1987-062
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A~ ORDINANCE APP~OVING AN INT~RL()CA1 A~BULAN~~ A~REbMENT B~TWEEN
T~E CITY OF DbNTON AND DbNTON COUNTY fO~ A~~U1ANCf SbRVIC~S, ~N~
~fC1~RING ~N EffECTIVf DATE
THI (OUNCIL ()F THE CITY OF DENTON HERb~Y ORDAI~S
SECTI()~ I
That the Cltr Councll of the Cltr of D~nton here~r approve~
an ¡¡greelllent betw~en t!le Cl ty of Denton ¡¡nd IJenton (ounty for
ambulanc~ serVlces, a copr of WhlCll IS attac!le~ h~reto and
lncor~~rate~ by ref~rence hereln, an~ tll~ Maror IS hereby
autllorlz~d to e~ecute sal~ agre~lIlent on beh¡¡lf of th~ Cltr
S~CTION II
Tllat thlS ordlnance shall ~ecome effectlv~ llllm~dlat~ly upon
ItS passag~ an~ ap~r~val
PA~SE~ ~ND APPROV~D thls the (j~ar of (J~ ' 1987
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CIfï D~NTO~, TbX~S
~TTbST
APP~OVijD AS TO L~~AL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORN~ï
CITY ()F DENTON, TEXAS
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THb STATE ~F TEXAS ~
COUNTY
OF
DbNTON ~
INTERLOCAL AMBULAN(E AGREE~ENT
ThlS Agreem~nt IS made and enteI"eJ b)' and betw~en Denton
Count)', a pol1tlcal SUb¡ lvlslon of the Stat~ of TeJ{as, hereln-
aft~r referre¡ to as "COUNTY", and the Cl ty of Denton, a hollle
rule lIlunlclpal corp()ratlon of Denton (ount)', TeJ{as, herelnafter
r~f~rre¡ to as "CITY"
WH~REAS, COUNTY IS a dul)' organlzed polltlcal subdlvlslon of
the St~te of T~J{as engaged In the admlnlstratlon of County
Go~ernment and related serVlces for th~ beneflt of t~~ cltlze~~
of Dent()n (ounty, an¡
WHEREAS, CITY IS a home rule munlclpal corporatlon, dul)'
organlzed and op~ratlng und~r th~ laws of the State of T~J{as a~d
IS eng~ged In the provlslon of ambulance serVlce ~nd related
ser~lces f()r th~ ben~flt of the cltlz~ns of D~nton, a~¡
WH~REAS, CITY IS t~e o~n~r and operator of certaln alllbulance
ve~lcles and oth~r equlpment desl~n~d for t~e transportatlon of
persons who are slck, Inflrlll, or InJured, an¡ has l~ It elllploy
tralned personnel whose dutles are r~lated to the use of such
vehlcl~s and equlplllent, an¡
~H~R~AS, COUNTY deslres to obtal~ emergenc)' medlcal serVlces
rendered b)' CITY, as lIlore fully h~relnafter d~scnbed, for the
beneflt of the resldents of Dent()n Count)', T~J{as, ~n¡
WH~REAS, the pron s lon of elllerg~nc)' lIledl ca 1 s~rVl c~s 1 S a
governlllental functlon that serv~s the publlC health and welfare
and IS of lIlutual conc~rn to the contractlng partles, and
WH~REAS, COUNTY and (ITY mutuall)' desne to
the pr()VIS1Ons of TeJ{ Rev CIV Stat Art <till 3
Supp 1985), the Interlocal Cooperatlon Act
ruI"sua~t thereto, NOW, THE~EfORE, (OUNTY and
mutual conslderatlon herelnafter stat~d, agree as
b~ subject t()
(32c), (Vernon
~nd contract
(lTY, for th~
follows
The eff~ctl~e date of thlS agreelllent shall b~ th~ 1st da)' of
~ctober 1986
II
Th~ Inl tlal term of thlS Agreem~nt shall be for the perlod
of October 1, 1986 to and through S~pt~mber 3(), 1987 There-
after, thlS agreelllent shall be ren~~ed for succeSSlve addltlonal
()ne )'t ar terms collllllenCln¡¡ on October 1 of each year If the
Count)' ~nd the Clt)' agree ln wrltlng on or bt fore tht flr~t da)'
of October, to the alllount of consldt ratlon to be pald ht reunder
for t ac~ succeSSlve terlll, provlded, however, that each party lIlay
terllllnate thlS agreement b)' glvlng the other part)' wrlttt n
notlce of Intent to terlllln~te Slxty (60) days after such notlce
III
As u~ed hereln, the words and phrases ht relnafter St t forth
shall have the lIle~nlngs as follows
A "ElIlergency" shall mean any Clrculllstances that calls for
llllllledlate actlon and ln WhlCh the elt lIlent of tlllle In trans-
portlng the slck, wounde{\ ()r lnJured for medlcal treatlllent IS
essentl~l to health or Ilfe of a person or persons, and shall
Include, but not be Ilmlted to, the follo~lng
2
The represent a t l()n by a person requesting ambulanct
serVlce that an llllllledlate need exlsts for such ser-
Vlce for the purpose of transportln¡¡ a person frolll
an)' locatlon to a place ()f treatment and emergenc)'
lIledlcal treatlllent lS thereafter admlnlstered,
Tht representatlon by a person requestlng alllbulance
~erVlce that an lmme{\latt need t X1StS for such
serVlce for the purp()se of transportlng a person
frolll any locatlon to the closest medlcal faclllt)'
1
B "Rural area" means any area Wl thln the boundarles of
Denton County, Te¡¡as, and wlthout the corporate 1111l1tS of all
Incorpor~ted cltles, towns and vlllagt s wlthln sald COUNTY
C "Urban are~" mean~ an)' area wlthln the corporate lllllltS
of an lncorporated Clt)', town or vlllagt wlthln sald COUNTY
other ttan the Clt)' of Dent()n
D "Emergenc)' ambulance call" means a response to a request
