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NO. 9,249
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND GRANT COUNTY,
ARKANSAS, GRANTING METROPOLITAN
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ('MEM.Sm) AN
EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES TO GRANT COUNTY,
ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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WHEREAS, Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services ("MEMS ")
currently holds exclusive franchises to provide emergency
medical services to Little Rock, North Little Rock and the
unincorporated areas of Pulaski County, Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, Grant County, Arkansas, wishes to enter into an
interlocal agreement with the City of Little Rock granting MEMS
an exclusive franchise to provide emergency medical services in
Grant County; 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 Grant County, 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 Grant
County, Arkansas, the Board hereby authorizes the preparation
and execution of an interlocal agreement between the City of
Little Rock and Grant County, granting MEMS an exclusive
franchise to provide emergency medical services to Grant County.
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ADOPTED: October 4, 1994
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APPROV,ED - AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
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METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES /GRANT COUNTY
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
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 Grant County, a county of the State of Arkansas.
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, Grant County has determined that it wishes to
make available to the residents of the unincorporated areas
of the county 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
Grant County to extend the operation of MEMS under an
exclusive franchise arrangement to the residents of the
unincorporated areas of Grant County; and
WHEREAS, Little Rock is authorized pursuant to Ark. Code
Ann. §25 -20 -102 (Michie 1987) to enter into Interlocal
Cooperation Agreements; and
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WHEREAS, Grant County is further authorized pursuant to
Ark. Code Ann. §14 -14 -910 (Michie 1987) to enter into
Interlocal Agreements; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Little Rock and the
Quorum Court of Grant County by ordinance or resolution have
authorized the Mayor of Little Rock and the County Judge of
Grant County to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements of Grant County 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 three (3) years,
subject to the continuing right of Little Rock and Grant
County to modify, renew or extend the term by mutual
agreement.
2. JOINT COMMISSION BOARD. Little Rock and Grant County
agree that the Grant County Judge shall appoint one (1)
person as a representative of Grant County to serve with
members from other governmental entities on the existing
Joint Emergency Medical Services Commission (the °JEMSC").
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 Grant County 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 Grant
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County without first obtaining the approval of the respective
City Board of Directors or Quorum Court.
4. EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. Grant County shall grant by
ordinance to the Authority an exclusive franchise to provide
all ambulance service to the citizens of the unincorporated
areas of Grant County 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
Grant County 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
Grant County 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 the unincorporated areas of Grant County 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 the
unincorporated areas of Grant County on a nondiscriminatory
basis.
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6. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Agreement is to
establish and provide for the citizens of the the
unincorporated areas of Grant County a regulated advanced
life support ambulance service system that can provide each
ambulance patient in the unincorporated areas of Grant County
with the best possible chance of survival without disability
or preventable complication.
7. OPERATIONS IN GRANT COUNTY. The Authority and Grant
County 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 and equipment within
the unincorporated areas of Grant County.
S. MEDICAL CONTROL. Grant County 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 unincorporated areas
of Grant County. Grant County shall provide such support to
AEPF as is necessary to enable AEPF to perform its duties
under this Agreement. Grant County shall contract with AEPF,
or some other like entity, to provide the terms, conditions,
and duties of AEPF with regard to operations in Grant County,
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 unincorporated areas of Grant County the same
rates as are charged for comparable services within the city
limits of Little Rock, to include subsequent rate changes.
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10. SUBSCRIPTION MEMBERSHIPS. The Authority shall make
available to all of the citizens of the unincorporated areas
of Grant County its MEMS* Alert subscription membership on
the same terms and conditions as are made available to the
residents of Little Rock. For residents of the unincorporated
areas of Grant County who purchase such subscriptions within
after implementation of this Agreement, annual
charges for 1994 will be prorated.
11. FURTHER COOPERATION. The Authority, Little Rock and
Grant County 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 and §14 -14 -910.
EXECUTED this day of , 1994
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
ATTEST:
County er
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
By
Mayor
GRANT COUNTY, ARKANSAS
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This Agreement is acknowledged
the day of ,
1994.
LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY
By
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