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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF AN EXTENSION OF THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND
THE CITY OF LONOKE, ARKANSAS, TO
ALLOW METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES (MMEMS") TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE
CITY OF LONOKE, ARKANSAS; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Cities of of Lonoke 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 Lonoke;
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 beneficial 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 Lonoke, Arkansas, the Board
hereby authorizes the execution of a one -year extension of the
Interlocal Agreement with the City of Lonoke, Arkansas, with
automatic extensions of one year terms.
ADOPTED: September 5, 1995
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Q. 94,,tez c4,,
ROBBIE HANCOCK
CITY CLERK
APP VED AS TO FORM-
THOMAS M. CARPEN ER
CITY ATTORNEY
WAS, ���
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RESOLUTION
NO. 9,487 •
483
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF AN EXTENSION OF THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND
THE CITY OF LONOKE, ARKANSAS, TO
ALLOW METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES (MMEMS") TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE
CITY OF LONOKE, ARKANSAS; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Cities of of Lonoke 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 Lonoke;
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 beneficial 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 Lonoke, Arkansas, the Board
hereby authorizes the execution of a one -year extension of the
Interlocal Agreement with the City of Lonoke, Arkansas, with
automatic extensions of one year terms.
ADOPTED: September 5, 1995
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Q. 94,,tez c4,,
ROBBIE HANCOCK
CITY CLERK
APP VED AS TO FORM-
THOMAS M. CARPEN ER
CITY ATTORNEY
WAS, ���
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METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICESILONOKE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
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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 Lonoke, Arkansas ( "Lonoke ") , 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, Lonoke has determined that it wishes to make
available to the residents of Lonoke 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
Lonoke to extend the operation of MEMS under an exclusive
franchise arrangement to the residents of Lonoke; and
WHEREAS, Little Rock and Lonoke 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 Lonoke by ordinance or resolution have
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authorized the Mayors of Little Rock and Lonoke to enter
into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements of Lonoke 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
August 1, 1995, for a period of one (1) year, to August 1,
1996, and automatically extend on that date, unless Lonoke
notifies the LRAA one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the
expiration date that Lonoke 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. JOINT COMMISSION BOARD. Little Rock and Lonoke agree
that the Mayor of Lonoke shall appoint one (1) person as a
representative of the City of Lonoke to serve with members
from other Municipalities and Counties 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 Lonoke 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
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authorized to commit or expend funds of Little Rock or Lonoke
without first obtaining the approval of the respective City
Board of Directors.
4. EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. Lonoke shall grant by ordinance
to the Authority an exclusive franchise to provide all
ambulance service to the citizens of Lonoke, 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 Lonoke 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
Lonoke 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 Lonoke 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 Lonoke on a nondiscriminatory
basis.
6. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Agreement is to
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establish and provide for the citizens of the Lonoke a
regulated advanced life support ambulance service system that
can provide each ambulance patient in the City of Lonoke with
the best possible chance of survival without disability or
preventable complication.
7. OPERATIONS IN LONOKE. The Authority and the City of
Lonoke 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. Lonoke 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 Lonoke.
Lonoke shall provide such support to AEPF as is necessary to
enable AEPF to perform its duties under this Agreement.
Lonoke shall contract with AEPF, or some other like entity,
to provide the terms, conditions, and duties of AEPF with
regard to operations in Lonoke, provided such agreement is
not inconsistent with the terms of the Agreement between
Little Rock and AEPF. If Little Rock and Lonoke utilize the
services of AEPF as a part of the same contract, the cities
shall negotiate a basis for the apportionment of those costs.
9. RATES. The Authority shall charge for its services
within the city limits of Lonoke 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 Lonoke 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 Lonoke who purchase such subscriptions
within after implementation of this Agreement, annual
charges for 1995 will be prorated.
11. FURTHER COOPERATION. The Authority, Little Rock and
Lonoke 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. S 25 -20 -102 et. sea.
EXECUTED this
ATTEST:
City Clerk
day of , 1995
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CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
By
Mayor
CITY OF LONOKE, ARKANSAS
By
Mayor
ATTEST:
County Clerk
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This Agreement is acknowledged
the day of ,
1995.
LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY
By
E. Jack urp y