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• RESOLUTION NO. 9,755 0
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF AN EXTENSION OF THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND
THE CITY OF NAUMEI.LE, ARKANSAS, TO
ALLOW METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES (NMEKS') TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE
CITY OF MAUM[EL.E, ARKANSAS; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Cities of of Maumelle and Little Rock have
previously executed, by their Mayors, an Interlocal Agreement
allowing Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (nMEMS") to
provide emergency medical services within the City of Maumelle;
and
WHEREAS, MEMS has represented to this Board that it has the
capability and resources to continue to provide such service
without increasing expenses or rates for Little Rock citizens;
and
WHEREAS, the Board believes that it is beneficial to the
citizens of the City of Little Rock to continue 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 maintain the expansion
of its service area and to continue the delivery of emergency
medical services to the City of Maumelle, Arkansas, the Board
hereby authorizes the execution of a one -year extension of the
Interlocal Agreement with the City of Maumelle, Arkansas, with
automatic extensions of one year terms.
ADOPTED: July 16, 1996 1\
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Co mac,
ROBBIE HANCOCK J DAILEY
CITY CLERK MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
THOMAS M. CARPENTER
CITY ATTORNEY
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METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES /MAUMELLE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made and entered into as of the
day of , 1996, by and between the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas ( "Little Rock "), a city of the first class, and the
City of Maumelle, Arkansas ( "Maumelle ") a city of the first
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, Maumelle has determined that it wishes to make
available to the residents of Maumelle 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
Maumelle to extend the operation of MEMS under an exclusive
franchise arrangement to the residents of Maumelle; and
WHEREAS, Little Rock and Maumelle are each authorized
pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §25 -20 -102 et. sea. to enter into
Interlocal Cooperation Agreements; and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Little Rock and the
Board of Directors of Maumelle by ordinance or resolution
have authorized the Mayors of Little Rock and Maumelle to
enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements of Maumelle 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
1996, for a period of one (1) year, to
, 1997, and automatically extend on
that date, unless 1) Maumelle notifies the LRAA one hundred
twenty days (120) prior to the expiration date that Maumelle
intends to advertise for professional ambulance services and
issues a Request for Proposals for such services ninety (90)
days prior to the expiration of this Agreement or 2) Little
Rock gives Maumelle ninety (90) days notice prior to the
expiration date of its intent to terminate the interlocal
agreement. Further, this Agreement is subject to the
continuing right of Little Rock and Maumelle to modify, renew
or extend the term by mutual agreement.
2. JOINT COMMISSION BOARD. Little Rock and Maumelle
agree that the Mayor of Maumelle shall appoint one (1) person
as a representative of the City of Maumelle to serve with
members from other Municipalities and Counties on the
existing Joint Emergency Medical Services Commission (the
"JEMSC").
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
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Agreement, applicable ordinances of the City of Maumelle 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
Maumelle without first obtaining the approval of the
respective City Board of Directors.
4. EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. Maumelle shall grant by
ordinance to the Authority an exclusive franchise to provide
all ambulance service to the citizens of Maumelle within the
city limits of Maumelle, 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 Maumelle 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. The City
of Maumelle will maintain its existing ambulance and may
transport patients as requested by MEMS in accordance with
the exclusive franchise granted herein.
5. NONDISCRIMINATION. Little Rock agrees that so long as
Maumelle 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 Maumelle to be less than the benefits and privileges
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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 all of the
citizens of Little Rock and Maumelle on a nondiscriminatory
basis.
6. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Agreement is to
establish and provide for the citizens of Maumelle a
regulated advanced life support ambulance service system that
can provide each ambulance patient in the City of Maumelle
with the best possible chance of survival without disability
or preventable complication.
7. OPERATIONS IN MAUMELLE. The Authority shall provide
service to the citizens of Maumelle as outlined in Little
Rock City Ordinances Nos. 14,511 and 14,574 except as
subsequently provided.
(a) During the term of this Agreement, the
Authority shall provide eight minute response time to at
least 90% of all Code 1 - life threatening emergencies
within the city limits of Maumelle. The Authority shall
submit to Maumelle monthly response time reports to
reflect that it is in compliance with this requirement.
(b) The Authority and Maumelle shall cooperate to
provide sufficient personnel, equipment and resource
management expertise to meet these response time
standards and to determine the appropriate stationing of
such personnel and equipment in the city limits of
Maumelle.
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(c) All other provisions of Section 7 "Standards
of Production and Performances under the above - described
Ordinances shall be implemented by the Authority in
Maumelle.
8. FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM. Maumelle agrees that
Maumelle Fire Department personnel shall provide a four
minute response time to Code 1 - life threatening emergencies
outlined in Section 108 of Ordinance 14,511 of the City of
Little Rock, and such other responses as are agreed upon with
the Authority.
9. MEDICAL CONTROL. Maumelle 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
Maumelle. Maumelle shall provide such support to AEPF as is
necessary to enable AEPF to perform its duties under this
Agreement. Maumelle shall contract with AEPF,or some other
like entity, to provide the terms, conditions, and duties of
AEPF with regard to operations in Maumelle, provided such
agreement is not inconsistent with the terms of the Agreement
between Little Rock and AEPF. If Little Rock and Maumelle
utilize the services of AEPF as a part of the same contract,
the cities shall negotiate a basis for the apportionment of
those costs.
10. RATES. The Authority shall charge for its services
within the city limits of Maumelle the same rates as are
charged for comparable services within the city limits of
Little Rock, to include subsequent rate changes.
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11. SUBSCRIPTION MEMBERSHIPS. The Authority shall make
available to all of the citizens of Maumelle its MEMS' Alert
subscription membership on the same terms and conditions as
are made available to the residents of Little Rock.
12. FURTHER COOPERATION. The Authority, Little Rock and
Maumelle agree to cooperate among themselves to carry out all
actions reasonably necessary to implement this Agreement.
13. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement are
declared to be severable. If any provision hereof shall be
held to be invalid or to be inapplicable to any person or
circumstance, such holding shall not affect the validity or
applicability of the remainder hereof.
14. APPROVALS. This Agreement shall not be effective
until such time as it has received all approvals as required
by Ark. Code Ann. S 25 -20 -102 et. sea.
EXECUTED this day of , 1996
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
By
CITY OF MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS
mayor
This Agreement is acknowledged
the day of ,
1995—
LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY
By
E. Jack urp y