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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-050Ake I , • „/// /✓/ AN ORIbINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AMBULANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND DENTON COUNTY FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SSECTION I That the City Council of the City of Denton hereby approves an Agreement between the City of Denton and Denton County for ambulance services, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein The Mayor, or in his absence the Mayor Pro Tem, is hereby authorized to execute said Agreement on behalf of the City SECTION II That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of 2000 JAC I ER, MAYOR ATTEST JENNIFE#t WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY BY 124-7411-4 APaOVED AS TO LEGAL FORM HER13ERT L PR�OUTTY, CITY ATTO Y BY 5 \Our Documenn\pMinmmeWambulmm mrnm dwtm muny &a STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF DENTON § INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT AMBULANCE SERVICE �j THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 1'"day of 2000, by and between DENTON COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of ' xas, hereinafter referred to as "County" and the CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, a municipality located in Denton County, Texas, hereinafter referred to as "City" WHEREAS, County is a duly organized political subdivision of the State of Texas engaged in the administration of county government and related services for the benefit of the citizens of Denton County, and WHEREAS, City is a municipality engaged in the provision of ambulance service and related services for the benefit of the citizens of the City of Denton, and WHEREAS, this Contract involves governmental functions that each party individually can perform, and WHEREAS, the amount paid by County for this service is to be made from current revenues available to it and that amount fairly compensates City for the services and functions performed by it, and WHEREAS, City is an owner and operator of certain ambulance vehicles and other equipment designed for the transportation of persons who are sick, infirm, or injured and has in its employ such trained personnel whose duties are related to the use of such vehicles and equipment, and WHEREAS, County desires to obtain emergency medical services rendered by City, as more fully hereinafter described for the benefit of the residents of Denton County, Texas, and WHEREAS, the provision of emergency medical services is a governmental function that serves the public health and welfare and is of mutual concern to the contracting parties, and WHEREAS, County and City mutually desire to be subject to the provisions of V T C A Government Code, Chapter 791, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, V T C A Health and Safety Code, Section 774 003 and other applicable statutes and contracts pursuant thereto, NOW, THEREFORE, County and City for the mutual consideration hereinafter stated agree as follows 1 The effective date of this Agreement shall be the 1" day of October, 1999 PA The term of this Agreement shall be for the period of October 1, 1999 to and through September 30, 2000 Each party may terminate this Agreement by giving the other party written notice of intent to terminate 60 days after receipt of such notice As used herein, the words and phrases hereinafter set forth shall have the meanings as follows A . "Emergency" shall mean any circumstance that calls for immediate action and in which the element of time in transporting the sick, wounded, or mjured for medical treatment is essential to the health or life of a person or persons Whether the aforementioned circumstances in fact exist is solely up to the discretion of the City For dispatch purposes only, "emergency" shall include, but not be limited to The representation by a person requesting ambulance service that an immediate need exists for such service for the purpose of transporting a person from any location to a place of treatment and emergency medical treatment is thereafter administered, and The representation by a person requesting ambulance service that an immediate need exists for such service for the purpose of transporting a person from any location to the closest medical facility B "Rural area" means any area within the boundaries of Denton County, Texas and without the corporate limits of all incorporated cities, towns, and villages within said County C "Urban area" means any area within said County and within the corporate limits of an incorporated city, town, or village D `Emergency ambulance call' means a response to a request for ambulance service by the personnel of the City in a situation involving an emergency (as such word is heremabove defined) through the instrumentality of an ambulance vehicle Within the meaning hereof, a single call might involve the transportation of more than one person at a time Cl A Services to be rendered hereunder by City are ambulance services normally rendered by City under circumstances of emergency as hereinabove defined to citizens of County B The City Fire Department shall respond to all requests for ambulance services made within its designated area of the County, as set out in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein PAGE 2 C It is recognized that the officers and employees of City have duties and responsibilities which include the rendering of ambulance services and it shall be the responsibility and within the sole discretion of the officers and employees of the City to determine priorities in the dispatching and use of such equipment and personnel and the judgment of any such officer or employee as to any such matter shall be the final determination The County shall designate the County Judge to act on behalf of the County and to serve as "Liaison Officer" between County and City The County