chance of survival without disability or
preventable complication.
7. OPERATIONS IN AUSTIN. The Authority and the City of
Austin shall cooperate to provide sufficient personnel,
equipment and resource management expertise to meet State of
Arkansas response time standards and to determine the
appropriate stationing of such personnel within the City.
18. MEDICAL CONTROL. Austin agrees that the Arkansas
Emergency Physicians Foundation (°AEPF"), a private,
non - profit corporation which provides medical control for the
Authority, will continue to provide medical control for
operations of the Authority within the city limits of Austin.
Austin shall provide such support to AEPF as is necessary to
enable AEPF to perform its duties under this Agreement.
Austin shall contract with AEPF,or some other like entity, to
provide the terms, conditions, and duties of AEPF with regard
to operations in Austin, provided such agreement is not
inconsistent with the terms of the Agreement between Little
Rock and AEPF.
9. RATES The Authority shall charge for its services
within the city limits of Austin the same rates as are
charged for comparable services within the city limits of
Little Rock, to include subsequent rate changes.
10. SUBSCRIPTION MEMBERSHIPS. The Authority shall make
available to all of the citizens of Austin its MEMS* Alert
subscription membership on the same terms and conditions as
are made available to the residents of Little Rock. For
residents of Austin who purchase such subscriptions within
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after implementation of this Agreement, annual q
charges for 1994 will be prorated.
11. FURTHER COOPERATION. The Authority, Little Rock and
Austin agree to cooperate among themselves to carry out all
actions reasonably necessary to implement this Agreement.
12. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement are
declared to be severable. If any provision ' zereof shall be
held to be invalid or tz) be inapplicable to any person or
circumstance, such holding shall not affect the validity or
applicability of the remainder hereof.
13. APPROVALS. This Agreement shall not be effective
until such time as it has received all approvals as required
by Ark. Code Ann. § 25 -20 -102 et. sea.
EXECUTED this day of
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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1994
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
By
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CITY OF AUSTIN, ARKANSAS
BY
mayor
This Agreement is acknowledged
the day of.
1994.
LITTLE ROCK AMB LANCE AUTHORITY
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