for alllbulance serVlce by the personnel of CITY'S Flre Departlllent
In a sltuatlon lnvolvlng an elllt rgency (as such word IS
herelnab()ve deflned) through tht lnstrulllentallt)' ()f an ambulanct
vehlcle Wlthln the meanlng hereof, ~ slngle call IIllght Involve
tht tra~sp()rtatl()n of lIlore than one person at ~ tlme
IV
A Servlce~ to be referred hereunder ¡'y CITY art alllbulance
serVlces norlllally rendered by CITY, under Clrcumstances of
elllergency as herelnab()ve deflned, to cltlzens of COUNTï
PAGIì 2
B The ~ITY'S Flr~ Depart~ent shall respond to r~qu~sts for
ambulance serVlces made wlthln deslgnated rural areas of ~OUNTY
accordlng to E~hlblt A attached hereto
v
The COUNTY shall deslgnate the Countr Judge to act on behalf
of COUNTY and to serve as "LlalS()n Offlcer" betw~en COUNTY and
CITY !he Countr Judge or hl~ d~slgnated Substltute shall
Insure the performance of all dutl~S and obl1gatlons of COUNTY
hereln state(!, and, shall devote sufflClent tl~e and attentlon
to the executlon of sald dutles on b~half of COUNTY ln full
compllance ~lth the ter~s an(! condltlons of thlS agre~~ent, and,
shall provlde lm~e(!late and (ilrect superV1Slon of COUNTY'S
emplorees, agents, contractors, sub-contractors, and/or laborers,
If anr, In the furth~rance ()f the purposes, ter~s and condltlons
of thlS Agre~~ent for the ~utual beneflt of COUNTY and ~ITY
VI
CITï shall Insure th~ perf()rmance of ~ll dutles and obllga-
tlons of CITY as hereln stated, and, shall devote sufflclent
tlme and attentlon to the e~ecutl()n of sald dutl~S on behalf of
CITY In full compl1ance ~lth the terms an(i condltlons of thlS
agree~ent, and, shall provlde Immedlate and dlrect sup~rvlslon
of the CITY e~plorees, ~gents, contractors, sub-contract()rs,
an(i/or lab()rers, If anr, ln the furtheranc~ of th~ purposes,
t~r~s and condltl()nS of thls Agreem~nt for the ~utual beneflt ()f
CITY and COUNTY
VII
For the serV1C~S herelnabov~ stat~d, COUNTY agrees t() pay to
CITY for the full perfor~aIlce of thlS agree~ent, th~ one-tl~e
lump su~ ()f T~o Hundred Twenty-tw() Thousand Elght Hundr~d
Thlrty-elght and No/lOO ($222,83~ 00) Dollars to be pald In
equal quarterly par~ent s of Flfty-fl ve Thousand Seven Hundr~d
and SO!1()O (~SS,700 SO) D()llars com~enclng on ()ctober 1, 198()
Th~ r~~~lnlng parment s shall be mad~ on or bef()re Januarr 1,
1987, Aprll 1, 1~87, ~n(i July 1, 19~7
VIII
~OU¡'¡TY agrees to and accepts full responslbll1tr for the
acts, negl1gence, and/or ()~lSSlOns of all ~OUNTY'S ~~plorees,
and agents, COUNTY'S subcontractors, an(!/or contract laborers,
and for th()~e of all other persons dolng work under a contract
or agreement wlth sald COUNTY
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for the publ1c health makes 1 t Imperatlve tJ1at th~ perforl1lance
of these vltal ser~lces be recognlzed as a governl1l~ntal functlon
and that the d~ctrlne of g~~ernmental Immunlty shall be, and It
IS herebr Invoked to the e~tent posslble under the law Nelth~r
(; ITY nor (;OUNTY wal ves or shall be deemed h~r~by to wal ve, any
Immunlty or defense that woul~ otherwlse be avallable to It
agalnst clall1ls arlslng frol1l the e~erC1S~ of governl1l~ntal powers
am! functlons
XIII
ThlS agreel1l~nt represents the entlre and Integrated agreement
between CITY and COUNTY an~ supersedes all prIor n~gotlatlons,
representatlons and/or agreel1lents, elther ~rltt~n or oral ThlS
agreel1lent l1lar be al1lended only by wn tt~n Instrument slgn~d by
both CITY and COUNTY
XIV
ThlS agreel1lent and liny of ItS terms or prOVISIOI1S, as well
liS the ri~hts and dutles of the partl~s hereto, shall be govern~d
by th~ laws ~f the State ~f Te~as
XV
In the event that anr portlon ~f thlS agr~ement shall b~
found to be contrary to law, lt IS the Intent of the partl~s
hereto that the remalnlng portlons shall rel1laln val1d and In
full force and ~ff~ct to the e~tent posslble
XVI
Th~ underslgned offlcer and/or agents of the ~artles hereto
are tJ1e properly authorl~ed ~fflclals and have th~ n~cessarr
autJ1onty to execute thlS agreel1lent on behalf of the partl~s
hereto, and elich partr herebr certlfles to the other that any
nece!òslirr resolutlOn!ò extendlng !òald author! ty hav~ been dulr
passe~ and are now ln full force and effect
E~ecuted
ln
dupl1cate
orl~lnals
thlS
the~
day
of
~¡1¿
. 1987
CITY Of DI¡NTON
BY
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ATTEST
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AP~ROV~D AS TO LEGAL FORM
ATTORN~Y FOR DENTON COUNTY
BY
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ATTEST
AP~ROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY
ATTORNEY
BY
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