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RESOLUTION NO.9,994
A RESOLUTION AMENDING LITTLE ROCK RES. NO. 9,760
AUTHORIZING AN EXTENSION OF THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF LITTLE ROCK AND
NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR MEMS AMBULANCE SERVICE, TO
CLARIFY "AMBULANCE SERVICE "; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Ambulance Authority ( "LRAA "), d /b /a Metropolitan
Emergency Medical Services ( "MEMS ") currently holds the eXclusive franchise to provide all
ambulances services (emergency and non- emergency) to North Little Rock per interlocal agreement
between the Cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock; and
WHEREAS, the interlocal agreement provides that the LRAA shall provide all ambulance
services to the Citizens of North Little Rock, and
WHEREAS, Little Rock Res. 9,760 authorizes MEMS to continue the delivery of emergency
medical services to North Little Rock when, in fact, MEMS had been and continues to deliver all
ambulance service to the citizens of North Little Rock since 1986.
NOW, THE121, FORI%, BE IT RESOLVED 131' TIII, BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Little Rock, Ark. Res. No. 9,760 (August 6, 1996) is hereby amended as follows:
"SECTION 1. In order for the I..RAA to continue the delivery of all ambulance services
pursuant to an exclusive 1 anchise in the City of North Little Rock, Arkansas, the Board hereby
authorizes the eNCCntiOn ofan Interlocal Agreement with the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas, for
five years, beginning on the date the Interlocal Agreement is signed. Upon the eNpirat ion of the five
year term, the Board authorizes a month -to-month extension until a formal extension is approved by
both cities.
SECTION 2. For purposes of this resolution, the term "ambulance services" shall include
the transportation and care provided the critically ill or injured prior to arrival at a medical facility and
within a medical facility subject to the individual approval of the medical staff and governing board
of that facility, and further the transport to or fi-0111 medical facilities including hot not limited to
hospitals, nursing homes, physician's offices, and other health care facilities, of persons who are
infirm or injured and who are transported in a reclining position or who are ill but considered to be
non - emergency in status and who request ambulance transportation."
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