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RESOLUTION No. 9,251
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND THE CITY OF
SHERIDAN, ARKANSAS, GRANTING
METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
(-MEMS-) AN EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO
PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO
THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, ARKANSAS; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
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, the City of Sheridan, 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 the City of Sheridan; 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 the City of Sheridan 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 Sheridan, Arkansas, the Board hereby authorizes the
preparation and execution of an interlocal agreement between the
City of Little Rock and the City of Sheridan granting MEMS an
exclusive franchise to provide emergency medical services to the
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City of Sheridan.
ADOPTED: October 4, 1994
APPROVED AS TO ,FOOP14:
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THUMAIS M. CMPENTEI
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
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METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES /SHERIDAN
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 the City of Sheridan, Arkansas ( "Sheridan "), 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, Sheridan has determined that it wishes to make
available to the residents of Sheridan 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
Sheridan to extend the operation of MEMS under an exclusive
franchise arrangement to the residents of Sheridan; and
WHEREAS, Little Rock and Sheridan 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 Sheridan by ordinance or resolution have
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authorized the Mayors of Little Rock and Sheridan to enter
into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements of Sheridan 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 Sheridan
to modify, renew or extend the term by mutual agreement.
2. JOINT COMMISSION BOARD. Little Rock and Sheridan
agree that the Mayor of Sheridan shall appoint one (1) person
as a representative of the City of Sheridan to serve with
members from Little Rock, North Little Rock, Pulaski County,
Ward, Austin and Grant County 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 the City of Sheridan and
Little Rock City Ordinance 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
Sheridan without first obtaining the approval of the
respective City Board of Directors or City Council.
4. EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. Sheridan shall grant by
ordinance to the Authority an exclusive franchise to provide
all ambulance service to the citizens of Sheridan, as now
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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 Sheridan shall be the same as
outlined in Little Rock City Ordinance 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
Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan on a nondiscriminatory
basis.
6. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Agreement is to
establish and provide for the citizens of Sheridan a
regulated advanced life support ambulance service system that
can provide each ambulance patient in the City of Sheridan
with the best possible chance of survival without disability
or preventable complication.
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7. OPERATIONS IN SHERIDAN. The Authority and the City of
Sheridan 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
its City.
8. MEDICAL CONTROL. Sheridan 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
Sheridan. Sheridan shall provide such support to AEPF as is
necessary to enable AEPF to perform its duties under this
Agreement. Sheridan shall contract with AEPF, or some other
like entity, to provide the terms, conditions, and duties of
AEPF with regard to operations in Sheridan, 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan who purchase such subscriptions
within after implementation of this Agreement, annual
charges for 1994 will be prorated.
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11. FURTHER COOPERATION. The Authority, Little Rock and
Sheridan 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 day of , 1994
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
CITY OF SHERIDAN, ARKANSAS
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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This Agreement is acknowledged
the day of ,
1994.
LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY
By
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