14062Board is an essential component in the providing of
Emergency Medical Services to the City of Little Rock and is
an essential component in the management structure
recommended by the Emergency Medical Services Technical
Advisory Committee and adopted by the Board of Directors of
the City of Little Rock in Resolution No. 6614.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Creation of Board. Pursuant to the
authority of the Act there is hereby created and established
the "City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Emergency Medical Health
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Advisory Committee and adopted by the Board of Directors of
the City of Little Rock in Resolution No. 6614.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Creation of Board. Pursuant to the
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WHEREAS, the Emergency Medical Health Care Facilities
Board is an essential component in the providing of
Emergency Medical Services to the City of Little Rock and is
an essential component in the management structure
recommended by the Emergency Medical Services Technical
Advisory Committee and adopted by the Board of Directors of
the City of Little Rock in Resolution No. 6614.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Creation of Board. Pursuant to the
authority of the Act there is hereby created and established
the "City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Emergency Medical Health
Care Facilities Board" (hereinafter referred to as the
"Ambulance Authority ") with authority as hereinafter
provided to accomplish, establish, manage, operate, finance
and contract for the Emergency Medical Health Care Service
and Facilities within or near the City.
SECTION 2. Members of the Ambulance Authority and Term
of Office. The Ambulance Authority shall consist of five
persons. The initial members shall be designated by the
City Board of Directors, and thereupon shall be appointed by
the Mayor of the City with the consent of the City Board of
Directors to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and
five years, respectively. Successor members shall be
selected as provided in the Act; provided that the Ambulance
Authority shall, prior to the appointment of each said
successor or successors, submit a letter to the Board of
Directors of the City of Little Rock, listing the name and
occupation of each proposed successor member for review
and /or_ comment by the Board of Directors of the City of
Little Rock. The members of the Ambulance Authority shall
be residents of the City and shall take and file with the
City Clerk the oath of office prescribed by the Act.
Further, the City Board of Directors shall make all
reasonable efforts to ensure that the Ambulance Authority
shall be composed of members whose occupation or expertise
lies in the following fields:
a) President of the Arkansas Emergency Physicians
Foundation
b) Attorney
c) Health Care Administrator
d) Business
e) Consumer
The initial members of the Ambulance Authority, each of whom
is a resident of the City, and their respective terms of
office shall be:
Member
Term
One Year
Two Years
Three Years
Four Years
Five Years
As soon as practicable after the enactment of the Ordinance,
each member of the Ambulance Authority shall qualify by
taking and filing with the City Clerk, the oath of office as
prescribed by the Act.
SECTION 3. Powers. The Ambulance Authority is
empowered, from time to time, to loan, acquire, construct,
reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, sell, lease and
contract concerning Emergency Medical Health Care Services
and Facilities as shall be determined by the Ambulance
Authority to be necessary to effect the purposes of this
Ordinance to provide adequate, efficient and professional
Emergency Medical Health Care Services and Facilities within
or near the City. In addition, the Ambulance Authority
shall have each of the powers set forth in Section 7 of the
Act, as amended, and appropriate to the purposes for which
the Ambulance Authority is created. The Ambulance Authority
may enter into such contractual or cooperative agreements
with such persons as may, in its discretion, be advisable to
accomplish the purposes of this Ordinance, including without
limitation, departments, agencies or instrumentalities of
the United States of America, the State of Arkansas, any
county or municipality of this State, or the City.
SECTION 4. Insurance and Indemnity. The Ambulance
Authority is directed to acquire, obtain, or otherwise
contract for all forms of insurance that are necessary and
advisable to fully protect, insure and hold the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, harmless from any liability connected
with this Ambulance Authority. In any event, the Ambulance
Authority will indemnify and hold the City harmless from any
liability the City may incur or suffer as a result of the
Ambulance Authority's operations.
SECTION 5. Issuance of Bonds. The Ambulance Authority
is authorized to issue revenue bonds, from time to time, and
to use the proceeds, either alone or together with other
available funds and revenues, to accomplish the purposes for
which the Ambulance Authority is created as the same relates
to the providing of adequate, efficient and professional
Emergency Medical Health Care Services and Facilities;
provided that the accumulated indebtedness represented by
such revenue bonds outstanding at any one time shall not
exceed 2 million dollars. Such revenue bonds shall be
obligations only of the Ambulance Authority and shall not
constitute an indebtedness for which the faith and credit of
the City or any of its revenues are pledged, and the
principal and interest on the bonds shall be payable from
and secured by a pledge of revenues derived from Emergency
Medical Health Care Services and Facilities financed, in
whole or in part, from bond proceeds and as authorized by,
and in accordance with the provisions of the Act, together
with such other collateral as may properly be pledged under
the Act and as the Ambulance Authority in its discretion may
determine.
SECTION 6. Excess Revenues. Any revenues of the
Ambulance Authority accumulated in excess of the amount
necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the Ambulance
Authority is created and to comply with all covenants and
agreements of the Ambulance Authority in connection with
any outstanding bonds or other obligations shall be reported
to the City Board of Directors which may direct the payment
of such excess revenues into the general fund of the City or
may order an appropriate reduction in ambulance fees;
provided, however, nothing herein shall prevent the
Ambulance Authority from accumulating and retaining a net
worth equal to one year's operating costs, if the Ambulance
Authority feels such is necessary.
SECTION 7. Organization and Reports. As soon as
practicable after the adoption of this Ordinance, the
Ambulance Authority shall meet and elect such officers as
shall be required by the Act. The Ambulance Authority may
adopt such bylaws and other rules and regulations as shall
be necessary for the conduct of its business and consistent
with the provisions of the Act. The Ambulance Authority
shall cause to be filed with the City Clerk the annual
report described in Section 18 of the Act; and the Ambulance
Authority shall further provide the City with monthly
financial statements in a form acceptable to the City.
SECTION 8. Responsibilities. The Ambulance Authority
is directed to provide developmental and financial oversight
on all matters concerning ambulance service in the City.
The Ambulance Authority is further directed to study,
review, analyze, advise, and report on all matters of public
policy affecting ambulance service that come before the City
Board of Directors including, but not limited to,
applications for franchises, franchise fees, applicable
rates, and proposed regulations and ordinances.
SECTION 9. No Subsidy. The City shall not lend,
transfer, give or otherwise extend any monies or subsidize
the Ambulance Authority in any way except to the extent of
assistance to the Ambulance Authority which may be financed
through ambulance franchise fees collected by the City.
SECTION 10. Severability. If any provisions of this
Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect the other provisions or applications of this
Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of
this Ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 11. General Repeal. All Ordinances of the
City, or parts thereof, in conflict with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 12. Emergency. It is hereby found and
determined that there is an immediate and urgent need for
the providing of adequate, efficient and professional
Emergency Medical Health Care Services and Facilities within
or near the City and that the creation of the Ambulance
Authority and the exercise of the duties and powers provided
in this Ordinance are ncessary to the preservation of the
public peace, health and safety. Therefore, an emergency is
declared to exist and this Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED: June 16, 1981
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