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• RESOLUTION NO.¢RF •
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE 475
EXECUTION OF AN EXTENSION OF THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND
THE CITY OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, TO ALLOW METROPOLITAN
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (-MENSN)
TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES TO THE CITY OF NORTH LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Cities of of North Little Rock and Little Rock
have previously executed, by their Mayors, an Interlocal
Agreement allowing Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services
( "MEMS ") to provide emergency medical services within the City
of North Little Rock; and
WHEREAS, MEMS has represented to this Board that it has the
capability and resources to continue to provide such service
without increasing expenses or rates for Little Rock citizens;
and
WHEREAS, the Board believes that it is benefiical to the
citizens of the City of Little Rock to continue 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 maintain the expansion
of its service area and to continue the delivery of emergency
medical services to the City of North Little Rock, Arkansas, the
Board hereby authorizes the execution of a one -year extension of
the Interlocal Agreement with the City of North Little Rock,
Arkansas, with automatic extensions of one -year terms.
ADOPTED: September 5, 1995
ATTEST: APPROVED-
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ROBBIE HANCOCK
CITY CLERK
APP OVED AS TO FORM:
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THOMAS M. CARPENTIM
CITY ATTORNEY
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METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made and entered into as of the
day of , 1995, by and between the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas ( "Little Rock "), a city of the first class, and
the City of North Little Rock ( "North Little Rock ") a city of
the first 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, North Little Rock has determined that it wishes
to continue to make available to the residents of North Little
Rock 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 continue to
contract with North Little Rock to continue the operation of
MEMS under an exclusive franchise arrangement to the residents
of North Little Rock; and
WHEREAS, Little Rock and North Little Rock are each
authorized pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §25 -20 -102 et. sea. to
enter into Interlocal Cooperation Agreements; and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Little Rock and the
City Council of North Little Rock by ordinance or resolution
have authorized the Mayors of Little Rock and North Little Rock
to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements of Little Rock and North 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
September 15, 1995, for a period of one (1) year to September
15, 1996, and automatically extend on that date, unless North
Little Rock notifies the LRAA one hundred twenty (120) days
prior to the expiration date that North Little Rock intends to
advertise for professional ambulance services and issues a
Request for Proposals for such services ninety (90) days prior
to the expiration of this Agreement. Further, this agreement is
subject to the continuing right of Little Rock and North Little
Rock to modify, renew or extend the term by mutual agreement.
2. APPOINTMENTS. Little Rock and North Little Rock agree
that the Mayor of North Little Rock shall appoint two (2)
persons as representatives of the City of North Little Rock to
serve jointly on the Little Rock Ambulance Authority and the
Joint Emergency Medical Services Commission, as authorized by
Little Rock City Ordinance 15,714 (July 18, 1989) and Resolution
No. 7,858 (November 17, 1987). Representatives currently on the
respective Authority and Commission shall serve out their
current terms.
3. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. The Commission shall be
authorized to oversee the operations of MEMS to ensure that
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service is provided in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, applicable Ordinances of the City of North Little
Rock 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 North Little Rock
without first obtaining the approval of the respective City
Governing Body.
4. EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. North Little Rock shall continue
to grant by ordinance to the Authority an exclusive franchise to
provide all ambulance service to the citizens of North Little
Rock, 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 North Little Rock
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. The Cities further agree to review
their respective ambulance ordinances and make them parallel, to
the maximum extent possible.
5. NONDISCRIMINATION. Little Rock agrees that so long as
North Little Rock 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
North Little Rock to be less than the benefits and privileges
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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
North Little Rock on a nondiscriminatory basis.
6. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Agreement is to establish
and provide for the citizens of North Little Rock a regulated
advanced life support ambulance service system that can provide
each ambulance patient in the City of North Little Rock with the
best possible chance of survival without disability or
preventable complication.
7. OPERATIONS IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK. The Authority shall
provide service to the citizens of North Little Rock as outlined
in Little Rock City Ordinances Nos. 14,511 and 14,574 except as
subsequently provided:
(a) From and after January 1, 1987, an eight minute
response time shall be provided to at least 90% of all Code 1 -
Life threatening emergencies. The Authority shall submit to
North Little Rock monthly response time reports to reflect that
it is in compliance with this requirement.
(b) The Authority and North Little Rock shall cooperate to
provide sufficient personnel, equipment and resource management
expertise to meet these response time standards and to determine
the appropriate stationing of such personnel and equipment in
the city limits of North Little Rock. In the event all of the
following conditions are met
(i) If equipment purchases occur during the
term of this Agreement which are for the express
purpose of providing service to North Little Rock
under the terms of this Agreement, and;
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(ii) North Little Rock terminates this
Agreement or revokes the exclusive franchise of the
Authority described in paragraph 4 hereof prior to
three years from the date hereof;
then North Little Rock will pay to the Authority an amount equal
to the unamortized portion of the costs for any equipment
purchases described in subparagraph (i).
(c) all other provisions of Section 7 "Standards of
Production and Performance° under the above described Ordinances
shall be implemented by the Authority in North Little Rock.
8. FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM. The authority shall notify
North Little Rock city communications of all Code 1 - life
threatening emergencies and North Little Rock agrees that North
North Little Rock Fire Department personnel shall provide a four
minute response time to such Code 1 - life threatening
emergencies under the terms and with the exceptions for Fire
Department Response outlined in Section 10B of Ordinance 14,511.
9. MEDICAL CONTROL. North Little Rock agrees that the
Arkansas Emergency Physicians Foundation ( "AEPF "), a private,
non - profit corporation which provides medical control for the
Authority, or a similar organization will continue to provide
medical control for operations of the Authority within the city
limits of North Little Rock. The AEPF has extended its
membership to include two physicians from North Little Rock and
North Little Rock shall continue to provide such support to AEPF
as is necessary to enable AEPF to perform its duties under this
Agreement. North Little Rock may contract separately with AEPF
to provide the terms, conditions, and duties of AEPF with regard
to operations in North Little Rock, provided such agreement is
not inconsistent with the terms of the Agreement between Little
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Rock and AEPF. If Little Rock and North Little Rock utilize the
services of AEPF as a part of the same contract, the cities
shall negotiate a basis for the apportionment of those costs.
10. RATES. The Authority shall charge for its services
within the city limits of North Little Rock the same rates as
are charged for comparable services within the city limits of
Little Rock, to include subsequent rate changes.
11. SUBSCRIPTION MEMBERSHIPS. The Authority shall make
available to the citizens of North Little Rock its MEMS* Alert
subscription membership on the same terms and conditions as are
made available to the residents of Little Rock.
12. FURTHER COOPERATION. The Authority, Little Rock and
Lonoke agree to cooperate among themselves to carry out all
actions reasonably necessary to implement this Agreement.
13. 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.
EXECUTED this day of , 1994
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
By
ATTEST:
City Clerk
CITY OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS
By
Mayor
This Agreement is acknowledged
the day of ,
1995.
LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY
BY:
E. aack Murphy, C airman
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