Judge or his designated substitute shall insure the performance of all duties and obligations of County herein stated, devote sufficient time and attention to the execution of said duties on behalf of County in full compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and provide supervision of County's employees, agents, contractors, sub -contractors, and/or laborers, if any, in the furtherance of the purposes, terms, and conditions of this Agreement for the mutual benefit of County and City City shall ensure the performance of all duties and obligations of City as hereinafter stated, devote sufficient time and attention to the execution of said duties on behalf of City in full compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and shall provide immediate and direct supervision of City's employees, agents, contractors, sub -contractors, and/or laborers, if any, in the furtherance of the purposes, terms, and conditions of this Agreement for the mutual benefit of County and City For the services heremabove stated, County agrees to pay the City a fee of $279,479 00 based on a funding formula as follows First, the readiness sum is 664 per capita based on population, for a maximum of $75,606 00 Second, a sum of $444 00 per ambulance run, for a maximum of $89,635 00 This sum is based upon the number of runs made by City in fiscal year 1999 Third, a fixed sum, based on size of covered niral area, for a maximum of $114,238 00 The first and third sums are based upon population and mileage figures obtained from the North Central Texas Council of Governments The second sum is based upon the definition of an ambulance call for purposes of this Agreement An ambulance call is defined as treatment and transport of a patient to a medical facility Payment shall not be allowed for instances in which a patient is not transported Consisted with the reporting procedures described below, City shall receive payment, regardless of the service delivery area in which the call originated Requests for payment shall be submitted on the standardized ambulance transportation reporting form approved and provided by the County, accompamed by copies of patient admission/registration forms as provided by a hospital or medical facility It shall be the responsibility of the City to fully complete the forms and to provide complete and accurate patient information Requests for payment shall be submitted timely, that is, within five days of the performance of service by the City Requests not timely submitted shall not be considered for payment Requests for payment may be submitted by personal delivery, U S mail, facsimile, or computer telephone link to the office of the Denton County Fire Marshal The date of submission PAGE shall be the date the fully documented request is received in said office By the signature of its duly authorized official hereto, the County assures the City that the County Auditor has certified that sufficient funds are available within the current County budget to make all 1 payments and meet all the financial obligations of this Contract and these funds are available to pay the obligation when due in accordance with Section 111 093(c) of the Local Government Code V T C A County agrees to and accepts full responsibility for the acts, negligence, and or oinissions of all Coun 's officers, employees, and agents 9 City agrees to and accepts full responsibility for the acts, negligence, and or omissions of all City's iofficers, employees, and agents IR In toe event of any default in any of the covenants herein contained, this Agreement may be forfeit d and terminated at either parry's discretion of such default continues for a period of ten days after notice to the other party in writing of such default and intention to declare this Agreeme t terminated Unless the default is cured as aforesaid, this Agreement shall terminate as if that Were the day originally fixed herein for the expiration of the Agreement 11 This Agreement may be terminated at any time by either party giving 60 days advance notice to the other party In the event of such termination by either party, City shall be compensated pro rata for all services performed to terminate date, together with reimbursable expenses then due and as authorized by this Agreement In the event of such termination, should City be overcompensated on a pro rata basis for all serviced performed to termination date and/or be overcopensated reimbursable expenses as authorized by this Agreement, then County shall be reimb ed pro rats for all such overcompensation Acceptance of such reimbursement shall not constitute a waiver of any claim that may otherwise anse out of this Agreement 12 Thei fact that County and City accept certain responsibilities relating to the rendering of ambulance services under this Agreement as a part of their responsibility for providing protection for the public health makes it imperative that the performance of these vital services be recognized as a governmental function and that the doctrine of governmental immunity shall be, and it is Iereby, invoked to the extent possible under the law Neither City nor County waives nor shall I a deemed hereby to waive any immunity or defense that would otherwise be available to it against claims ansmg from the exercise of governmental powers and functions ar KirkWilso Denton County Judge Acting on behalf of and by The authority of DENTON COUNTY Commissioners Court of Denton County, Texas PAGE Jack M er Mayor Acting on behalf of and by the authority of the CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PAGES ATTEST m Cynthia Mitchell Denton County Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM BY Assistant District Attorney m AS TO Fine Marshal S �Ow Oates V\Cofta*001mnbWnwantlat ty des MTOM-1 ATTEST rWl 3mv- ".. �w �1 fy, Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM BY 3 Herbert L Prouty City Attorney APPROVED AS T CONTENT BY Fire Chief C a • m • • w