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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11406ORDINANCE NO. 11,406 AN ORDINANCE CREATING A TEMPORARY POSITION WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR A SCREENING CLERK; APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR A SALARY AND OTHER EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11,333; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas enacted Act 183 of 1963 establishing a patient quota plan applicable to the City of Little Rock and other governmental subdivisions of the State of Arkansas, which Act is effective July 1, 1963; and WHEREAS, said Act provides that the City of Little Rock shall be allotted certain patient hours at the University of Arkansas Medical Center for indigent citizens of the City of Little Rock without expense to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and WHEREAS, the Act further provides that all patient hours in excess of that allotted in said Act on a monthly basis shall be chargeable to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to take full advantage of the available free patient hours allotted under Act 183 of 1963, without incurring expenses for excess patient hours chargeable to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and WHEREAS, in order to provide such benefits to the citizens of this City it is necessary to employ personnel to screen applicants for admis- sion to the Arkansas Medical Center and to account for the patient hours accrued in each month so as to avoid excess charges against the City of Little Rock; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. (a) Creation of Position. There is hereby created within the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, a temporary non civil service position to be identified as Health - Clinic Screening Clerk, which posi- tion shall exist at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of the City Aao -33 F-P� -2- of Little Rock, Arkansas. (b) Duties of Position. The duties of the screening clerk, created in the preceding Paragraph (a), shall be to screen all applicants for admission to the University of Arkansas Medical Center and to pass upon the qualifications of such applicants for free patient hours at the said University of Arkansas Medical Center, to keep, at all times an accurate record of the accrued patient hours within any given month and to deny approval for admission to any applicant, which ad- mitance would exceed the allotted free patient hours at the University of Arkansas Medical Center under Act 183 of 1963, and to generally do any and all other tasks and perform any and all other functions neces- sary and consistent with the purposes of the position as may be directed by the Director of the Department of Health of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, from time to time. SECTION 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to employ a person with suitable qualifications for the purposes set forth in Section 1 hereof, and the City Manager and Director of Finance are hereby authorized and directed to pay a salary of Three Hundred Ten and No /100 Dollars ($310.00) per month for so long as such employee re- mains as an employee of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, within the position described in Section 1 hereof. SECTION 3. There is hereby appropriated from unappropriated sur- plus in the General Fund to Account Health- Clinic 180 the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Twenty -Four and 68/100 Dollars ($2,524.68) to be used in defraying the expenses of employing a person to fill the position created in Section 1 hereof. SECTION 4. Section 3(12)A of Ordinance No. 11,333 is hereby amended by adding a Subsection 19 which Subsection shall be in form and substance r R as follows: No. Emp . 1119. 1 -3- Job Classification Screening Clerk Present Proposed Annual Range Monthly Monthly Total 18 -0- $310.00 $1,860.00" SECTION 5. Section 3(12)B of Ordinance No. 11,333 is hereby amended to read as follows: Annual Total "B. FICA $29664.43" SECTION 6. Section 3(12)G1 of Ordinance No. 11,333 is hereby amended to read as follows: Estimated Approved 1962 1963 111. 6.1 Communications $2,250.00 $29297.25" SECTION 7. Section 3(12)H1 of Ordinance No. 11,333 is hereby amended to read as follows: "1. 7.1 Furniture & Fixtures Estimated 1962 $ 375.00 Approved 1963 $1,360.00" SECTION 8. WHEREAS, it is found by the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, that effective July 1, 1963, the City will be unable to assist those indigent medically needy citizens with the free services available through the University of Arkansas Medical Center with- out serious risk of excessive expenses to the City of Little Rock, Arkan- sas under the provisions of Act 183 of 1963; and WHEREAS,the providing of the continued availability of such medical services without expense to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, can be continued by the employment of a screening clerk as provided in the foregoing Sections of this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the public peace, health and welfare that such services be continued without interruption and without the risk of expense to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance • R IM is necessary to provide for such continued services without expense to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; NOW THEREFORE, an emergency is hereby found to exist and this Ordinance, being necessary for the pre- servation of the public health, safety and welfare, shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and all ordinances in con- flict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED: July 1, 1963 ATTEST:' / APPROVED: City Clerk Mayor.