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Home My WebLink About14490 1 RESOLUTION NO. 14,490 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE RENEWAL OF AN INTERLOCAL 4 AGREEMENT FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE BETWEEN THE CITY OF 5 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND THE CITY OF CONWAY, 6 ARKANSAS, WHICH GRANTS THE LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE 7 AUTHORITY ("LRAA") D/B/A METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY 8 MEDICAL SERVICES ("MEMS") AN EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO 9 P'ROVIDE AMBULANCE SERVICES TO THE CITY OF CONWAY, 10 ARKANSAS; TO FORMALLY RATIFY ALL ACTIONS TAKEN SINCE 11 THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WAS EXECUTED BY THE CITY OF 12 CONWAY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13 14 WHEREAS,the LRAA was created as the Little Rock, Ark., Emergency Medical Health Care Public 15 Facilities Board in Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 14,062 (June 16, 1981), as amended, and pursuant to 16 Ark. Code Ann. §§ 25-20-102 (West 2010), may enter into Interlocal Agreements with other communities 17 to provide Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support Emergency and Transfer Ambulance Services; 18 and, 19 WHEREAS, in 2005 the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and the City of Conway, Arkansas, entered 20 into an Interlocal Agreement as to the provision of Emergency Medical Care Ambulance Services; 21 WHEREAS,this agreement is subject to renewal so it is now necessary to have a formal resolution for 22 renewal for a period of five(5)years; and, 23 WHEREAS, the LRAA Board of Directors believes that it is the best interests of MEMS and of 24 emergency medical health care in the central Arkansas area to continue this Interlocal Agreement, and to 25 the extent necessary, to ratify all prior actions between MEMS and the City of Conway that have been 26 carried out pursuant to the spirit of the previous Interlocal Agreements but before the adoption of this formal 27 resolution; 28 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 29 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 30 Section 1. The Board hereby authorizes the Mayor to enter into a five(5)-year Interlocal Agreement 31 with the Cityof Conway,Arkansas to rant MEMS an exclusive to rovide Emergency and Non - 32 32 Emergency Ambulance Services to the City of Conway, Arkansas, and to ratify and all actions by MEMS 33 and the City of Conway,that have taken place prior to the effective date of this resolution. [Page 1 of 41 1 Section 2. The City endorses and agrees to all other conditions set forth in attached Exhibit A to this 2 resolution. 3 Section 3. For purposes of this resolution and the attached agreement,the term"ambulance services" 4 shall include the transportation and care provided the critical ill or injured prior to arrival at a medical 5 facility and within a medical facility subject to the individual approval of the medical staff and governing 6 board of the facility, and further the transport to or from medical facilities including, but not limited to, 7 hospitals, nursing homes, physician's offices, hospice facilities, and other health care facilities, of persons 8 who are inform or injured and who are transported in a reclining position or who are ill but considered to 9 be non-emergency in status and who request ambulance transportation. 10 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 11 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 12 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and 13 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 14 resolution. 15 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances,resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent_with 16 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 17 ADOPTED: January 17,2017 18 Iri APPROVED: f/ 19 20 immue1 f r 21 ey, City Clerk M.rk Stodola,Mayor 22 'PRO S TO LEGAL FORM: 23 24110 1'L4 'l 25 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorn 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 2 of 41 1 EXHIBIT A 2 METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 3 EXTENSION OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT 4 BETWEEN THE CITIES OF LITTLE ROCK AND CONWAY 5 6 7 This Agreement is made and entered into as of the day of November, 2016, by and between the 8 cities of Little Rock, Arkansas("Little Rock")and Conway, Arkansas("Conway"), cities of the first class. 9 WITNESSETH: 10 WHEREAS,the existing 5-year interlocal agreement between the two cities for all ambulance services 11 expires , 2014; and 12 WHEREAS,the governing bodies of Little Rock and Conway have agreed to a five(5)year extension 13 of the agreement from ,2014 to November ,2019. 14 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of Little Rock, and 15 Conway and on the terms and conditions set out herein, it is agreed as follows: 16 1. TERM. The term of this Agreement shall extend from the date signed by the parties for a period 17 of five(5)years, subject to the continuing right of Little Rock and Conway to modify,renew or extend the 18 term by mutual agreement. At the end of the five (5)year period, if the interlocal agreement has not been 19 formally extended by the respective governing bodies,the interlocal agreement shall extend on a month-to- 20 month basis until an appropriate agreement is executed or another provider is selected, whichever occurs 21 first. Either party may terminate the agreement by giving ninety(90)days written notice. 22 2. EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. Conway has authorized by resolution a three (3) year extension of 23 MEMS' exclusive franchise to provide all ambulance service to the citizens of Conway. 24 3. CURRENT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ADOPTED AND INCORPORATED BY 25 REFERENCE TO GOVERN THE EXTENSION. 26 The current interlocal agreement, dated February 5, 2005, is adopted and incorporated by reference 27 herein, and sets forth the additional terms governing this agreement. 28 Executed this day of November,2016. 29 ATTEST: CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS 30 31 By: 32 Susan Langley,City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor 33 34 35 [Page 3 of 4] 1 ATTEST: CITY OF CONWAY,ARKANSAS 2 3 By: 4 Michael Garrett, City Clerk Tab Townsell,Mayor 5 6 7 This Agreement acknowledged this day of ,2016. 8 9 LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY 10 11 By: 12 Scott Gordon, Chairman 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 4 of 4]