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RESOLUTION NO. 9.196 4,y
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTI6N
OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND THE
CITY OF WARD, ARKANSAS, TO ALLOW
METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
(-MEMS-) TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES TO THE CITY OF WARD, ARKANSAS;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of Ward, Arkansas, ( "Ward ") has executed,
by its mayor, an interlocal agreement allowing Metropolitan
Emergency Medical Services ( "MEMS ") to provide emergency medical
services within the City of Ward; and
WHEREAS, MEMS has represented to this Board that it has the
capability and resources to provide such service without
increasing expenses or rates for Little Rock citizens; and
WHEREAS, this Board believes that it is beneficial to the
citizens of the City of Little Rock 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 expand its service
area and begin delivering emergency medical services to the City
of Ward, Arkansas, the Board hereby authorizes the execution of
an interlocal agreement with the City of Ward to be submitted to
the Attorney General of the State of Arkansas for approval
pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 25 -20 -104 (Michie 1987).
ADOPTED: July 5, 1994
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT a`
This Agreement is made and entered into as of the
day of , 1994, by and between the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas ( °Little Rock°), a city of the first class,
and the City of Ward, Arkansas ("'Ward°) a city of the second
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, Ward has determined that it wishes to make
available to the residents of Ward 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
Ward to extend the operation of MEMS under an exclusive
franchise arrangement to the residents of Ward; and
WHEREAS, Little Rock and Ward are each authorized
pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §25 -20 -102 et. sea. to enter into
Interlocal Cooperation Agreements; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Little Rock and the
City Council of Ward by ordinance or resolution have
authorized the Mayors of Little Rock and Ward to enter into 345
this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements of Ward 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
1994, for a period of one (1) year,
subject to the continuing right of Little Rock and Ward to
modify, renew or extend the term by mutual agreement.
2. JOINT COMMISSION BOARD. Little Rock and Ward agree
that the Mayor of Ward shall appoint one (1) person as a
non - voting representative of the City of Ward to serve with
members from Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski
County on the existing Joint Emergency Medical Services
Commission (the "JEMSC "). The representative of Ward shall
have all the powers of a regular member of the JEMSC, except
the right to vote.
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
Agreement, applicable Ordinances of the City of Ward 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 Ward
without first obtaining the approval of the respective City
Board of Directors.
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4. EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. Ward shall grant by ordinance to
the Authority an exclusive franchise to provide all ambulance
service to the citizens of Ward within the city limits of
Ward, 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 Ward 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.
5. NONDISCRIMINATION. Little Rock agrees that so long as
Ward 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 Ward to be less than the benefits and privileges 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 Ward on a nondiscriminatory basis.
6. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Agreement is to
establish and provide for the citizens of Ward a regulated
advanced life support ambulance service system that can
provide each ambulance patient in the City of Ward with the
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best possible chance of survival without disability or
preventable complication.
7. OPERATIONS IN WARD. The Authority and the City of
Ward shall cooperate to provide sufficient personnel,
equipment and resource management expertise to meet State of
Arkansas response time standards and to determine the
appropriate stationing of such personnel within the City.
8. MEDICAL CONTROL. Ward 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 Ward.
Ward shall provide such support to AEPF as is necessary to
enable AEPF to perform its duties under this Agreement. Ward
shall contract with AEPF,or some other like entity, to
provide the terms, conditions, and duties of AEPF with regard
to operations in Ward, provided such agreement is not
inconsistent with the terms of the Agreement between Little
Rock and AEPF.
9. RATES. The Authority shall charge for its services
within the city limits of Ward the same rates as are charged
for comparable services within the city limits of Little
Rock, to include subsequent rate changes.
10. SUBSCRIPTION MEMBERSHIPS. The Authority shall make
available to all of the citizens of Ward its MEMS* Alert
subscription membership on the same terms and conditions as
are made available to the residents of Little Rock. For
residents of Ward who purchase such subscriptions within
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after implementation of this Agreement, annual
charges for 1994 will be prorated.
11. FURTHER COOPERATION. The Authority, Little Rock and
Ward agree to cooperate among themselves to carry out all
actions reasonably necessary to implement this Agreement.
12. 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.
13. APPROVALS. This Agreement shall not be effective
until such time as it has received all approvals as required
by Ark. Code Ann. § 25 -20 -102 et. sea.
EXECUTED this
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ATTEST:
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day of
1994
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
By
Mayor
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This Agreement is aqknowl�edged
the day of A A I- c�1�
1994.
LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY
By
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