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159551 •ORDINANCE NO. 15,955 432 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO RETURN THE ASSETS, EQUIPMENT, ACCOUNTS, FUNDS, REAL AND 4 PERSONAL PROPERTY AND ALL OTHER ITEMS TO 5 THE LITTLE ROCK, ARK., EMERGENCY MEDICAL 6 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES BOARD (°LITTLE 7 ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY®) PURSUANT TO 8 SECTION 1909 OF THE LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY; TO REPEAL LITTLE ROCK, ARK., 9 ORDINANCE 15,632 (JANUARY 27, 1989)( -LRO 10 15 ,6320); TO ESTABLISH THE CONDITIONS 11 FOR THE ORDINANCE TO TAKE EFFECT; TO 12 DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER 13 PURPOSES. 14 SEAS, on January 27, 1989, the City of Little Rock, 15 Arkansas adopted in LRO 15,632 to provide up to $550,000 to the 16 Little Rock Ambulance Authority to overcome imminent revenue 17 shortfalls that could have threatened the ability to provide 18 quality advanced life support emergency medical care within the City; and 19 WHEREAS, since that time the Little Rock Ambulance 20 Authority has reversed its earlier difficulties and is now 21 providing quality service and producing positive financial 22 reports; and AREAS, upon the full repayment of all monies loaned to 23 the Little Rock Ambulance Authority by the City pursuant to LRO 24 15,632, the City is willing to deem the Little Rock Ambulance 25 Authority .willing and able to fulfill its obligations under the 26 Lease Agreement between the City and the Authority. 27 Now, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: 28 SECTION 1. Upon verification by the City Manager that the 29 Little Rock Ambulance Authority has totally repaid all sums 30 borrowed from the City pursuant to LRO 15,632, the City shall, 31 pursuant to Section 1909 of the Equipment Lease Agreement 32 between the City and the Authority, deem the Authority willing and able to fulfill its obligations under the Equipment Lease 33 Agreement and shall return control of all assets, equipment, 34 accounts, funds, real or personal property and all other items 35 that were seized pursuant to Section 1 of LRO 15,632 to the 36 Authority. C-I M 1 SECTION •To the extent that the terms of this ordinance 2 conflict with LRO 15,632, this ordinance shall prevail and LRO 3 15,632 is expressly repealed. 4 SECTION 3. Emergency. The Little Rock Ambulance Authority is a necessary arm of the City to provide advanced life support 5 emergency medical care to the citizens of the City and, through 6 duly authorized interlocal agreements, to the citizens of the 7 City of North Little Rock and to the residents of Pulaski 8 County. The Authority now has an opportunity to further improve 9 its financial condition, but to do so it must be released from its obligation to the City of Little Rock. This improvement of 10 the Authority's financial condition is necessary for the 11 continued health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Little 12 Rock. An emergency is therefore declared to exist and the terms 13 of this ordinance will be in full force and effect from the date 14 of its approval. 15 PASSED: November 6, 1990 16 ATTEST: APPROVED: l 17Vl 18 C SCH, C 19 20 APPROVED AS TO /RFQ: 21 A4-L, 22 A, C TY A 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 -7 433